Aerobic Methane Oxidation in the Water Column of the Shallow Eutrophic Temperate Lake Kasumigaura
Thi Khanh Huyen Nguyen, Yukina Amano, Shoya Yano, Thi Hoang Yen Tran, Thanh Luu Pham, Kazuya Shimizu, Yuma Fujioka, Yoichi Katakura, Motoo Utsumi, Qintong Li · 2026
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Methane-eating microbes in a Japanese lake peak in autumn, Thi Khanh Huyen Nguyen and co-authors report in a 2026 study. Lake Kasumigaura is shallow, oxygen-rich, and nutrient-loaded, a type of lake that leaks much methane. Six years of sampling track the microbes that burn methane in the water itself.
Oxidation rates peaked in autumn and bottomed in spring. Gene counts and sequencing show the local methane eaters differ from those in other lakes. Both the per-cell rate and the total burn rate topped out in autumn. Lakes' own microbes quietly trim their climate footprint, and timing those trims improves emission budgets.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Thi Khanh Huyen Nguyen, Yukina Amano, Shoya Yano, Thi Hoang Yen Tran, Thanh Luu Pham, Kazuya Shimizu, Yuma Fujioka, Yoichi Katakura, Motoo Utsumi, Qintong Li |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |