Metagenomic and geochemical characterization of pockmarked sediments overlaying the Troll petroleum reservoir in the North Sea

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Håvelsrud, Othilde Elise ^a,b   Haverkamp, Thomas H A ^b   Kristensen, Tom ^b   Jakobsen, Kjetill S ^b   Rike, Anne Gunn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; METHANE;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NITROSOPUMILUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PROKARYOTES BY HABITAT; PYROSEQUENCING; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

BIOTA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; METAGENOME; NORTH SEA; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84866004891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-203     Document Type: Article

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