Biogenic methane production in formation waters from a large gas field in the North Sea

Extremophiles

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-519

  Gray, Neil D ^a   Sherry, Angela ^a   Larter, Stephen R ^a,b   Erdmann, Michael ^c   Leyris, Juliette ^d   Liengen, Turid ^d   Beeder, Janiche ^c   Head, Ian M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d Research Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

(Extreme) thermophilic microorganisms and their enzymology; Anaerobic bacteria; Archaea; Marine thermophiles and hyperthermophiles; Metabolism; Methanogenesis; Methanogens; Thermophile ecology

Indexed keywords

METHANE; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEAT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOTHERMOBACTER;

EID: 67349258221     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-009-0237-3     Document Type: Article

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