Microbial methane cycling in a terrestrial mud volcano in eastern Taiwan

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 895-908

  Chang, Yung Hsin ^a   Cheng, Ting Wen ^a   Lai, Wen Jing ^b   Tsai, Wen Yu ^a   Sun, Chih Hsien ^c   Lin, Li Hung ^a   Wang, Pei Ling ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CPC CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; TAIWAN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84859425755     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02658.x     Document Type: Article

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