KINETICS OF CH4 OXIDATION IN OXIC SOILS EXPOSED TO AMBIENT AIR OR HIGH CH4 MIXING RATIOS
KINETICS OF CH4 OXIDATION IN OXIC SOILS EXPOSED TO AMBIENT AIR OR HIGH CH4 MIXING RATIOS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05783.x
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发表时间:
1992-10-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
CONRAD, R
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作者:
BENDER, M;CONRAD, R
The kinetic parameters of CH4 oxidation (K(m), V(max), apparent threshold = Th(a)) were measured using different oxic soils (cultivated cambisol, forest luvisol, meadow cambisol, paddy soil) both in a fresh state and after 3 weeks preincubation under high CH4 mixing ratios (20%). The preincubation resulted in an increase of the most probable number of methanotrophic bacterial. In fresh soils, CH4 oxidation followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a low K(m) (30-51 nM CH4), low V(max) (0.7-3.6 nmol CH4 h-1g-1dw soil), and low Th(a) (0.2-2.7 ppmv CH4). In preincubated soils, CH4 oxidation exhibited biphasic kinetics in which two different CH4 saturation curves were apparently superimposed on each other. Eadie-Hofstee plots of the data showed two activities with different kinetic parameters: a high-affinity activity with low K(m) (13-470 nM CH4), low V(max) (2.1-150.0 nmol CH4 h-1g-1dw) and low Th(a) (0.3-4.1 ppmv CH4) being similar to the kinetic parameters in fresh soils; and a low-affinity activity with high K(m) (1740-27900 nM CH4), high V(max) (270-3690 nmol CH4 h-1g-1dw) and high Th(a) (11-45 ppmv CH4) being similar to the kinetic parameters known from methanotrophic bacteria. The low-affinity activity was also observed in a soil over a deep natural gas source which was permanently exposed to high CH4 mixing ratios (> 5% CH4). Bacteria culturable as methanotrophs are probably responsible for the low-affinity activity which is typical for the soils exposed to high CH4 mixing ratios. However, the bacteria responsible for the high-affinity activity are still unknown. This activity is typical for the soils exposed to only ambient CH4 mixing ratios. Both high- and low-affinity activities were inhibited by autoclaving and by acetylene.