The metabolic pathway of microorganisms, which are responsible for the development of reductive conditions, in water-lodged paddy rice soils was pursued by the estimation of Eh
7, Fe
++/Fe
+++Fe
+++ number of various bacteria, NH
4+, NO
3-, S--, gaseous components (0
2, CO
2, N
2, H
2, CH
4) and organic acids contained in the reduced layer. The results obtained were as follows:
(1) In the earls stage of incubation process, Eh
7 dropped rapidly and Fe
++ was reduced, both aspects of these transformations thus forming a contrast.
(2) The peaks of bacterial number followed in the order: firstly bacteria by plating, secondly those by the deep tube method and lastly sulfate reducing bateria after incubation.
(3) Nitrate disappeared in the initial stage of incubation, and ammonia was liberated along with the progress of reduction.
(4) After the reductive conditions reached a certain level, active sulfide formation initiated.
(5) Speaking about gaseous metabolism, O
2 disappeared within 1 day of incubation. Later, CO
2 was evolved and accumulated from 4 to 9 days. After vigorous accumulation of CO
2, the decrease of CO
2 accumulated and evolution of CH
4 occured contrastly, and H being concur-rently evolved.
(6) The amount of organic acids produced within an incubation period of 2 to 9 days markedly decreased later.
From the above results, it may be concluded that this is the first attempt made to typify respe_??_tive metabolic steps in the water-lodged paddy soils. This may be stated as follows:
The 1st step: oxybiontic metabolism by aerobes or faccultatively anaerobes.
The 2 nd step: unoxybiontic metabolism by faccultatively or strictly anaerobic heterotrophs.
The 3 rd step: methane fermentation and sulfate reduction, in which CO
2, H
2, organic acids or alcohols, produced in the foregoing 2 steps or this step were consumed as metabolites.
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