Journal article
The relative contribution of methanotrophs to microbial communities and carbon cycling in soil overlying a coal-bed methane seep
Abstract
Seepage of coal-bed methane (CBM) through soils is a potential source of atmospheric CH4 and also a likely source of ancient (i.e. (14) C-dead) carbon to soil microbial communities. Natural abundance (13) C and (14) C compositions of bacterial membrane phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) and soil gas CO2 and CH4 were used to assess the incorporation of CBM-derived carbon into methanotrophs and other members of the soil microbial community. …
Authors
Mills CT; Slater GF; Dias RF; Carr SA; Reddy CM; Schmidt R; Mandernack KW
Journal
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 84, No. 3, pp. 474–494
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
6 2013
DOI
10.1111/1574-6941.12079
ISSN
0168-6496