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SUBMITTER: Grundger F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4367440 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gründger Friederike F Jiménez Núria N Thielemann Thomas T Straaten Nontje N Lüders Tillmann T Richnow Hans-Hermann HH Krüger Martin M
Frontiers in microbiology 20150320
Coal-bearing sediments are major reservoirs of organic matter potentially available for methanogenic subsurface microbial communities. In this study the specific microbial community inside lignite-bearing sedimentary basin in Germany and its contribution to methanogenic hydrocarbon degradation processes was investigated. The stable isotope signature of methane measured in groundwater and coal-rich sediment samples indicated methanogenic activity. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed the pr ...[more]