Anaerobic oxidation of methane and ammonium

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2004, Pages 99-117

  Strous, Marc ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium; AMO; Anammox; Methanogen; Methanotroph; Planctomycetes; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; METHANE; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; CARBON CYCLING; CELL STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; EVOLUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYLOGENY; PLANCTOMYCETALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOTOGA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOSARCINA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NITROSOMONAS; PLANCTOMYCETALES; PLANCTOMYCETES; THERMOTOGA;

EID: 9244252034     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.58.030603.123605     Document Type: Review

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