The microbial methane cycle

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 279-284

  Colin Murrell, J ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 77950670880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00089.x     Document Type: Editorial

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