Light-dependent aerobic methane oxidation reduces methane emissions from seasonally stratified lakes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Oswald, Kirsten ^a,b   Milucka, Jana ^c   Brand, Andreas ^a,b   Littmann, Sten ^c   Wehrli, Bernhard ^a,b   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^c   Schubert, Carsten J ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CHLOROPHYLL A; METHANE; OXYGEN; CHLOROPHYLL;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANOXIA; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAKE; LIGHT DEPENDENT AEROBIC METHANE OXIDATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SWITZERLAND; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; LAKES; LIGHT; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84941236634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132574     Document Type: Article

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