Abundance and activity of uncultured methanotrophic bacteria involved in the consumption of atmospheric methane in two forest soils

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1150-1161

  Kolb, Steffen ^a,b   Knief, Claudia ^a,c   Dunfield, Peter F ^a,d   Conrad, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; METHANE; OXYGENASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL; TREE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 22744440684     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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