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

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.

Interkingdom interaction: the soil isopod Porcellio scaber stimulates the methane-driven bacterial and fungal interaction.

Porcellio scaber (woodlice) are (sub-)surface-dwelling isopods, widely recognized as "soil bioengineers", modifying the edaphic properties of their habitat, and affecting carbon and nitrogen mineralization that leads to greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, the impact of soil isopods on methane-cycling processes remains unknown. Using P.

Mitomycin C-induced effects on aerobic methanotrophs in a landfill cover soil; implications of a viral shunt?

A viral shunt can occur when phages going through a lytic cycle, including lysogenic phages triggered by inducing agents (e.g. mitomycin C), results in host lysis and the release of cell constituents and virions.