Chloromethane production by wood-rotting fungi and an estimate of the global flux to the atmosphere

Mycological Research

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 769-787

  Watling, Roy ^a   Harper, David B ^b,c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC EMISSION; CHLOROMETHANE; FUNGI;

INONOTUS; PHELLINUS;

EID: 0031870807     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756298006157     Document Type: Review

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