Evidence of microbial regulation of biogeochemical cycles from a study on methane flux and land use change

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4031-4040

  Nazaries, Loïc ^a,b   Pan, Yao ^c,d   Bodrossy, Levente ^e   Baggs, Elizabeth M ^f   Millard, Peter ^g   Murrell, J Colin ^h   Singh, Brajesh K ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY DIVERSITY; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GREENHOUSE GAS FLUXES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; METHANE; REFORESTATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

METHANE;

AFFORESTATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOG; CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOORLAND; PREDICTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; METHANE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SCOTLAND; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84879818490     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00095-13     Document Type: Article

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