Novel findings on hopanoid occurrences among sulfate reducing bacteria: Is there a direct link to nitrogen fixation?

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-5

  Blumenberg, Martin ^a   Hoppert, Michael ^a   Krüger, Martin ^b   Dreier, Anne ^a   Thiel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; DIRECT LINKS; HOPANOIDS; N-FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; SQUALENE-HOPENE CYCLASE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE-REDUCER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN FIXATION;

BACTERIA;

ALCOHOL; COEXISTENCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO BASTINII; DESULFOVIBRIO SALEXIGENS; DESULFOVIBRIO ZOSTERAE;

EID: 84861898638     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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