Methanogenic archaea isolated from Taiwan's Chelungpu fault

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 830-838

  Wu, Sue Yao ^a   Lai, Mei Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; CELL PROTEINS; COAL SEAMS; DNA DATABASE; DNA-DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FAULT GOUGE; LAND SURFACE; MESOPHILIC; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA; PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ROD-SHAPED; SANDSTONE SAMPLES; SUB-SEAFLOOR; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ROCKS; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

COAL DEPOSITS; DNA; GAS HYDRATES; METHANOGENS; METHANOL; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RNA;

GENES;

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; METHANE; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL SEAM; DATABASE; EUKARYOTE; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOL; MORPHOLOGY; PETROLEUM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; SEAFLOOR; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; EARTHQUAKE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; TAIWAN;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CULTURE MEDIA; EARTHQUAKES; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

CHELUNGPU FAULT ZONE; TAIWAN;

COCCOIDEA; METHANOBACTERIUM PALUSTRE; METHANOLOBUS;

EID: 79551494878     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01539-10     Document Type: Article

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