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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
Volume 60, Issue 3, Pages 490-500Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00308.x
Keywords
forest soils; acidophilic methanotrophs; pmoA genes; 16S rRNA genes; Methylocystaceae; Beijerinckiaceae
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Methanotroph abundance was analyzed in control and long-term nitrogen-amended pine and hardwood soils using rRNA-targeted quantitative hybridization. Family-specific 16S rRNA and pmoA/amoA genes were analyzed via PCR-directed assays to elucidate methanotrophic bacteria inhabiting soils undergoing atmospheric methane consumption. Quantitative hybridizations suggested methanotrophs related to the family Methylocystaceae were one order of magnitude more abundant than Methyloccocaceae and more sensitive to nitrogen-addition in pine soils. 16S rRNA gene phylotypes related to known Methylocystaceae and acidophilic methanotrophs and pmoA/amoA gene sequences, including three related to the upland soil cluster Alphaproteobacteria (USC alpha) group, were detected across different treatments and soil depths. Our results suggest that methanotrophic members of the Methylocystaceae and Beijerinckiaceae may be the candidates for soil atmospheric methane consumption.
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