Evidence for substantial intramolecular heterogeneity in the stable carbon isotopic composition of phytol in photoautotrophic organisms

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-146

  Schouten, Stefan ^a   Özdirekcan, Suat ^a   van der Meer, Marcel T J ^a   Blokker, Peter ^a   Baas, Marianne ^a   Hayes, John M ^b   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOIDS; DIAGENETIC PRODUCTS; ISOPRENOIDS; PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC ORGANISMS; PHYTOLS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; FRACTIONATION; OXIDATION;

ALCOHOLS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAGENESIS; HETEROGENEITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 38649116677     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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