Constraints on the biological source(s) of the orphan branched tetraether membrane lipids

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 402-414

  Weijers, Johan W H ^a,c   Panoto, Elda ^a   van bleijswijk, Judith ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a   Rijpstra, W Irene C ^a   Balk, Melike ^b,d   Stams, Alfons J M ^b   Damsté, Jaap S Sinninghe ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidobacteria; Archaea; Lipids; Methanogens; Peat; Tetraether membrane

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; LIPID; MEMBRANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PEAT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROFILE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349971126     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450902937293     Document Type: Article

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