High Spatial Resolution Infrared Micro-Spectroscopy Reveals the Mechanism of Leaf Lignin Decomposition by Aquatic Fungi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Kerr, Janice L ^a,b,d   Baldwin, Darren S ^b   Tobin, Mark J ^c   Puskar, Ljiljana ^c   Kappen, Peter ^a   Rees, Gavin N ^b   Silvester, Ewen ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LIGNIN; POLYPHENOL;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARBON CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION INFRARED MICRO SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEAF LITTER; LEAF VEIN; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; WETLAND; XYLEM;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; LIGNIN; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 84875919563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060857     Document Type: Article

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