Cultivation of methanogens from shallow marine sediments at Hydrate Ridge, Oregon

Archaea

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-38

  Kendall, Melissa M ^a,b   Boone, David R ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Marine sediments; Psychrotolerant

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINALES; PROKARYOTA;

ARCHAEAL DNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; EURYARCHAEOTA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 33747067261     PISSN: 14723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/710190     Document Type: Article

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