Earthworm activity in a simulated landfill cover soil shifts the community composition of active methanotrophs

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1027-1032

  Kumaresan, Deepak ^a   Héry, Marina ^a   Bodrossy, Levente ^c   Singer, Andrew C ^b   Stralis Pavese, Nancy ^c   Thompson, Ian P ^d   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Landfills; Methanotrophs; PmoA microarray

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METHANE;

ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; LANDFILL; MESOCOSM; METHANOTROPH; METHYLOBACTERIACEAE; METHYLOMONAS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; OLIGOCHAETA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EISENIA VENETA; METHYLOBACTER; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; METHYLOCYSTIS; METHYLOMONAS; METHYLOSARCINA;

EID: 82855175125     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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