Chemical compound classes supporting microbial methanogenesis in coal

Chemical Geology

Volumn 339, Issue , 2013, Pages 226-241

  Furmann, Agnieszka ^a   Schimmelmann, Arndt ^a   Brassell, Simon C ^a   Mastalerz, Maria ^b   Picardal, Flynn ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic compounds; Coal; Coal bed methane; Hopanes; Methanogenesis; N alkanes

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC CHAINS; ANAEROBIC BIOREACTORS; AROMATIC CARBON; BIODEGRADATION PATTERNS; BLOCK COAL; CBM WELLS; CHEMICAL SITES; COAL BED METHANE; COALBED METHANES; HEADSPACES; HOPANES; ILLINOIS; INDIANA , USA; INERTINITE; LIPTINITES; LOW-ACTIVATION ENERGY; METHANE YIELD; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL INOCULUMS; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; N-ALKANES; ORGANIC EXTRACTS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PEAK INTENSITY; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; SOLUBLE FRACTION; SPECIFIC CLASS; VITRINITES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; DICHLOROMETHANE; EXPERIMENTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; METHANE; METHANOL; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFINS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALKANE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; COALBED METHANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL MAT; ORGANIC MATTER; VITRINITE;

ILLINOIS BASIN; INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873750444     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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