Unusual Methane-Producing Microbe Discovered in Wetland (IMAGE)

Ohio State University

Unusual Methane-Producing Microbe Discovered in Wetland

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At a Lake Erie wetland [Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve], researchers at The Ohio State University and their colleagues have discovered first known methane-producing microbe that is active in an oxygen-rich environment.

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Photo by Jordan Angle, courtesy of The Ohio State University.

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