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Tree stems are an important and unconstrained source of methane, yet it is uncertain whether internal microbial controls (i.e. methanotrophy) within tree bark may reduce methane emissions. Here we demonstrate that unique microbial communities dominated by methane-oxidising bacteria (MOB) dwell within bark of  Melaleuca quinquenervia , a common, invasive and globally distributed lowland species. In laboratory incubations, methane-inoculated  M. quinquenervia  bark mediated methane consumption (up to 96.3 µmol m −2  bark d −1 ) and reveal distinct isotopic δ 13 C-CH 4  enrichment characteristic of MOB. Molecular analysis indicates unique microbial communities reside within the bark, with MOB primarily from the genus  Methylomonas  comprising up to 25 % of the total microbial community. Methanotroph abundance was linearly correlated to methane uptake rates (R 2  = 0.76,  p  = 0.006). Finally, field-based methane oxidation inhibition experiments demonstrate that bark-dwelling MOB reduce methane emissions by 36 ± 5 %. These multiple complementary lines of evidence indicate that bark-dwelling MOB represent a potentially significant methane sink, and an important frontier for further research.

Bark-dwelling methanotrophic bacteria decrease methane emissions from trees