2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Depth-related diversity, distribution, and activities of methane-metabolizing archaea in sediments of a shallow river estuary
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23780333
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Boundary agriculture
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| Research Institution | Yamagata University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| 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 |
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| 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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