Production and reduction of nitrous oxide by microscopic soil fungi

The ability of microscopic fungi to produce nitrous oxide under low partial pressure of oxygen and the presence of nitrites and nitrates in a medium w as studied. The activity of this process was determined for different speci es of micromycetes that are typical for soil as a whole and for the root zo ne in particular. The possibility of nitrous oxide reduction by micromycete s during the incubation of mycelium in a nitrogen-free medium and in the at mosphere with nitrous oxide was determined.