Methane-cycling microbial communities and methane emission in natural and restored peatlands

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6386-6389

  Juottonen, Heli ^a   Hynninen, Anu ^b   Nieminen, Mika ^b   Tuomivirta, Tero T ^b   Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^a,c   Nousiainen, Hannu ^b   Kell, Dana K ^b   Yrjälä, Kim ^a   Tervahauta, Arja ^b   Fritze, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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EID: 84866155065     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00261-12     Document Type: Note

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