Ethane- and propane-producing potential and molecular characterization of an ethanogenic enrichment in an anoxic estuarine sediment

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-48

  Xie, Sitan ^a   Lazar, Cassandre Sara ^a,b   Lin, Yu Shih ^a   Teske, Andreas ^b   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOURCES; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; ESTUARY SEDIMENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; METHANOGENS; PROPANE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBSTRATES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BACTERIUM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ETHANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROPANE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATE;

METHANOCALCULUS;

EID: 84876500504     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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