Anaerobic capacities of leaf litter.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Kirsten Küsel, Harold L Drake

Abstract

Leaf litter displayed a capacity to spontaneously form organic acids, alcohols, phenolic compounds, H(inf2), and CO(inf2) when incubated anaerobically at 20(deg)C either as buffered suspensions or in a moistened condition in microcosms. Acetate was the predominant organic product formed regardless of the degree of litter decomposition. Initial rates of acetate formation in litter suspensions and microcosms approximated 2.6 and 0.53 (mu)mol of acetate per g (dry weight) of litter per h, respectively. Supplemental H(inf2) was directed towards the apparent acetogenic synthesis of acetate. Acetoclastic methanogenesis was induced by partially decomposed litter after extended lag phases; freshly fallen litter did not display this capacity.

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Citations

Apr 1, 2002·FEMS Microbiology Ecology·Kirsten KüselHarold L Drake
Feb 7, 2003·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Hamadi I Boga, Andreas Brune
Nov 23, 2006·FEMS Microbiology Ecology·Silvia Schnurr-PützKirsten Küsel
Jul 1, 2002·FEMS Microbiology Ecology·Frank ReithKirsten Küsel
May 21, 2009·FEMS Microbiology Ecology·Daniela M DegelmannHarold L Drake
May 10, 2016·Scientific Reports·Narasinha J ShurpaliPertti J Martikainen

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