Cable bacteria reduce methane emissions from rice-vegetated soils

Vincent V. Scholz (), Rainer U. Meckenstock, Lars Peter Nielsen and Nils Risgaard-Petersen
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Vincent V. Scholz: Aarhus University
Rainer U. Meckenstock: University Duisburg-Essen
Lars Peter Nielsen: Aarhus University
Nils Risgaard-Petersen: Aarhus University

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-5

Abstract: Abstract Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and approximately 11% of the global anthropogenic methane emissions originate from rice fields. Sulfate amendment is a mitigation strategy to reduce methane emissions from rice fields because sulfate reducers and methanogens compete for the same substrates. Cable bacteria are filamentous bacteria known to increase sulfate levels via electrogenic sulfide oxidation. Here we show that one-time inoculation of rice-vegetated soil pots with cable bacteria increases the sulfate inventory 5-fold, which leads to the reduction of methane emissions by 93%, compared to control pots lacking cable bacteria. Promoting cable bacteria in rice fields by enrichment or sensible management may thus become a strategy to reduce anthropogenic methane emissions.

Date: 2020
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