Environmental impacts on the diversity of methane-cycling microbes and their resultant function

Methane is an important anthropogenic greenhouse gas that is produced and consumed in soils by microorganisms responding to micro-environmental conditions. Current estimates show that soil consumption accounts for 5-15% of methane removed from the atmosphere on an annual basis. Recent variability in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Emma eAronson, Steven eAllison, Brent R Helliker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
MOB
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00225/full