Field and laboratory studies on the bioconversion of coal to methane in the San Juan Basin

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-42

  Wawrik, Boris ^a   Mendivelso, Margarita ^a   Parisi, Victoria A ^a   Suflita, Joseph M ^a   Davidova, Irene A ^a   Marks, Christopher R ^a   Van Nostrand, Joy D ^a   Liang, Yuting ^a   Zhou, Jizhong ^a   Huizinga, Brad J ^b   Strapoć, Dariusz ^c   Callaghan, Amy V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^c Dariusz BioGeoChem LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal bed methane; Metabolite analysis; Methanogenesis; Subsurface microbiology

Indexed keywords

COAL; HYDROGEN; METHANE; RNA 16S;

ALCOHOL; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COAL; FATTY ACID; FIELDWORK; LABORATORY METHOD; METABOLITE; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINALES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; COAL; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN JUAN BASIN [MEXICO];

ARCHAEA; FIRMICUTES; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINALES;

EID: 84862778663     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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