Aluminum concentrations in sclerotia from a buried humic horizon of volcanic ash soils in Mt. Myoko, Central Japan
2001
Watanabe, M. (Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Yokohama (Japan)) | Fujitake, N. | Ohta, H. | Yokoyama, T.
The morphology and chemical composition of fungal sclerotium-like grains collected from the buried humic horizon of volcanic ash soil in Mt. Myoko were examined using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersion X-ray micro-analyzer (EDX), and electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA). A high C content, low level of Si and high concentration of Al characterized the grains considered to correspond to the sclerotia of Cenoccocum graniforme. The 27Al MAS NMR spectrum of the sclerotia showed the existence of 6- and 4-co-ordinated Al. X-ray diffraction analyses supported the presence of amorphous Al (ex. Al-humus complex) in the sclerotia.
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