Bacterial community structure across environmental gradients in permafrost thaw ponds: methanotroph-rich ecosystems

Bacterial community structure across environmental gradients in permafrost thaw ponds: methanotroph-rich ecosystems

Permafrost thawing leads to the formation of thermokarst ponds that potentially emit CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere. In the Nunavik subarctic region (northern Quebec, Canada), these numerous, shallow ponds become well stratified during summer. This creates a physico-chemical gradient of temperature a...

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Main Authors: Sophie eCrevecoeur, Warwick F. Vincent, Jérôme eComte, Connie eLovejoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
pyrosequencing
16S rRNA
bacterial diversity
methanotrophs
Permafrost
Thaw ponds
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00192/full

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