Detection of methanogenic archaea in seawater particles and the digestive tract of a marine fish species

1 April 1999

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters

Vol. 173 (1) , 189-194
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-1097(99)00071-3

Abstract

A methanogen-specific nested PCR approach was used to detect methanogenic archaea in seawater particles of the North Sea and the feces and the digestive tract of flounder ( Platichthys flesus ), a fish found in the North Sea. A number of 16S rDNA sequences with 97.6–99.5% similarity to Methanococcoides methylutens were found in the seawater particles as well as the digestive tract and fecal samples.

Keywords

MARINE FISH
DETECTION
METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA
SEAWATER PARTICLES
DIGESTIVE TRACT
FISH SPECIES

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