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Biogeochemistry and Ecophysiology of Atmospheric CO and H2

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Advances in Microbial Ecology

Part of the book series: Advances in Microbial Ecology ((AMIE,volume 10))

Abstract

Hydrogen and carbon monoxide are just trace constituents in our environment, but their cycles are nevertheless of great importance for life on earth. Two different cycles may be distinguished, the cycling between the biosphere and the atmosphere (atmospheric cycle) and the cycling and turnover within individual ecosystems of the biosphere (biospheric cycle). For H2, it is the biospheric cycle in anoxic environments that is of special interest, since H2 is an important intermediate in the decomposition of organic matter and functions as a regulator for the whole mineralization process. The role of H2 in these environments has been described and discussed in a number of reviews on methane production and sulfate reduction in anoxic ecosystems (Zehnder, 1978; Nedwell, 1984; Zeikus, 1983) and thus will not be the subject of this review. The biospheric cyles of CO and H2 in anoxic environments are of relatively little importance for the atmospheric budgets of CO and H2 (see Section 6). However, they are of great importance for the budget of atmospheric CH4 (Seiler, 1984), which is an indirect source for atmospheric CO and H2 (see Section 7). Biospheric cycles of CO and H2 are also operative in oxic environments.

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  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4684-5409-3

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

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