Methanogenesis in subglacial sediments

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 685-692

  Boyd, Eric S ^a   Skidmore, Mark ^a   Mitchell, Andrew C ^a   Bakermans, Corien ^a,b   Peters, John W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINALES;

EID: 77958157510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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