Global prevalence of methane oxidation by symbiotic bacteria in peat-moss ecosystems

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 617-621

  Kip, Nardy ^a   Van Winden, Julia F ^b   Pan, Yao ^c   Bodrossy, Levente ^c   Reichart, Gert Jan ^b   Smolders, Alfons J P ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Damsté, Jaap S Sinninghe ^b,d   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MOSS; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; PEATLAND; SYMBIOSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77956293666     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo939     Document Type: Article

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