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A litter bag experiment was carried out in a eutrophic seawater lake from autumn to summer in order to determine which bacterial genera play an important role in decomposition of Phragmites communis leaf litter. The count of cellulolytic bacteria and decomposition rate of litter cellulose increased rapidly during the initial month. In contrast, the count of cellulolytic fungi was lowest in this period. Pseudomonas accounted for 65–90% of total isolates of cellulolytic bacteria up to 5 months. These results suggest that Pseudomonas plays an important role in at least the initial decomposition stage of the litter.
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Tanaka, Y. Aerobic cellulolytic bacterial flora associated with decomposing Phragmites leaf litter in a seawater lake. Hydrobiologia 263, 145–154 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00006265
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