Hydrogen production in photosynthetic microbial mats in the Elkhorn Slough estuary, Monterey Bay

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 863-874

  Burow, Luke C ^a,b   Woebken, Dagmar ^a,b   Bebout, Brad M ^b   McMurdie, Paul J ^a   Singer, Steven W ^c   Pett Ridge, Jennifer ^d   Prufert Bebout, Leslie ^b   Spormann, Alfred M ^a   Weber, Peter K ^d   Hoehler, Tori M ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

fermentation; hydrogen; hydrogenase; microbial mats; Microcoleus spp.; pyrotags

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; NICKEL IRON HYDROGENASE; NICKEL-IRON HYDROGENASE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; GAS PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROGEN; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC ACID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BAY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RIBOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BAYS; CALIFORNIA; CYANOBACTERIA; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RIBOTYPING;

CALIFORNIA; ELKHORN SLOUGH; UNITED STATES;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84858861595     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.142     Document Type: Article

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