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  • Title: Response of methanotrophs and methane oxidation on ammonium application in landfill soils.
    Author: Yang N, Lü F, He P, Shao L.
    Journal: Appl Microbiol Biotechnol; 2011 Dec; 92(5):1073-82. PubMed ID: 21670975.
    Abstract:
    To test the dose effect of ammonium (NH4+) fertilization on soil methane (CH4) oxidation by methanotrophic communities, batch incubations were conducted at a wide scale of NH4+ amendments: 0, 100, 250, 500, and 1,000 mg Nkg(dry soil(-1)). Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and real-time quantitative PCR analysis were conducted to investigate the correlation between the CH4 oxidation capacity and methanotrophic communities. Immediately after the addition of NH4+, temporal inhibition of CH4 oxidation occurred, and this might have been due to the non-specific salt effect (osmotic stress). After a lag phase, the CH4 oxidation rates of the soils with NH4+ fertilization were promoted to levels higher than those of the controls. More than 100 mg Nkg(dry soil(-1)) of NH4+ addition resulted in the reduction of type II/type I MOB ratios and an obvious evolution of type II MOB communities, while less than 100 mg Nkg(dry soil(-1)) of NH4+ addition induced nearly no change of methanotrophic community compositions. The NH(4+)-derived stimulation after the lag phase was attributed to the improvement of N availability for type I MOB. Compared with the controls, 100 mg Nkg(dry soil(-1)) of NH(4) (+) addition doubled the CH(4) oxidation peak value to more than 20 mg CH4kg(dry soil(-1)) h(-1). Therefore, an appropriate amount of leachate irrigation on the landfill cover layer might efficiently mitigate the CH4 emissions.
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