Phosphine and methane generation by the addition of organic compounds containing carbon-phosphorus bonds into incubated soil

Chemosphere. 2002 Nov;49(6):651-7. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(02)00401-0.

Abstract

Formation of phosphine and methane in anaerobic incubation systems was investigated under stirred and unstirred conditions. The PH3 and CH4 levels in the headspace, as well as the matrix-bound PH3 content in the stirred soil, significantly increased upon the addition of phosphonoacetic acid (P(O)(OH)2CH2COOH). Both the levels of matrix-bound PH3 and CH4 are positively correlated to the buffered dithionite fraction of reactive phosphorus in the soil samples, while a negative correlation was observed between matrix-bound PH3/CH4 levels and the reactive phosphorus fraction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria, Anaerobic / metabolism*
  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Carbon / metabolism*
  • Chemical Fractionation
  • Fermentation
  • Methane / metabolism*
  • Phosphines / metabolism*
  • Phosphonoacetic Acid / chemistry
  • Phosphonoacetic Acid / metabolism
  • Phosphorus / chemistry
  • Phosphorus / metabolism*
  • Regression Analysis
  • Soil Microbiology*
  • Solubility

Substances

  • Phosphines
  • Phosphorus
  • Carbon
  • phosphine
  • Phosphonoacetic Acid
  • Methane