Methylotrophic methanogenesis governs the biogenic coal bed methane formation in Eastern Ordos Basin, China

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1587-1597

  Guo, Hongguang ^a   Yu, Zhisheng ^a   Liu, Ruyin ^a   Zhang, Hongxun ^a,b   Zhong, Qiding ^c   Xiong, Zhenghe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

Author keywords

Coal bed methane; Deep subsurface environment; Methanogenesis; Ordos Basin

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; COAL BED METHANE; COALBED METHANES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); HIGH POTENTIAL; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANOGENESIS; NITRATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; ORDOS BASIN; ORDOS BASIN , CHINA; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; SULFATE REDUCING; THERMOGENIC ORIGIN; WATER SAMPLES;

BIODEGRADATION; COAL DEPOSITS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GENES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; METHANATION; METHANOGENS; METHANOL; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVEN RESERVES; RNA;

METHANE;

COAL BED METHANE; FUEL; METHANE; NITRATE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COAL SEAM; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ELECTROKINESIS; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHINA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FERMENTATION; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOLOBUS; METHYLOTROPH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; THERMOGENESIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CHINA; COAL; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

CHINA; ORDOS BASIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOLOBUS;

EID: 84871049998     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-3889-3     Document Type: Article

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