Methanotrophic communities in Brazilian ferralsols from naturally forested, afforested, and agricultural sites.

ABSTRACT: Conversion of forests to farmland permanently lowers atmospheric methane consumption due to unresolved reasons. Alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs were predominant in forested soils and gammaproteobacterial species were predominant in farmland soils of subtropical ferralsols in Brazil. The capability of atmospheric methane consumption was obliterated in farmland soils, suggesting a shift from oligotrophic to copiotrophic species.

SUBMITTER: Dorr N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2820952 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature