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Cell-wall polysaccharides play an important role in decay resistance of Sphagnum and actively depressed decomposition in vitro
- 1.0364356 - BÚ 2012 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Hájek, Tomáš - Ballance, S. - Limpens, J. - Zijlstra, M. - Verhoeven, J. T. A.
Cell-wall polysaccharides play an important role in decay resistance of Sphagnum and actively depressed decomposition in vitro.
Biogeochemistry. Roč. 103, 1-3 (2011), 45-57. ISSN 0168-2563. E-ISSN 1573-515X
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KJB600050503
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : litter chemistry * lichens * peatlands
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 3.069, year: 2011
Removing polymeric lignin-like phenolics from cell walls had only negligible effects on carbon (C) mineralization of Sphagnum litter, but increased mineralization of two other bryophyte genera, suggesting a minor role of these phenolics in decay resistance of Sphagnum but a major role of cell-wall polysaccharides. Isolated pectinous polysaccharides did not serve as C-source for microbial respiration but inhibited C and N mineralization instead, reminiscent of the effects reported for phenolics in other ecosystems. Our results emphasize the role of polysaccharides in resistance to, and active inhibition of, microbial mineralization in Sphagnum-dominated litter.
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