Abstract
Bacteria have long been known to be associated with wood in service 1. In recent years the effect of bacteria on wood kept in water has been intensively studied and bacteria have been shown to increase the permeability of the sapwood of many timber species by destroying the pit membranes.2,3. Studies on the bacteria regularly isolated from wood in ground contact 4, 5, 6 by many authors have been conspicuously lacking.
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