Microbial Community Structures and Methanogenic Functions in Wetland Peat Soils.

ABSTRACT: Methane metabolism in wetlands involves diverse groups of bacteria and archaea, which are responsible for the biological decomposition of organic matter under certain anoxic conditions. Recent advances in environmental omics revealed the phylogenetic diversity of novel microbial lineages, which have not been previously placed in the traditional tree of life. The present study aimed to verify the key players in methane production, either well-known archaeal members or recently identified lineages, in peat soils collected from wetland areas in Japan. Based on an ana-lysis of microbial communities using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and the mole-cular cloning of the functional gene, mcrA, a marker gene for methanogenesis, methanogenic archaea belonging to Methanomicrobiales, Methanosarcinales, Met

SUBMITTER: Prasitwuttisak W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9530717 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature