Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4699559 | Chemical Geology | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
⺠First report of anaerobic oxidation of methane in ancient hypersaline environments ⺠Messinian hypersaline sediments were populated by methanotrophic archaea and sulphate-reducing bacteria ⺠13C-depleted molecular fossils document methane uptake ⺠The microbial consortium induced carbonate precipitation
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Authors
S.B. Ziegenbalg, D. Birgel, L. Hoffmann-Sell, C. Pierre, J.M. Rouchy, J. Peckmann,