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Nature of substrate in organic matter

Genera of microorganisms

Cellulose

F. Alternaria, Aspergillus, Chaetomium, Coprinus, Fomes, Fusarium, Myrothecium, Penicillium, Polyporus, Rhizoctonia, Rhizopus, Trametes, Triclwderma, Trichothecium, Verticillium, Zygorynchus
B. Achromobacter, Angiococcus, Bacillus, Cellfalcicula, Cellulamonas, Cellvibrio, Clostridium, Cytophaga, Polyangium, Pseudomonas,
Sorangium, Sporocytophaga, Vibrio
A. Micromonopora, Nocardia, Streptomyces, Streptosporangium

Hemicellulose

F. Alternaria, Fusarium, Trichothecium, Aspergillus, Rhizopus, Zygorynchus, Chaetomium, Helminthosporium, Penicillium, Coriolus, Fames, Polyporus
B. Bacillus, Achromobacter, Pseudomonas, Cytophaga, Sporocytophaga,
Lactobacillus, Vibrio
A. Streptomyces

Lignin

F. Clavaria, Clitocybe, Collybia, Flammula, Hypholoma, Lepiota,
Mycena, Pholiota, Arthrobotrys, Cephalosporium, Humicola
B. Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium

Starch

F. Aspergillus, Fomes, Fusarium, Polyporus, Rhizopus
B. Achromobacter, Bacillus, Chromobacterium, Clostridium, Cytophaga
A. Micromonospora, Nocardia, Streptomyces

Pectin

F. Fusarium, Verticillium
B. Bacillus, Clostridium, Pseudomonas

Inulin

F. Penicillium, Aspergillus, Fusarium
B. Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium, Beneckea, Micrococcus, Cytophaga,
Clostridium

Chitin

F. Fusarium, Mucor, Mortierella, Trichoderma, Aspergillus, Gliocladium,
Penicillium, Thamnidium, Absidia
B. Cytophaga, Achromobacter, Bacillus, Beneckea, Chromobacterium,
Flavobacterium, Micrococcus, Pseudomonas
A. Streptomyces, Nocardia, Micromonospora

Proteins and nucleic acids Cutin

B. Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Clostridium, Serratia, Micrococcus

Cutin

F. Penicillium, Rhodotorula, Mortierella B. Bacillus
A. Streptomyces

Tannin

F. Aspergillus, Penicillium

Humic acid

F Penicillium, Polystictus

Fulvic acid

F. Poria