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Methanogenic activities in alpine soils

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Uncontrolled microbial methane production is playing an important role in global warming. In the present study, we showed that water content and incubation temperature increase the potential for methane formation in the two alpine soils under investigation. Beside these factors, the grazing of cows and thus the amendment of methanogenic microorganisms by cattle dung is the most important factor determining the potential of methane production in those soils.

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  1. Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Andreas O. Wagner, Katrin Hofmann, Eva Prem & Paul Illmer

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Wagner, A.O., Hofmann, K., Prem, E. et al. Methanogenic activities in alpine soils. Folia Microbiol 57, 371–373 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-012-0145-2

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