Stratified active archaeal communities in the sediments of Jiulong River Estuary, China

Here the composition of total and active archaeal communities in a sediment core of Jiulong River estuary at Fujian Province, Southern China was reported. Profiles of CH4 and SO42- concentrations from the sediment core indicated the existence of a sulfate-methane transition zone (SMTZ) in which sulf...

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Main Authors: Qianqian eLi, Fengping eWang, Zhiwei eChen, Xijie eYin, Xiang eXiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00311/full