Methane and microbes

Rudolf K. Thauer () and Seigo Shima
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Rudolf K. Thauer: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse
Seigo Shima: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse

Nature, 2006, vol. 440, issue 7086, 878-879

Abstract: Microorganisms can carry out a wonderful range of chemical transformations. The anaerobic oxidation of methane seemed not to be among them. But it is — both with sulphate, and now it turns out, with nitrate.

Date: 2006
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