Response of fermentation and sulfate reduction to experimental temperature changes in temperate and Arctic marine sediments

ISME Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 815-829

  Finke, Niko ^a,b   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Marine sediments; Sulfate reduction; Temperature response; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHANE; SULFATE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEDIMENT; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NORTH SEA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES; SVALBARD; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 49449112667     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.20     Document Type: Article

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