Arctic permafrost soils store large amounts of soil organic carbon (SOC) that could be released into the atmosphere as methane (CH4) in a future warmer climate. How warming affects the complex microbial network decomposing SOC is not understood. The researchers studied CH4 production of Arctic peat soil microbiota in anoxic microcosms over a temperature gradient from 1 to 30 °C, combining metatranscriptomic, metagenomic, and targeted metabolic profiling.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/metabolic-and-trophic-interactions-modulate-methane-production-arctic-peat
[2] http://www.pnas.org/content/112/19/E2507.full.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alexander-t%C3%B8sdal-tveit
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tim-urich
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/peter-frenzel-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/proceedings-national-academy-sciences
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arctic
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peat
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/methane
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/micro-organisms
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-science
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change