title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecological Microbiology, University of Bayreuth, Dr.-Hans-Frisch-Str. 1-3, D-95448 Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dörr
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kolb
mesh_terms: D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D001272:Atmosphere; D001938:Brazil; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000382:microbiology; D017753:Ecosystem; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014197:Trees / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D008697:Methane