Diversity of methanogenic archaea in a mangrove sediment and isolation of a new Methanococcoides strain: Research Letter

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-253

  Lyimo, Thomas J ^a,b   Pol, Arjan ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Mangrove sediment; Methanogens; Methanol; Trimethylamine

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; RNA 16S; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHYLOTROPH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCHAEA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANOL; METHANOSARCINACEAE; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCOCCOIDES; METHANOCOCCOIDES METHYLUTENS;

EID: 58449112245     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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