Researchers ID microbe responsible for methane from landfills
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have long known that landfills produce methane, but had a hard time figuring out why since landfills do not start out as a friendly environment for the organisms that produce methane. New research from North Carolina State University shows that one species of microbe is paving the way for other methane producers.