Microbial methane production in deep aquifer associated with the accretionary prism in Southwest Japan

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-541

  Kimura, Hiroyuki ^a   Nashimoto, Hiroaki ^a   Shimizu, Mikio ^a   Hattori, Shohei ^b   Yamada, Keita ^b   Koba, Keisuke ^c   Yoshida, Naohiro ^b   Kato, Kenji ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep aquifer; Environment; Fermentation; Methane; Methanogenesis; Subsurface; Syntrophic biodegradation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACCUMULATION RATE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DOMINANCE; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HABITAT TYPE; INHIBITION; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL GAS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEAT; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN; JAPAN; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

JAPAN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950043198     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.132     Document Type: Article

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