Methanogenic - University of Maryland
Methanogenic - University of Maryland
Methanogenic - University of Maryland
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Volta Experiment<br />
Historical Overview<br />
• 1776 Volta described “combustible air”<br />
• 1806 Henry lamp gas = methane<br />
• 1869 Becamp methanogenesis biological<br />
• 1936 Barker “isolated” M. omelianskii<br />
• 1947 Kluyver first true isolates<br />
• 1950 Hungate anaerobic technique<br />
• 1977 Woese described “archaebacteria”<br />
Phylogeny <strong>of</strong> Methanogens<br />
Boone et al., 1993<br />
Methanococcales<br />
Methanobacteriales<br />
Methanosarcinales<br />
Methanomicrobiales<br />
Methanopyrales
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