Methane production from protozoan endosymbionts following stimulation of microbial metabolism within subsurface sediments

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Holmes, Dawn E ^a,b   Giloteaux, Ludovic ^a   Orellana, Roberto ^a   Williams, Kenneth H ^c   Robbins, Mark J ^c   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic protozoa; Endosymbiont; In situ transcriptomics; Methanogenesis; Uranium bioremediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905654161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00366     Document Type: Article

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