Diverse microbial community from the coalbeds of the Ordos Basin, China

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 90-91, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-33

  Tang, Yue Qin ^a   Ji, Pan ^a   Lai, Guo Li ^a   Chi, Chang Qiao ^a   Liu, Ze Shen ^a   Wu, Xiao Lei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coalbed methane; Microbial community; Ordos Basin; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; COAL BED METHANE; COALBED METHANES; COALBEDS; COALFIELDS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ORDOS BASIN; ORDOS BASIN , CHINA; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; FIREDAMP; GENES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RNA;

METHANE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COALBED METHANE; COALIFICATION; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA;

CHINA; ORDOS BASIN;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84856399959     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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