Emission of methane by Eudrilus eugeniae and other earthworms: From Brazil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3014-3019

  Depkat Jakob, Peter S ^a   Hunger, Sindy ^a   Schulz, Kristin ^a   Brown, George G ^b   Tsai, Siu M ^c   Drake, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; GUT CONTENTS; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

GENE ENCODING; NITROGEN OXIDES;

METHANE;

ARCHAEAL DNA; METHANE; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; EARTHWORM; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; METHANOMICROBIACEAE; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOCHAETA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; METHANOMICROBIACEAE; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOCHAETA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BRAZIL;

EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; METHANOMICROBIACEAE; METHANOSARCINACEAE;

EID: 84861168382     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07949-11     Document Type: Article

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