Acidotolerant Bacteria and Fungi as a Sink of Methanol-Derived Carbon in a Deciduous Forest Soil

Methanol is an abundant atmospheric volatile organic compound that is released from both living and decaying plant material. In forest and other aerated soils, methanol can be consumed by methanol-utilizing microorganisms that constitute a known terrestrial sink. However, the environmental factors t...

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Main Authors: Mareen Morawe, Henrike Hoeke, Dirk K. Wissenbach, Guillaume Lentendu, Tesfaye Wubet, Eileen Kröber, Steffen Kolb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
pH
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01361/full