Pedosphere 32(2): 348--358, 2022
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2022 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
| Methanotrophy-driven accumulation of organic carbon in four paddy soils of Bangladesh |
Nasrin SULTANA1,2,3, Jun ZHAO1, Yuanfeng CAI1, G. K. M. Mustafizur RAHMAN4, Mohammad Saiful ALAM4, Mohammad FAHEEM1,2, Adrian HO5, Zhongjun JIA1 |
1State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008(China)
2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049(China)
3Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University(SAU), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207(Bangladesh)
4Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University(BSMRAU), Gazipur-1706(Bangladesh)
5Institute for Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Straße 2, Building 4104, Hannover D-30419(Germany) |
| ABSTRACT |
| Biological methane oxidation is a crucial process in the global carbon cycle that reduces methane emissions from paddy fields and natural wetlands into the atmosphere. However, soil organic carbon accumulation associated with microbial methane oxidation is poorly understood. Therefore, to investigate methane-derived carbon incorporation into soil organic matter, paddy soils originated from different parent materials (Inceptisol, Entisol, and Alfisol) were collected after rice harvesting from four major rice-producing regions in Bangladesh. Following microcosm incubation with 5% (volume/volume) 13CH4, soil 13C-atom abundances significantly increased from background level of 1.08% to 1.88%-2.78%, leading to a net methane-derived accumulation of soil organic carbon ranging from 120 to 307 mg kg-1. Approximately 23.6%-60.0% of the methane consumed was converted to soil organic carbon during microbial methane oxidation. The phylogeny of 13C-labeled pmoA (enconding the alpha subunit of the particulate methane monooxygenase) and 16S rRNA genes further revealed that canonical α (type II) and γ (type I) Proteobacteria were active methane oxidizers. Members within the Methylobacter- and Methylosarcina-affiliated type Ia lineages dominated active methane-oxidizing communities that were responsible for the majority of methane-derived carbon accumulation in all three paddy soils, while Methylocystis-affiliated type IIa lineage was the key contributor in one paddy soil of Inceptisol origin. These results suggest that methanotroph-mediated synthesis of biomass plays an important role in soil organic matter accumulation. This study thus supports the concept that methanotrophs not only consume the greenhouse gas methane but also serve as a key biotic factor in maintaining soil fertility. |
| Key Words: 16S rRNA gene|DNA-based stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP)|methane oxidation|methanotroph|pmoA|rice soil|soil organic carbon|soil organic matter |
| Citation: Sultana N, Zhao J, Cai Y F, Rahman G K M M, Alam M S, Faheem M, Ho A, Jia Z J. 2022. Methanotrophy-driven accumulation of organic carbon in four paddy soils of Bangladesh. Pedosphere. 32(2):348-358. |
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