Abundance and distribution of anaerobic protozoa and their contribution to methane production in Lake Cadagno (Switzerland)

In the uupermost layers of the anoxic sediment in Lake Cadagno, 9 different species of anaerobic protozoa were identified. The total number of these organisms was about 580 cells?ml−1 sediment. Most pf these protozoa contained endosymbiotic methanogenic bacteria which in total amounted to 106 methan...

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Veröffentlicht in:	FEMS microbiology ecology 1990-10, Vol.74 (1), p.39-48
Hauptverfasser:	Wagener, Stefan, Schulz, Silke, Hanselmann, Kurt
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anaerobic protozoa Endosymbiosis Freshwater Methane production Methanogenic bacteria
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