title: Metal accumulation without enhanced oxalate secretion in wood degraded by brown rot fungi.
abstract: Brown rot fungi were incubated in agar and agar-wood microcosms containing metallic or hydroxide forms of Al, Cu, and Fe. Metal dissolution was associated with elevated oxalate concentrations in agar, but metals translocated into wood did not affect oxalate accumulation, crystal production, or decay rate, demonstrating a substrate-dependent oxalate dynamic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA. jonathan@maine.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Schilling
authors.forename: Jody
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jellison
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D029662:Betula / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003470:Culture Media; D017753:Ecosystem; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism*; D010070:Oxalates / Q000378:metabolism*; D028222:Picea / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D020072:Polyporales / Q000378:metabolism*; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D008670:Metals; D010070:Oxalates; D000362:Agar