Effect of nutrient and selective inhibitor amendments on methane oxidation, nitrous oxide production, and key gene presence and expression in landfill cover soils: Characterization of the role of methanotrophs, nitrifiers, and denitrifiers

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 389-403

  Lee, Sung Woo ^a,e   Im, Jeongdae ^a   Dispirito, Alan A ^b   Bodrossy, Levente ^c   Barcelona, Michael J ^d   Semrau, Jeremy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizers; Landfill; Methane; Methanotroph; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ARCHAEA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DENITRIFIERS; DRY SOIL; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LANDFILL COVERS; LANDFILL METHANE; MATRIX; MESSENGER RNA; METHANE CONSUMPTION; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; METHANE OXIDATION; METHANOTROPHS; MICHIGAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTION; PCR ANALYSIS; PHENYLACETYLENES; PURE CULTURE; SELECTIVE INHIBITORS; SOIL MICROCOSMS; TYPE II;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANESTHETICS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL CULTURE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND FILL; METHANE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; RNA; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHENYLACETYLENE;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; METHANOTROPH; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROCOSM; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; PMOA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; METHANE; NITRITES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

KALAMAZOO; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 71349088500     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2238-7     Document Type: Article

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