Diagnostic lipid biomarker and stable carbon isotope signatures of microbial communities mediating the anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulphate

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1668-1677

  Niemann, Helge ^a   Elvert, Marcus ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METHANES; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; ARCHAEA; DIETHERS; DOUBLE BONDS; LIPID BIOMARKERS; LITERATURE DATUMS; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ROBUST IDENTIFICATIONS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; SULPHATE;

ACIDS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ETHERS; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCEROL; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; STRAIN RELAXATION;

METHANE;

ABUNDANCE; ALCOHOL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DOMINANCE; ETHER; FATTY ACID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; LITERATURE REVIEW; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE;

DESULFOBULBUS; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINALES;

EID: 56349112045     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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