Methanotrophic activity, abundance, and diversity in forested swamp pools: Spatiotemporal dynamics and influences on methane fluxes

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-271

  Miller, Daniel N ^a,b   Yavitt, Joseph B ^a   Madsen, Eugene L ^a   Ghiorse, William C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Methane emission; Methane oxidation; Methanotrophy; MPN; PCR; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWAMP;

ITHACA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCELLA; METHYLOCELLA PALUSTRIS; METHYLOMONAS; METHYLOMONAS METHANICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2942620129     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450490438766     Document Type: Article

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