Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MicroPEAT (Microbial communities of Temperate, Artic and Tropical peatlands and their role in the response of carbon storage function to global change)

The study of peatlands is of great relevance in the current changing world, they are known as critical carbon reservoirs and store about one third of terrestrial carbon. Carbon storage function is linked to slow degradation of organic material (carbon) by microbes (bacteria...