Linking activity, composition and seasonal dynamics of atmospheric methane oxidizers in a meadow soil

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1115-1126

  Shrestha, Pravin Malla ^a,e   Kammann, Claudia ^b,c   Lenhart, Katharina ^d   Dam, Bomba ^a   Liesack, Werner ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphericm ethane; grassland soil; methane oxidizing bacteria; methanotrophs; seasonal dynamics; upland soil cluster alpha

Indexed keywords

METHANE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND SOIL; MEADOW; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; OXIDATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPLAND REGION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; GERMANY; METABOLISM; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASON; SOIL;

GENES, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

GERMANY; GIESSEN; HESSE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861349100     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.179     Document Type: Article

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