Methane-eating bacteria like nitrogen, too
Monday, September 7, 2020 - 07:50
in Earth & Climate
Methane-eating bacteria can degrade ammonium in addition to methane, as discovered by microbiologists at Radboud University and the Max Planck Institute in Bremen. Methane-eaters are important for the reduction of greenhouses gas emissions from volcanoes and other areas, but have not previously been linked with nitrogen emission. The study will be published this week in PNAS.