Peaks of in situ N2 O emissions are influenced by N2 O-producing and reducing microbial communities across arable soils

Domeignoz-Horta L.A., Philippot L., Peyrard C., Bru D., Breuil M.C., Bizouard F., Justes E., Mary B., Léonard J., Spor A.
2018

Agriculture is the main source of terrestrial N2O emissions, a potent greenhouse gas and the main cause of ozone depletion. The reduction of N2O into N2 by microorganisms carrying the nitrous oxide reductase gene (nosZ) is the only known biological process eliminating this greenhouse gas. Recent studies showed that a previously unknown clade of N2O?reducers (nosZII) was related to the potential ...

Météorologie et climatologie; Chimie et physique du sol; Biologie du sol