Stimulation of Methanogenesis by Slurries of Saltmarsh Sediment after the Addition of Molybdate to Inhibit Sulphate-reducing Bacteria

References

1. Abram J. W., Nedwell D. B. 1978a; Inhibition of methanogenesis by sulphate reducing bacteria competing for transferred hydrogen. Archives for Microbiology 117:89–92
   [Google Scholar]
2. Abram J. W., Nedwell D. B. 1978; b)Hydrogen as a substrate for methanogenesis and sulphate reduction in anaerobic saltmarsh sediment. Archives for Microbiology 117:93–97
   [Google Scholar]
3. Balba M. T., Nedwell D. B. 1982; Microbial metabolism of acetate, propionate and butyrate in anoxic sediment from the Colne Point Saltmarsh, Essex, U.K. Journal of General Microbiology 128:1415–1422
   [Google Scholar]
4. Banat I. M., Lindström E. B., Nedwell D. B., Balba M. T. 1981; Evidence for the coexistence of two distinct functional groups of sulfate-reducing bacteria in salt marsh sediment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 42:985–992
   [Google Scholar]
5. Bauchop T. 1967; Inhibition of rumen methanogenesis by methane analogues. Journal of Bacteriology 94:171–175
   [Google Scholar]
6. Cappenberg T. E., Prins R. A. 1974; Interrelations between sulphate-reducing and methane-producing bacteria in bottom deposits of a freshwater lake. III. Experiments with ¹⁴C-labelled substrates. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology 40:457–469
   [Google Scholar]
7. Davis J. B., Yarborough H. E. 1966; Anaerobic oxidation of hydrocarbons of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. Chemical Geology 1:137–146
   [Google Scholar]
8. Devol A. H., Ahmed S. I. 1981; Are high rates of sulphate reduction associated with anaerobic oxidation of methane?. Nature; London: 291407–408
   [Google Scholar]
9. Gran G. 1952; Determination of the equivalence point in potentiometric titrations. Analyst 77:661–671
   [Google Scholar]
10. Hippe H., Caspari D., Fiebig K., Gottschalk G. 1979; Utilization of trimethylamine and other N- methyl compounds for growth and methane formation by Methanosarcina barkeri. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 76494–498
    [Google Scholar]
11. Hutten T. J., Bongaerts H. C. M., Van Der Drift C., Vogels G. D. 1980; Acetate, methanol and carbon dioxide as substrates for growth of Methano- sarcina barkeri. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology 46:601–610
    [Google Scholar]
12. Iversen N., Blackburn T. H. 1981; Seasonal rates of methane oxidation in anoxic marine sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 41:1295–1300
    [Google Scholar]
13. King G. M., Wlebe W. J. 1980; Tracer analysis of methanogenesis in saltmarsh soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 39:877–881
    [Google Scholar]
14. Nedwell D. B., Abram J. W. 1978; Bacterial sulphate reduction in relation to sulphur geochemistry in two contrasting areas of saltmarsh sediment. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science 6:341–351
    [Google Scholar]
15. Nedwell D. B., Banat I. M. 1981; Hydrogen as an electron donor for sulfate-reducing bacteria in slurries of saltmarsh sediment. Microbial Ecology 7:305–313
    [Google Scholar]
16. Oremland R. S., Taylor B. F. 1978; Sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in marine sediments. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta 42:209–214
    [Google Scholar]
17. Oremland R. S., Marsh L. M., Desmarais D.J. 1982a; Methanogenesis in Big Soda Lake, Nevada: an alkaline, moderately hypersaline desert lake. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 43:462–468
    [Google Scholar]
18. Oremland R. S., Marsh L. M., Polcin S. 1982b; Methane production and simultaneous sulphate reduction in anoxic saltmarsh sediments. Nature; London: 296143–145
    [Google Scholar]
19. Peck H. D. 1959; The ATP-dependent reduction of sulfate with hydrogen in extracts of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 45701–708
    [Google Scholar]
20. Postgate J. R. 1979 The Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria Cambridge: Cambridge University Press;
    [Google Scholar]
21. Reeburgh W. S. 1980; Anaerobic methane oxidation : rate depth distributions in Skan Bay sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 47:345–352
    [Google Scholar]
22. Senior E., Lindström E. B., Banat I. M., Nedwell D. B. 1982; Sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in the sediment of a saltmarsh on the east coast of the United Kingdom. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 43:987–996
    [Google Scholar]
23. Sørensen J., Christensen D., Jørgensen B. B. 1981; Volatile fatty acids and hydrogen as substrates for sulfate-reducing bacteria in anaerobic marine sediment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 42:5–11
    [Google Scholar]
24. Weimer P. J., Zeikus J. G. 1978; One carbon metabolism in methanogenic bacteria. Cellular characterization and growth of Methanosarcina barkeri. Archives for Microbiology 119:49–57
    [Google Scholar]
25. Winfrey M. R., Zeikus J. G. 1977; Effect of sulfate on carbon and electron flow during microbial methanogenesis in freshwater sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 33:275–281
    [Google Scholar]
26. Winfrey M. R., Zeikus J. G. 1979; Anaerobic metabolism of immediate methane precursors in Lake Mendota. Applied and Environmental Biology 37:244–253
    [Google Scholar]
27. Wolfe R. S. 1971; Microbial formation of methane. Advances in Microbial Physiology 6:107–146
    [Google Scholar]
28. Wolfe R. S., Higgins I. J. 1979; Microbial biochemistry of methane - a study in contrasts. In Microbial Biochemistry, International Review of Biochemistry 21 pp. 268–300 Edited by Quayle J. R. Baltimore: University Park Press;
    [Google Scholar]
29. Zinder S. H., Brock T. D. 1978; Methane, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide production from the terminal methiol group of methionine by anaerobic lake sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 35:344–352
    [Google Scholar]