Aerobic Methane Oxidation in the Water Column of the Shallow Eutrophic Temperate Lake Kasumigaura

Key Points

• The aim is to explore aerobic methane oxidation and its key microbial players in Lake Kasumigaura.
• pmoA gene analyses to determine dominant methanotrophs
• assessment of water temperature variations
• evaluation of environmental influences on microbial communities.
• Identified variations in dominant methanotrophs in response to environmental factors
• Revealed complex relationships between methane-oxidizing communities and lake biogeochemical properties.