Microbial oxidation of CH4 at high partial pressures in an organic landfill cover soil under different moisture regimes

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-217

  Börjesson, Gunnar ^a   Sundh, Ingvar ^a   Tunlid, Anders ^b   Frostegård, Åsa ^b   Svensson, Bo H ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Denitrification; Methane oxidation; Methanotroph; Nitrogen; Nitrous oxide; Phospholipid fatty acid

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; LANDFILL; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER CONTENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCYSTACEAE;

EID: 0242633857     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00036-1     Document Type: Article

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