Bacterial methane oxidation in sea-floor gas hydrate: Significance to life in extreme environments

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 851-854

  Sassen, Roger ^a   MacDonald, Ian R ^a   Guinasso, Norman L ^a   Joye, Samantha ^b   Requejo, Adolfo G ^a   Sweet, Stephen T ^a   Alcalá Herrera, Javier ^a   DeFreitas, Debra A ^a   Schink, David R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; GASES; HYDRATION; METHANE; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BACTERIAL OXIDATION; CARBONATE ROCK; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; GULF OF MEXICO; METHANE OXIDATION; SEAFLOORS; STUDY AREAS; THERMOGENIC HYDROCARBON GAS;

GAS HYDRATES;

BENTHOS; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON; METHANE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84879889717     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0851:BMOISF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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