Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3891-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3891-2020
Research article
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31 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 31 Jul 2020

The stable carbon isotope signature of methane produced by saprotrophic fungi

Moritz Schroll, Frank Keppler, Markus Greule, Christian Eckhardt, Holger Zorn, and Katharina Lenhart

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The stable carbon isotope signature of methane produced by saprotrophic fungi [Dataset] Moritz Schroll, Frank Keppler, Markus Greule, Christian Eckhardt, Holger Zorn, and Katharina Lenhart https://doi.org/10.11588/data/DQYPMC

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Fungi have recently been identified to produce the greenhouse gas methane. Here, we investigated the stable carbon isotope values of methane produced by saprotrophic fungi. Our results show that stable isotope values of methane from fungi are dependent on the fungal species and the metabolized substrate. They cover a broad range and overlap with stable carbon isotope values of methane reported for methanogenic archaea, the thermogenic degradation of organic matter, and other eukaryotes.
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