Contribution by the methanogenic endosymbionts of anaerobic ciliates to methane production in Dutch freshwater sediments

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-224

  Van Hoek, Angela H A M ^a,b   Van Alen, Theo A ^a   Vogels, Godfried D ^a   Hackstein, Johannes H P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic ciliates; Endosymbionts; Freshwater sediments; Methanogenesis; Single cell PCR; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; CILIOPHORA; METHANOBACTERIALES; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33748337968     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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