Substantial 13C/12C and D/H fractionation during anaerobic oxidation of methane by marine consortia enriched in vitro

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 370-376

  Holler, Thomas ^a   Wegener, Gunter ^a   Knittel, Katrin ^a   Boetius, Antje ^a,b   Brunner, Benjamin ^a   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a   Widdel, Friedrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77749281557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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