Atmospheric methane consumption by forest soils and extracted bacteria at different pH values

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2397-2402

  Amaral, John A ^a,b   Ren, Tie ^a   Knowles, Roger ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

BACTERIUM; FOREST SOIL; METHANE; PH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FOREST; GAS EXCHANGE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NEW HAMPSHIRE; QUEBEC; USA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031816161     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2397-2402.1998     Document Type: Article

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