A 'rare biosphere' microorganism contributes to sulfate reduction in a peatland

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Pester, Michael ^a   Bittner, Norbert ^a   Deevong, Pinsurang ^a,b   Wagner, Michael ^a   Loy, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

global warming; keystone species; peatlands; rare biosphere; sulfur cycle

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KEYSTONE SPECIES; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PEATLAND; REDUCTION; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SULFATE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

DESULFOSPOROSINUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METHANE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFATES; SULFUR; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 78649448174     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.75     Document Type: Article

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