Molecular characterization of methanotrophic communities in forest soils that consume atmospheric methane

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 490-500

  Lau, Evan ^a   Ahmad, Azeem ^a,b   Steudler, Paul A ^c   Cavanaugh, Colleen M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA genes; Acidophilic methanotrophs; Beijerinckiaceae; Forest soils; Methylocystaceae; pmoA genes

Indexed keywords

METHANE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST SOIL; HYBRIDIZATION; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BEIJERINCKIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST SOIL; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; NONHUMAN; PINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL DEPTH;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; METHANE; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BEIJERINCKIACEAE; METHYLOCYSTACEAE;

EID: 34249033324     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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