[A new source of methane in boreal forests].
Methane was found among the gases evolved during natural wood decay caused by bracket fungi in boreal forests. Methane was detected both in decaying wood and fungal fruiting bodies. A scheme of symbiotic association of wood-degrading fungi and anaerobic microorganisms providing the methanogenesis in the wood was proposed. The scale of mycogenic methane emission has to be consistent with the huge volume of decaying wood in boreal forest ecosystems.
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D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000502:physiology*; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000378:metabolism*; D017753:Ecosystem; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology*; D014197:Trees / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D014934:Wood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology
D008697:Methane