Diversity and Distribution of Archaea Community along a Stratigraphic Permafrost Profile from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

Accompanying the thawing permafrost expected to result from the climate change, microbial decomposition of the massive amounts of frozen organic carbon stored in permafrost is a potential emission source of greenhouse gases, possibly leading to positive feedbacks to the greenhouse effect. In this st...

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Main Authors: Shiping Wei, Hongpeng Cui, Hao He, Fei Hu, Xin Su, Youhai Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Archaea
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/240817