Investigation of the methanogen-related archaeal population structure in shallow sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 482-490

  Chen, Jinquan ^a,b   Wang, Fengping ^b   Zheng, Yanping ^c   Jiang, Lijing ^c   Xiao, Xiang ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOA Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic methane oxidation; Estuarine sediments; Methanogenesis; Methanogens; Methanomicrobiales; Methanosaeta; Methanosarcinales ANME; SMTZ

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSAETA;

ARCHAEAL DNA; METHANE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEON; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESTUARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

ARCHAEA; BIOTA; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84901838088     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201200172     Document Type: Article

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