Microorganisms and Organic Matter Decomposition
Microorganisms and Organic Matter Decomposition
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微生物和有机物分解
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10.1007/978-1-4612-1652-0_6
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发表时间:
1998
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K. Suberkropp
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K. Suberkropp
• Forested stream ecosystems are generally considered heterotrophic. They depend on inputs of allochthonous organic matter from the riparian zone for most of their energy. This organic matter is the base of the detrital food web in which heterotrophic microorganisms (fungi, bacteria, and protozoa) decompose and transform organic matter into energy available to organisms at higher trophic levels.• Both dissolved organic matter (DOM) and particulate organic matter (POM) are decomposed in streams. The decomposition, or breakdown, of POM such as leaf litter and wood occurs as a result of leaching, microbial mineralization, and fragmentation. The predominant microorganisms associated with the breakdown of leaf litter are fungi, in particular, aquatic hyphomycetes, an ecological group of fungi that are adapted to flowing waters. These fungi produce extracellular enzymes that soften (macerate) leaf litter. Fungal species vary in their palatability to invertebrate detritivores. The growth and activity of palatable fungi make leaf litter a better food source for these animals. shredding invertebrates (shredders). The improvement in food quality of leaf detritus as a result of fungal colonization appears to be the result of increased concentrations of fungal biomass and fungal degradative enzymes. These enzymes convert leaf tissue into a more assimilable food source and may continue to act in the digestive tract of the shredder.• Rates of leaf breakdown are affected both by internal factors, such as litter quality (nitrogen, lignin, tannin content) and external environmental factors (nutrient concentrations in stream water, temperature, presence of shredders, pH, current velocity, and oxygen availability).• Wood typically breaks down at slower rates than leaf litter. Although less is known about the organisms and processes involved in wood decay in streams, microbial activity on woody substrates is significant.• Decomposition of fine particulate and dissolved organic matter is dominated by bacteria. The flow of energy from dissolved organic matter through bacteria to protozoa and filter feeding invertebrates represents the microbial loop-a trophic pathway that plays an important role in nutrient regeneration in forested streams.• Biomass and production of fungi predominate over that of bacteria on coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) such as leaves. As the particle size of the organic matter decreases, Introduction biomass and production of bacteria increases as that of fungi declines.
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