Diversity and Habitat Preferences of Cultivated and Uncultivated Aerobic Methanotrophic Bacteria Evaluated Based on pmoA as Molecular Marker

C Knief - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Methane-oxidizing bacteria are characterized by their capability to grow on methane as sole
source of carbon and energy. Cultivation-dependent and-independent methods have …

The resilience and functional role of moss in boreal and arctic ecosystems

MR Turetsky, B Bond‐Lamberty, E Euskirchen… - New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Mosses in northern ecosystems are ubiquitous components of plant communities, and
strongly influence nutrient, carbon and water cycling. We use literature review, synthesis and …

Bark-dwelling methanotrophic bacteria decrease methane emissions from trees

LC Jeffrey, DT Maher, E Chiri, PM Leung… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Tree stems are an important and unconstrained source of methane, yet it is uncertain
whether internal microbial controls (ie methanotrophy) within tree bark may reduce methane …

Conceptualizing functional traits and ecological characteristics of methane‐oxidizing bacteria as life strategies

A Ho, FM Kerckhof, C Luke, A Reim… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Methane‐oxidizing bacteria (MOB) possess the ability to use methane for energy generation
and growth, thereby, providing a key ecosystem service that is highly relevant to the …

Verrucomicrobial methanotrophs: ecophysiology of metabolically versatile acidophiles

RA Schmitz, SH Peeters, W Versantvoort… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Methanotrophs are an important group of microorganisms that counteract methane
emissions to the atmosphere. Methane-oxidising bacteria of the Alpha-and …

Experimental warming alters the community composition, diversity, and N2 fixation activity of peat moss (Sphagnum fallax) microbiomes

AA Carrell, M Kolton, JB Glass… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sphagnum‐dominated peatlands comprise a globally important pool of soil carbon (C) and
are vulnerable to climate change. While peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum are known to …

Cultivating uncultured bacteria from northern wetlands: knowledge gained and remaining gaps

SN Dedysh - Frontiers in microbiology, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Northern wetlands play a key role in the global carbon budget, particularly in the budgets of
the greenhouse gas methane. These ecosystems also determine the hydrology of northern …

A review of landfill microbiology and ecology: a call for modernization with 'next generation'technology

DAR Meyer-Dombard, JE Bogner, J Malas - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Engineered and monitored sanitary landfills have been widespread in the United States
since the passage of the Clean Water Act (1972) with additional controls under RCRA …

Interactions of methylotrophs with plants and other heterotrophic bacteria

H Iguchi, H Yurimoto, Y Sakai - Microorganisms, 2015 - mdpi.com
Methylotrophs, which can utilize methane and/or methanol as sole carbon and energy
sources, are key players in the carbon cycle between methane and CO2, the two most …

Review of sustainable methane mitigation and biopolymer production

OP Karthikeyan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Biological methane (CH4) mitigation combined with biopolymer (PHA-
polyhydroxyalkaonate/PHB-polyhydroxybutyrate) production is a viable option in this fossil …