Trace elements affect methanogenic activity and diversity in enrichments from subsurface coal bed produced water

Trace elements affect methanogenic activity and diversity in enrichments from subsurface coal bed produced water

Microbial methane from coal beds accounts for a significant and growing percentage of natural gas worldwide. Our knowledge of physical and geochemical factors regulating methanogenesis is still in its infancy. We hypothesized that in these closed systems, trace elements (as micronutrients) are a lim...

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Main Authors: Burcu eÜnal, Verlin Ryan Perry, Mili eSheth, Vicente eGomez-Alvarez, Kuk-Jeong eChin, Klaus eNüsslein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Trace Elements
coal bed methane
mcrA transcript
enrichments
deep subsurface
Methanogens
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00175/full

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