Different types of methane monooxygenases produce similar carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionation patterns during methane oxidation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1173-1184

  Feisthauer, Stefan ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^a   Modrzynski, Jakub ^a   Szlenkier, Maurycy ^a   Krüger, Martin ^b   Siegert, Michael ^b   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DEGRADATION; ENZYME; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METHANE; OXIDATION;

PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 79251642976     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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