Citation:

West, A. E. AND S. K. Schmidt. WETTING STIMULATES ATMOSPHERIC CH4 OXIDATION BY ALPINE SOIL (R823442). FEMS Microbiology Ecology. FEMS - The Federation of European Microbiological Societies, 25(4):349-353, (1998).

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Studies were done to assess the effects of soil moisture manipulations on CH₄ oxidation in soils from a dry alpine tundra site. When water was added to these soils there was a stimulation of CH₄ oxidation. This stimulation of CH₄ oxidation took time to develop. One to three days after water additions no stimulation was observed. Nine days after rewetting, CH₄ oxidation was greatly stimulated. This time delay suggests that methanotrophs grew in response to water additions, or that they take a long time to recover from metabolically inactive resting stages.

Author Keywords: Methane; Soil CH₄ oxidation; Dry-rewet; Methanotroph; Alpine tundra soil

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Record Type:DOCUMENT( JOURNAL/ PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL)

Product Published Date:04/01/1998

Record Last Revised:12/22/2005

Record ID: 66728

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EPA Number :R823442