High-pressure systems for gas-phase free continuous incubation of enriched marine microbial communities performing anaerobic oxidation of methane

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 524-533

  Deusner, Christian ^a,b   Meyer, Volker ^a   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

AOM; Deep sea; High pressure; Methane; Piezophilic; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURES; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; BIOMASS ACTIVITY; BLACK SEA; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; DEEP SEA; DISSOLVED METHANE; FED BATCHES; GASPHASE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH-PRESSURE METHANE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INCUBATION PERIODS; LONG-TERM INCUBATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL MATS; PRESSURE SYSTEM; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; WATER DEPTH;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OXIDATION;

METHANE;

METHANE; SULFIDE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EFFLUENT; FED BATCH CULTURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPERBARISM; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; GASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES; SULFIDES;

EID: 74849085128     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22553     Document Type: Article

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