Evaluation of methane oxidizer bacteria in the rice soil in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Fazli, Pardis, Che Man, Hasfalina, Mohamed Zawawi, Mohamed Azwan, Md. Shah, Umi Kalsom, Abdul Rahman, Nor'aini, Idris, Azni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: ER Publications 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37535/1/Evaluation%20of%20methane%20oxidizer%20bacteria%20in%20the%20rice%20soil%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37535/; http://www.erpublications.com/our-journals-dtl-pdf.php?pid=1&id=79&pagesize=10&start=60&pagesize=10
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Methane is known as a powerful greenhouse gas due to its global warming potential (GWP = 21). Rice fields are methane producers because of the flooding irrigation system. Two microbial communities are involved in methane cycle in the soil including methanogens and methanotrophic bacteria which are r...