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 …

Volatile compounds are usually associated with an appearance/presence in the
atmosphere. Recent advances, however, indicated that the soil is a huge reservoir and …

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 …

Here we describe a quantitative PCR-based approach to estimating the relative abundances
of major taxonomic groups of bacteria and fungi in soil. Primers were thoroughly tested for …

Abstract Quantitative PCR (Q-PCR or real-time PCR) approaches are now widely applied in
microbial ecology to quantify the abundance and expression of taxonomic and functional …

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas in the troposphere controlling ozone
concentration in the stratosphere through nitric oxide production. In order to quantify bacteria …

Denitrification, the reduction of nitrate to nitrous oxide or dinitrogen, is the major biological
mechanism by which fixed nitrogen returns to the atmosphere from soil and water …

Biodiversity is declining world‐wide with detrimental effects on ecosystems. However, we
lack a quantitative understanding of the shape of the relationship between microbial …

Culture-based methods are important in investigating the microbial ecology of natural and
anthropogenically impacted environments, but they are extremely biased in their evaluation …

Nitrate reduction is performed by phylogenetically diverse bacteria. Analysis of narG (alpha
subunit of the membrane bound nitrate reductase) trees constructed using environmental …