Methane-producing microbial community in a coal bed of the Illinois Basin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2424-2432

  Stra̧poć, Dariusz ^a,e   Picardal, Flynn W ^a   Turich, Courtney ^b,f   Schaperdoth, Irene ^b   Macalady, Jennifer L ^b   Lipp, Julius S ^c   Lin, Yu Shih ^c   Ertefai, Tobias F ^c   Schubotz, Florence ^c   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^c   Mastalerz, Maria ^d   Schimmelmann, Arndt ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^f SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS;

FUEL METHANOGENESIS; METHANE RESERVES; METHANOCORPUSCULUM;

MICROORGANISMS;

COAL; MEMBRANE LIPID; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER;

BASIN; BIODEGRADATION; COAL SEAM; METABOLISM; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYLOGENY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; METHANOCORPUSCULUM; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RHODOBACTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL MEMBRANE; COAL; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HYDROGEN; ILLINOIS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; METHANE; METHANOMICROBIALES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ILLINOIS BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

METHANOCORPUSCULUM;

EID: 42349093356     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02341-07     Document Type: Article

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