The atmosphere has recently been recognized as a major source of energy sustaining life.
Diverse aerobic bacteria oxidize the three most abundant reduced trace gases in the …

Methane-oxidizing bacteria are characterized by their capability to grow on methane as sole
source of carbon and energy. Cultivation-dependent and-independent methods have …

Soil microorganisms globally are thought to be sustained primarily by organic carbon
sources. Certain bacteria also consume inorganic energy sources such as trace gases, but …

Soils serve as the biological sink of the potent greenhouse gas methane with exceptionally
low concentrations of∼ 1.84 ppmv in the atmosphere. The as-yet-uncultivated methane …

Methanotrophs, cells that consume methane (CH4) as their sole source of carbon and
energy, play key roles in the global carbon cycle, including controlling anthropogenic and …

The global atmospheric level of methane (CH4), the second most important greenhouse
gas, is currently increasing by∼ 10 million tons per year. Microbial oxidation in unsaturated …

Agricultural ecosystems annually receive approximately 25% of the global nitrogen input,
much of which is oxidized at least once by ammonia‐oxidizing prokaryotes to complete the …

Rice agriculture feeds about a third of the world's population. However, rice fields are also
an important source in the global budget of the greenhouse gas methane. The emission of …

Nitrification is a central component of the global nitrogen cycle. Ammonia oxidation, the first
step of nitrification, is performed in terrestrial ecosystems by both ammonia-oxidizing …

Real-Time PCR based assays were developed to quantify Gram positive (GP) and Gram
negative (GN) bacterial populations that are capable of degrading the polycyclic aromatic …