Depth-related diversity, distribution, and activities of methane-metabolizing archaea in sediments of a shallow river estuary

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23780333
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Boundary agriculture
Research Institution	Yamagata University
Principal Investigator	HATTORI Satoshi 山形大学, 農学部, 助教 (40373352)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Keywords	汽水域堆積物 / メタン生成古細菌 / 嫌気的メタン酸化古細菌 / 16SrRNA遺伝子 / mcrA遺伝子 / 微生物生態学 / 汽水域 / 堆積物 / メタン代謝 / 古細菌 / 汽水
Research Abstract	In this study, analyses of vertical distribution, diversity, and activities of estuarine methane-metabolizing archaea have been conducted. rRNA and gene analyses indicated that some of clones affiliated with anaerobic methanotroph.

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