Carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionation during nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation by Methylomirabilis oxyfera

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 89, Issue , 2012, Pages 256-264

  Rasigraf, Olivia ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^b   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^b   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Ettwig, Katharina F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METHANE; NITRITE; OXIDATION; REDUCTION;

EID: 84862258300     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.04.054     Document Type: Article

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