Methanogenesis as an Important Terminal Electron Accepting Process in Estuarine Sediment at the Mouth of Orikasa River

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-52

  Kaku, Nobuo ^a,b   Ueki, Atsuko ^b   Ueki, Katsuji ^b   Watanabe, Kazuya ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

estuarine sediment; metal reduction; methane production; methanogens; sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947170491     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.20.41     Document Type: Article

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