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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 74, Issue 9, Pages 2894-2901Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00070-08
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Incorporation of plant residues strongly enhances the methane production and emission from flooded rice fields. Temperature and residue type are important factors that regulate residue decomposition and CH, production. However, the response of the methanogenic archaeal community to these factors in rice field soil is not well understood. In the present experiment, the structure of the archaeal community was determined during the decomposition of rice root and straw residues in anoxic rice field soil incubated at three temperatures (15 degrees C, 30 degrees C, and 45 degrees C). More CH, was produced in the straw treatment than root treatment. Increasing the temperature from 15 degrees C to 45 degrees C enhanced CH4 Production. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses in combination with cloning and sequencing of 16S rRNA genes showed that Methanosarcinaceae developed early in the incubations, whereas Methanosaetaceae became more abundant in the later stages. Methanosarcinaceae and Methanosaetaceae seemed to be better adapted at 15 degrees C and 30 degrees C, respectively, while the thermophilic Methanobacteriales and rice cluster I methanogens were significantly enhanced at 45 degrees C. Straw residues promoted the growth of Methanosarcinaceae, whereas the root residues favored Methanosaetaceae. In conclusion, our study revealed a highly dynamic structure of the methanogenic archaeal community during plant residue decomposition. The in situ concentration of acetate (and possibly of H-2) seems to be the key factor that regulates the shift of methanogenic community.
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