Rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils were sampled from landfill area, riparian wetland, and rice paddy. The consortia were obtained by methane enrichment culture using the soils. The effects of ammonia on methane oxidation in the consortia were evaluated. Compared with methane oxidation rates without ammonia, the rates with ammonia of 1mg-N/bottle were similar or slightly lower. However, their methane oxidation rates were significantly reduced with 2~4mg-N ammonia/bottles. The effect of ammonia on the methanotrophic abundance was estimated by using a quantitative real-time PCR method targeting particulate methane monooxygenase gene. Ammonia didn’t negatively influence on the methanotrophic abundance although it inhibited the methane oxidation activity by methanotrophs.