Detection, isolation, and characterization of acidophilic methanotrophs from sphagnum mosses

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 5643-5654

  Kip, Nardy ^a   Ouyang, Wenjing ^a   van Winden, Julia ^b   Raghoebarsing, Ashna ^a   van Niftrik, Laura ^a   Pol, Arjan ^a   Pan, Yao ^c   Bodrossy, Levente ^c   van Donselaar, Elly G ^b   Reichart, Gert Jan ^b   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Damsté, Jaap S Sinninghe ^b,d   den Camp, Huub J M Op ^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

16S RRNA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCES; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANOTROPHS; PEAT LAND;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; METHANE; RNA; WETLANDS;

STRAIN;

ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; METHANE; PHOSPHOLIPID; RNA 16S;

ARRAY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; EMISSION; FILTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MOSS; PEATLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPHAGNOPSIDA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHANE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

BRYOPHYTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOCYSTIS; METHYLOMONAS; METHYLOSINUS; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 80052621146     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05017-11     Document Type: Article

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