Anaerobic oxidation of methane in hypersaline cold seep sediments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 214-231

  Maignien, Loïs ^a   Parkes, R John ^b   Cragg, Barry ^b   Niemann, Helge ^c,d   Knittel, Katrin ^c   Coulon, Stephanie ^a   Akhmetzhanov, Andrey ^e,f   Boon, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f LUKOIL Overseas UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rDNA gene libraries; Captain Arutyunov mud volcano; Gulf of Cadiz; Mercator mud volcano; Methane cold seep; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; METHANE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SULFATE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOENERGY; CARBON CYCLE; CELL ORGANELLE; COLD SEEP; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; INHIBITION; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFUR CYCLE; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLCANO;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 84870929180     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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