Formate, acetate, and propionate as substrates for sulfate reduction in sub-arctic sediments of Southwest Greenland

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue AUG, 2015, Pages

  Glombitza, Clemens ^a   Jaussi, Marion ^a   Røy, Hans ^a   Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig ^a   Lomstein, Bente A ^a   Jørgensen, Bo B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetate diffusion; Energy turnover; Gibbs energy; Minimum energy requirement; Porewater; Thermodynamics; Turnover rates; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CHLORIDE; FORMIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; SULFATE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY TRANSFER; GREENLAND; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84940843330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00846     Document Type: Article

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