Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Cable bacteria reduce methane emissions from rice-vegetated soils

  • Vincent V. Scholz,
  • Rainer U. Meckenstock,
  • Lars Peter Nielsen,
  • Nils Risgaard-Petersen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15812-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Rice paddies are a major source of the Earth’s atmospheric methane, making these important food crops potent contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Here the authors show that inoculation of paddies with a particular bacterium could significantly curb methane production.