Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7054, 2005, Pages 1153-1156

  Raghoebarsing, Ashna A ^a   Smolders, Alfons J P ^a   Schmid, Markus C ^a   Rijpstra, W Irene C ^b   Wolters Arts, Mieke ^a   Derksen, Jan ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^b   Damsté, Jaap S Sinninghe ^b   Lamers, Leon P M ^a   Roelofs, Jan G M ^a   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^a   Strous, Marc ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; NATURAL RESOURCES; OXIDATION; PEAT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE RECYCLING; PEAT BOGS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYALIN; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; PHYTOSTEROL;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CARBON SOURCE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOPHYTE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SPHAGNUM; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; WETLAND;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; METHANE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA; STEROLS; SYMBIOSIS;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 24144437435     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03802     Document Type: Article

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