Fuente: WIPO "tomato" In alternative embodiments, provided are compositions (e.g., products of manufacture; soil biofertilizers) comprising a culture or cultures of (e.g., a substantially pure culture or cultures of) at least one species of melanin-producing, methane-consuming bacteria (e.g., bacteria selected from the group consisting of: bacteria from the genus Methylocaldum, bacteria from the genus Methylococcus, bacteria from the genus Methylobacter, bacteria from the genus Methylovorum, bacteria from the genus Methylocystis, bacteria from the genus Methylosinus, and a combination thereof), and methods of using said compositions, for example, for bio-stimulating soil, improving soil fertility, stimulating drought tolerance and/or heat resilience in a plant growing in a soil or a plant-growth medium, enhancing water-holding capacity in a soil, or reducing water usage for agricultural or urban applications, and/or improving nitrogen (N2)-fixation and/or reducing methane and N2O soil emissions.