Methane Formation in Living Trees: A Microbial Origin
- 14 June 1974
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 184 (4142) , 1181-1183
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.184.4142.1181
Abstract
Visibly healthy hardwood trees located on poorly drained soils contained high pressures of methane. Heartwood from these trees was water-soaked, neutral to alkaline in p H, fetid in odor, and infested with a diverse population of obligately anaerobic bacteria. The bacterium responsible for methane formation in trees was isolated and characterized as a member of the genus Methanobacterium .Keywords
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