Molecular analyses of novel methanotrophic communities in forest soil that oxidize atmospheric methane
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Molecular analyses of novel methanotrophic communities in forest soil have been carried out. The forest soils analyzed are those that oxidize atmospheric methane. Vertical profiles of the atmospheric methane oxidation rates were measured in German soil. It was found to be a sink for atmospheric methane in situ and in vitro at all times. Winter and summer, the same methanotropic populations were found. The complete soil care was active in summer, but in winter the methane was oxidized in a well-defined subsurface soil layer.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2000
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Molecular analysis of novel methanotrophic communities in forest soil that oxidize atmospheric methane
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Research has been conducted on the forest soil methanotrophic bacterial community. The characterization of the methanotrophic populations in German forest soils via PCR has been carried out.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2000
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High-affinity methane oxidation by a soil enrichment culture containing a Type II methanotroph
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The high-affinity oxidation of methane by a soil enrichment culture with a Type II methanotrophic bacteria has been studied. The methanotrophic bacteria in an organic soil were enriched on gaseous mixing ratios of <275 parts per million of volume of methane. A mixed culture was obtained with a half-saturation constant for CH4 of 56 to 186 nM after four years of growth. This value is the same as the amount measured in the soil itself but is lower by one order of magnitude for pure cultures of methane oxidizers.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1999
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