Seasonal Decomposition Rates of Broadleaf and Conifer Wood Litter in Far Eastern Tropical Forest Communities

Table 4

Existence of microscopic decomposing agents in the three forest communities (√ = exist).

Species	Existence			Degraded compound
	Karst	Lowland	Pine
Bacteria
Bacillus cereus	√			Cellulose, hemicellulose^a, lignin^b
Burkholderia sp.	√			Cellulose^c, hemicellulose^d, lignin^e
Burkholderia ubonensis	√			Phosphor^f
Burkholderia cepacia	√		√	Cellulose^g, lignin^h
Bacillus thuringiensis		√		Cellulose^i, hemicellulose^j
Burkholderia cenocepacia		√	√	Phosphor, potassium^k
Number of bacterial species	4	2	2
Fungi
Trichoderma virens	√			Cellulose, hemicellulose^l
Aspergillus aculeatus	√			Cellulose, hemicellulose^m
Aspergillus terreus	√	√		Cellulose^n, hemicellulose^o, lignin^n
Aspergillus japonicus	√	√		Cellulose^p
Penicillium pinophilum		√		Cellulose^q, hemicellulose^r, lignin^s
Trichoderma sp.		√		Cellulose^r, hemicellulose^t, lignin^r
Aspergillus sp.		√		Cellulose^r, lignin^u
Penicillium citrinum			√	Cellulose^p lignin^v
Cladosporium tenuissimum			√	Cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin^w
Talaromyces pinophilus	√	√	√	Cellulose^x, phosphor^y
Number of fungal species	5	6	3
Total bacteria and fungi	9	8	5

a  [22]; b  [23]; c  [24]; d  [25]; e  [26]; f  [27]; g  [28]; h  [29]; i  [30]; j  [31]; k  [32]; l  [33]; m  [34]; n  [35]; o  [36]; p  [37]; q  [38]; r  [39]; s  [40]; t  [41]; u  [42]; v  [43]; w  [44]; x  [45]; y  [46].