Carbon Isotope Fractionation in Bacterial Production of Methane
- 11 December 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 130 (3389) , 1658-1659
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.130.3389.1658.b
Abstract
Anaerobic bacteria from a Pacific Ocean mud cause unusually large carbon isotope fractionations during fermentation of methanol. The methane produced is about 8 percent enriched in C 12 , relative to the original methanol. Fractionation factors determined at 30°C and 23°C were 1.081 and 1.094, respectively, which indicates that this process is dependent on temperature.Keywords
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