Methane oxidation potential and preliminary analysis of methanotrophs in blanket bog peat using molecular ecology techniques

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-211

  McDonald, Ian R ^a   Hall, Graham H ^b   Pickup, Roger W ^b   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; methane oxidation potential; PCR; peat; phylogeny; soluble methane monooxygenase

Indexed keywords

METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030298396     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(96)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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