Constraining activity and growth substrate of fungal decomposers via assimilation patterns of inorganic carbon and water into lipid biomarkers

This study developed and applied a dual stable isotope assay (13C-dissolved inorganic carbon/2H) to improve the investigation of fungal activity in the environment. By determining the incorporation patterns of hydrogen and carbon into fungal lipids, this assay delivers estimates of fungal activity and the different metabolic pathways that they employ in ecological and environmental systems.PMID:38527003 | DOI:10.1128/aem.02065-23

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology - March 25, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Stanislav Jabinski Wesley D M Rangel Marek Kop áček Veronika J ílková Jan Jansa Travis B Meador Source Type: research