Resilience of aerobic methanotrophs in soils; spotlight on the methane sink under agriculture

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Autoren

  • Jiyeon Lim
  • Helena Wehmeyer
  • Tanja Heffner
  • Meret Aeppli
  • Wenyu Gu
  • Pil Joo Kim
  • Marcus Horn
  • Adrian Ho

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Externe Organisationen

  • Nestlé SA
  • Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Lausanne (ETHL)
  • Gyeongsang National University
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummerfiae008
FachzeitschriftFEMS microbiology ecology
Jahrgang100
Ausgabenummer3
Frühes Online-Datum7 Feb. 2024
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - März 2024

Abstract

Aerobic methanotrophs are a specialized microbial group, catalyzing the oxidation of methane. Disturbance-induced loss of methanotroph diversity/abundance, thus results in the loss of this biological methane sink. Here, we synthesized and conceptualized the resilience of the methanotrophs to sporadic, recurring, and compounded disturbances in soils. The methanotrophs showed remarkable resilience to sporadic disturbances, recovering in activity and population size. However, activity was severely compromised when disturbance persisted or reoccurred at increasing frequency, and was significantly impaired following change in land use. Next, we consolidated the impact of agricultural practices after land conversion on the soil methane sink. The effects of key interventions (tillage, organic matter input, and cover cropping) where much knowledge has been gathered were considered. Pairwise comparisons of these interventions to nontreated agricultural soils indicate that the agriculture-induced impact on the methane sink depends on the cropping system, which can be associated to the physiology of the methanotrophs. The impact of agriculture is more evident in upland soils, where the methanotrophs play a more prominent role than the methanogens in modulating overall methane flux. Although resilient to sporadic disturbances, the methanotrophs are vulnerable to compounded disturbances induced by anthropogenic activities, significantly affecting the methane sink function.

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Resilience of aerobic methanotrophs in soils; spotlight on the methane sink under agriculture. / Lim, Jiyeon; Wehmeyer, Helena; Heffner, Tanja et al.
in: FEMS microbiology ecology, Jahrgang 100, Nr. 3, fiae008, 03.2024.

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Lim, J., Wehmeyer, H., Heffner, T., Aeppli, M., Gu, W., Kim, P. J., Horn, M., & Ho, A. (2024). Resilience of aerobic methanotrophs in soils; spotlight on the methane sink under agriculture. FEMS microbiology ecology, 100(3), Artikel fiae008. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiae008
Lim J, Wehmeyer H, Heffner T, Aeppli M, Gu W, Kim PJ et al. Resilience of aerobic methanotrophs in soils; spotlight on the methane sink under agriculture. FEMS microbiology ecology. 2024 Mär;100(3):fiae008. Epub 2024 Feb 7. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiae008
Lim, Jiyeon ; Wehmeyer, Helena ; Heffner, Tanja et al. / Resilience of aerobic methanotrophs in soils; spotlight on the methane sink under agriculture. in: FEMS microbiology ecology. 2024 ; Jahrgang 100, Nr. 3.
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