McGenity, TJ (2010) Methane production in a more saline world. In: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Springer, Berlin, pp. 3337-3338. ISBN 9783540775843.
McGenity, TJ (2010) Methane production in a more saline world. In: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Springer, Berlin, pp. 3337-3338. ISBN 9783540775843.
McGenity, TJ (2010) Methane production in a more saline world. In: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Springer, Berlin, pp. 3337-3338. ISBN 9783540775843.
Abstract
Hypersaline environments are an important component of the Earth?s methane-generating capacity, and salinisation of land is a rampant problem, hence the need to investigate the influence of salinity on methane-producing and consuming microbes. Although a potent greenhouse gas, methane can also be harnessed as a fuel. With increasing pressure on freshwater resources, interest is growing in using marine waters in waste-treatment processes, e.g., sewage treatment. Also many waste streams are hypersaline, e.g., olive mill waste. These factors, coupled with the value of methane as a fuel generated from biological waste, should drive a research effort to better understand the effects of salinity on this important global process.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2013 08:40 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 18:51 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/5937 |