Microbial diversity and methanogenic activity of antrim shale formation waters from recently fractured wells

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Wuchter, Cornelia ^a   Banning, Erin ^a,c   Mincer, Tracy J ^a   Drenzek, Nicholas J ^b,d   Coolen, Marco J L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Algenol Biofuels   (United States)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antrim gas shale; Biogenic gas; Fermenting bacteria; Formation water; Methanogens

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METHANOL; TRIMETHYLAMINE; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HALOPHILE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOGENIC FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL SHALE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; YEAST;

EID: 84892173471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00367     Document Type: Article

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