Anaerobic oxidation of short-chain hydrocarbons by marine sulphate-reducing bacteria

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7164, 2007, Pages 898-901

  Kniemeyer, Olaf ^a,g   Musat, Florin ^a   Sievert, Stefan M ^b   Knittel, Katrin ^a   Wilkes, Heinz ^c   Blumenberg, Martin ^d   Michaelis, Walter ^d   Classen, Arno ^e   Bolm, Carsten ^e   Joye, Samantha B ^f   Widdel, Friedrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ETHANE; FUMARIC ACID; HYDROCARBON; PROPANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLITE; NATURAL GAS; OXIDATION; RNA; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; MARINE BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

DESULFOTOMACULUM;

EID: 35349017819     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06200     Document Type: Article

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