Revisiting life strategy concepts in environmental microbial ecology

A Ho, DP Di Lonardo… - FEMS microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Microorganisms are physiologically diverse, possessing disparate genomic features and
mechanisms for adaptation (functional traits), which reflect on their associated life strategies …

The Sphagnum microbiome: new insights from an ancient plant lineage

JE Kostka, DJ Weston, JB Glass, EA Lilleskov… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum play a major role in global carbon storage and
dominate many northern peatland ecosystems, which are currently being subjected to some …

Defining the Sphagnum Core Microbiome across the North American Continent Reveals a Central Role for Diazotrophic Methanotrophs in the Nitrogen and Carbon …

M Kolton, DJ Weston, X Mayali, PK Weber… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum are ecosystem engineers that frequently predominate
over photosynthetic production in boreal peatlands. Sphagnum spp. host diverse microbial …

Plant-mediated CH4 exchange in wetlands: A review of mechanisms and measurement methods with implications for modelling

M Ge, A Korrensalo, R Laiho, L Kohl, A Lohila… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant-mediated CH 4 transport (PMT) is the dominant pathway through which soil-produced
CH 4 can escape into the atmosphere and thus plays an important role in controlling …

Responses of methanogenic and methanotrophic communities to warming in varying moisture regimes of two boreal fens

K Peltoniemi, R Laiho, H Juottonen, L Bodrossy… - Soil Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Peatlands are one of the major sources of the powerful greenhouse gas methane (CH 4).
Our aim was to detect responses of methanogenic archaeal and methane-oxidizing bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Facultative methanotrophs–diversity, genetics, molecular ecology and biotechnological potential: A mini-review

MFU Haque, HJ Xu, JC Murrell, A Crombie - Microbiology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methane-oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs) play a vital role in reducing atmospheric
methane emissions, and hence mitigating their potent global warming effects. A significant …

Diversity and potential activity of methanotrophs in high methane-emitting permafrost thaw ponds

S Crevecoeur, WF Vincent, J Comte, A Matveev… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Lakes and ponds derived from thawing permafrost are strong emitters of carbon dioxide and
methane to the atmosphere, but little is known about the methane oxidation processes in …

Nitrogen fixation in Sphagnum mosses is affected by moss species and water table level

SM Leppänen, AJ Rissanen, M Tiirola - Plant and Soil, 2015 - Springer
Background and aims Nitrogen (N 2) fixation by moss-associated bacteria is an important N
source in boreal peatlands and forests. Here we studied whether moss species, water table …

Impact of peat mining and restoration on methane turnover potential and methane-cycling microorganisms in a northern bog

M Reumer, M Harnisz, HJ Lee, A Reim… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ombrotrophic peatlands are a recognized global carbon reservoir. Without restoration and
peat regrowth, harvested peatlands are dramatically altered, impairing their carbon sink …

Diversity of methane-cycling microorganisms in soils and their relation to oxygen

C Knief - Current issues in molecular biology, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microorganisms are important players in the global methane cycle. Anaerobic methanogenic
archaea are largely responsible for methane production, while aerobic methanotrophic …