Carbon isotope fractionation by methane-oxidizing bacteria in tropical rain forest soils

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Teh, Yit Arn ^a,b,c   Silver, Whendee L ^a   Conrad, Mark E ^b   Borglin, Sharon E ^b   Carlson, Charlotte M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOREST SOIL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34848817788     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JG000053     Document Type: Article

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