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. 1974 Jun 14;184(4142):1181-3.
doi: 10.1126/science.184.4142.1181.

Methane formation in living trees: a microbial origin

J G Zeikus, J C Ward

Methane formation in living trees: a microbial origin

J G Zeikus et al. Science. .

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 pH, fetid in odor, and infested with a diverse population of obligately anaerobic bacteria. the bacterium responsible for methane formation in tree. was isolated and characterized as a member of the genus Methanobacterium.

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