Diversity and activity of methanotrophs in alkaline soil from a Chinese coal mine

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-207

  Han, Bing ^a   Chen, Yin ^b   Abell, Guy ^c   Jiang, Hao ^a   Bodrossy, Levente ^c   Zhao, Jiangang ^d   Murrell, J Colin ^b   Xing, Xin Hui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^d Henan Nengxin Thermoelectricity Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline; Coal mine; Methanotrophs; Molecular ecology

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; COAL MINE; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; METHANOTROPH; METHYLOSINUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; COAL; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MINING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

HYPHOMICROBIUM; METHYLOCELLA; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; METHYLOCOCCUS; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; METHYLOPILA;

EID: 70349850805     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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