Methanotrophic bacteria, methanotrophy and methane oxidation in soil and rhizosphere

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-182

  Dubey, S K ^a   Kashyap, A K ^a   Singh, J S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

macrophytes; methane consumption; Methane flux; methane mono oxygenase; methane oxidizing bacteria; methanotrophs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030465994     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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