Environmental evidence for net methane production and oxidation in putative ANaerobic MEthanotrophic (ANME) archaea

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2548-2564

  Lloyd, Karen G ^a,b   Alperin, Marc J ^b   Teske, Andreas ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; METHANE; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; WATER;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE LIBRARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH CAROLINA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 80052627969     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02526.x     Document Type: Article

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