Methyl sulfides as intermediates in the anaerobic oxidation of methane

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 162-173

  Moran, James J ^a,c   Beal, Emily J ^a   Vrentas, Jennifer M ^a   Orphan, Victoria J ^b   Freeman, Katherine H ^a   House, Christopher H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; METHANE; METHANETHIOL; SULFATE; SULFIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIVERS; SULFATES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 38149077985     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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