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The ability of the ectomycorrhizal fungusPaxillus involutus (Batsch. ex Fr.) Fr. to utilize bicarbonate ions from solution, for oxalate synthesis was demonstrated using NaH14CO3 in a nitrate-nitrogen medium. Fifteen percent of the carbonate ions incorporated was used for the synthesis of oxalic acid either directly from oxalacetate, or via citrate, isocitrate, and glyoxylate.
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Lapeyrie, F. Oxalate synthesis from soil bicarbonate by the mycorrhizal fungusPaxillus involutus . Plant Soil 110, 3–8 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02143532
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