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      Regulation of Atmospheric Methane Levels by Microorganisms: Could Methanotrophs Play a Role in Mitigating Climate Change

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            Title: UnisaRxiv
            Publisher: UNISA Press
            Publication date (Electronic preprint): 30 July 2024
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            [1 ] Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa;
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            DOI: 10.25159/UnisaRxiv/000091.v1
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            Date received : 30 July 2024
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            Data availability: Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.
            ScienceOpen disciplines: Environmental change,Atmospheric science & Climatology,Microbiology & Virology
            Keywords: methanotrophs,methane,Global warming,greenhouse gases

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