Control on rate and pathway of anaerobic organic carbon degradation in the seabed

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

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 367-372

  Beulig, F ^a   Roy H ^a   Glombitza, C ^a,b   Jorgensen B B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine sediment; Methanogenesis; Organic matter mineralization; Sulfate reduction; Syntrophic acetate oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE; CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BALTIC SEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HOLOCENE; HYDROLYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABED; SEDIMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BALTIC STATES; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEA;

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BALTIC STATES; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN; METHANE; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85040256273     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715789115     Document Type: Article

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