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http://dx.doi.org/10.4014/kjmb.1310.10005

Evaluation of Methane Oxidation and the Production Potential of Soils in an Urban School  

Lee, Yun-Yeong (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University)
Kim, Tae Gwan (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University)
Ryu, Hee Wook (Department of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University)
Cho, Kyung-Suk (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University)
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Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters / v.42, no.1, 2014 , pp. 32-40 More about this Journal
Abstract
Methane oxidation and the production potentials of ground soil (soil A) and garden soil (soil B, C, & D) in an urban school were evaluated, and the methanotrophic and methanogen communities in the soil samples were quantified using quantitative realtime PCR. The methanotrophic community in the raw soil A sample possessed a $6.1{\times}10^3$ gene copy number/g dry weight soil, whereas those in the raw soils B~D samples were $1.6-1.9{\times}10^5$ gene copy numbers/g dry weight soil. Serum bottles added with the soil samples were enriched with methane gas, and then evaluated for their methane oxidation potential. The soil A sample had a longer induction phase for methane oxidation than the other soils. However, soil A showed a similar methane oxidation potential with soils B~D after the induction phase. The methanotrophic community in the enriched soil A sample was increased by up to $2.3{\times}10^7$ gene copy numbers/g dry weight soil, which had no significantly difference compared with those in soils B~D ($1.2-2.8{\times}10^8$ gene copy numbers/g dry weight soil). Methane production showed a similar tendency to methane oxidation. The methanogens community in raw soil A ($1.7{\times}10^5$ gene copy number/g dry weight soil) was much less than those in raw soils B~D ($1.3-3.4{\times}10^7$ gene copy numbers/g dry weight soil). However, after methane gas was produced by adding starch to the soils, soil samples A~D showed $10^7$ gene copy numbers/g dry weight soil in methanogens communities. The results indicate that methanotrophic and methanogenic bacteria have coexisted in this urban school's soils. Moreover, under appropriate conditions for methane oxidation and production, methanotrophic bacteria and methanogens are increased and they have the potential for methane oxidation and production.
Keywords
Methane oxidation; methane production; soil; urban school;
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