Estimates of biogenic methane production rates in deep marine sediments at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia margin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3444-3452

  Colwell, F S ^a,b   Boyd, S ^b,c   Delwiche, M E ^b   Reed, D W ^b   Phelps, T J ^d   Newby, D T ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP MARINE SEDIMENTS; DISCRETE LOCATIONS; FUEL SOURCES; HYDRATE RIDGE; IN-SITU; MARINE SEDIMENTS; METHANE HYDRATE (MH); METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANOGENESIS; METHYL-COENZYME M REDUCTASE (MCR); QUANTITATIVE PCR; RECYCLE REACTORS; SEDIMENT COLUMN;

METHANE; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE A; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE FORCING; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STARVATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOREACTOR; CARBON CYCLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCULLEUS SUBMARINUS; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; METHANOMICROBIACEAE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CASCADIA MARGIN; HYDRATE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

METHANOCULLEUS SUBMARINUS;

EID: 44949231449     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02114-07     Document Type: Article

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