Anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification is the dominant methane sink in a deep lake

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 18273-18278

  Deutzmann, Joerg S ^a,b   Stief, Peter ^c,d   Brandes, Josephin ^a   Schink, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lake Constance; M. oxyfera like bacteria; Microsensor profiles; n damo; NC 10 bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; LAKE WATER; METHANE; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CELL DENSITY; DENITRIFICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE DOSAGE; LAKE; MARKER GENE; METHANOTROPH; METHYLOMIRABILIS OXYFERA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; DENITRIFICATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84919934358     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411617111     Document Type: Article

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