Abstract
Soil obtained from a beech forest formed significant amounts of acetate when incubated in a bicarbonate-buffered, mineral salt solution under anaerobic conditions at both 5 and 20°C (21 and 38 g of acetate per kg [dry weight] of soil, respectively). At 20°C, following an 18-day lag period, rates of 0.07 mmol of acetate synthesized per g (dry weight) of soil per day were observed. Acetate was not subject to immediate turnover; methane and hydrogen were not formed during the time intervals (5°C, 335 days; 20°C, 95 days) evaluated. The synthesis of acetate from endogenous materials was coincident with acetogenic potentials, i.e., the capacity to catalyze the H2-dependent synthesis of acetate. Hydrogen consumption was not directed towards the synthesis of methane. Collectively, these results suggest that acetogenesis may be an underlying microbial activity of this forest soil.
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