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Physiological characterization of a key enzyme involved in gaseous COS assimilation in the filamentous fungus Trichoderma harzianum
2025 - IRG/WP 25-11072
…understood. Recently, we discovered that the filamentous fungus Trichoderma harzianum isolated from soil is capable of assimilating gaseous carbonyl sulphide (COS), which is the most abundant gaseous sulfur compound in the atmosphere, as a sulphur source. In addition, we identified a COS hydrolase (COSase) from…
R Iizuka, A Ono, T Suzuki, Y Katayama, M Yoshida
Research on gaseous COS degradation by brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum
2024 - IRG/WP 24-11033
…of sulfur. Recently, we found that a soil filamentous fungus Trichoderma harzianum not only can degrade carbonyl sulfide (COS), which is the most abundant gaseous sulfur molecule in the atmosphere, but also use it as a source of sulfur. In addition to T. harzianum, we have found that several wood rotting fungi…
R Iizuka, R Tsukida, Y Katayama, M Yoshida
A novel cellulose-binding domain from the brown-rot fungus that can be used to evaluate cellulose in wood
2024 - IRG/WP 24-11046
…However, we have found a novel CBD from the brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum and named it GtCBD. GtCBD specifically bound to native crystalline cellulose (cellulose I) and showed higher adsorption efficiency than that of CBM1, while it did not adsorb to artificially modified crystalline cellulose or…
Y Kojima, N Sunagawa, S Tagawa, T Hatano, S Nakaba, M Aoki, M Wada, K Igarashi, M Yoshida
A novel cellulose-binding domain from the brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum
2023 - IRG/WP 23-11019
…In this study, we found a novel CBD from the brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum. The deduced amino acid sequence of this novel CBD (GtCBD) showed no homology to any known CBD. The three-dimensional structure model of GtCBD predicted from the amino acid sequence suggested the structure consisted of two…
Y Kojima, N Sunagawa, M Aoki, M Wada, K Igarashi, M Yoshida
The cellulose binding mechanism of a novel cellulose binding domain from the brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum
2023 - IRG/WP 23-11021
…in a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase from the brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum had binding ability to native celluloses, although the amino acid sequence of this domain shows no homology to any known CBDs. Therefore, we hypothesized that this novel CBD from G. trabeum (GtCBD) has a different mechanism of…
M Aoki, Y Kojima, M Wada, M Yoshida
Changes in topochemistry and mechanical properties of Beech (Fagus orientalis L.) by natural fungus infestation
2022 - IRG/WP 22-10986
Beech is one of the major hardwood species in Europe. It is, however, highly susceptible to fungal attack both in the fresh state and during the storage. Understanding the alteration in chemical and mechanical properties of beech wood during the initial degrad…
H Sivrikaya, M Rehbein, F Divos, S Adamopoulos, R Hosseinpourpia
Pigment production by the spalting fungus Scytalidium ganodermophthorum and its industry potential
2020 - IRG/WP 20-10957
…with infected cultures turning yellow in color. The fungus is also used in the art form known as ‘spalting’ to produce yellow, green, and purple colors in wood for decorative purposes. Wood colored by fungus in this manner has been traditionally used in the creation of fine art and woodworking since the…
R C Van Court, P Vega Gutierrez, S C Robinson
Characterization of Pectinases from Brown-rot Fungus Fomitopsis palustris
2019 - IRG/WP 19-10951
…brown-rot fungi. In this study, pectinases from brown-rot fungus Fomitopsis palustris were purified and characterized.
Fomitopsis palustris was cultivated on the liquid medium containing 2% pectin, and the culture supernatant after the cultivation was recovered by filtration. Proteins in the supernatant were…
Y Tanaka, N Konno, T Suzuki, N Habu
Development of accelerated decay test for CLT using a fungus grown on agar medium
2019 - IRG/WP 19-20664
…by organisms. Wood deterioration organisms, such as fungus also easily penetrates timber from the cross section. The large cross sections of CLT would be weakness against deterioration by organisms. Therefore, the cross sections of CLT must be considered when evaluating its durability of CLT. To develop the…
T Miyauchi, K Kambara, W Ohmura, T Mori, H Matsunaga, N Hattori
Preliminary Investigation into the Natural Decay Resistance of Nigerian Grown Hevea brasiliensis and Mitragyna ciliata wood to Phanerochaete chrysosporium White-Rot Fungus
2018 - IRG/WP 18-10919
…brasiliensis wood to Phanerochaete chrysosporium white-rot fungus was carried out. Surfaces of Mitragyna ciliata and Hevea brasiliensis wood samples from the top, middle and base stem height positions of the two wood species were exposed to P. chrysosporium in an accelerated laboratory decay test according to ASTM…
J M Owoyemi, U O Emmanuel
Use of x-ray microdensitometry for assessing the resistance to the fungus C puteana of a hybrid larches population
2018 - IRG/WP 18-10923
…within the larch population after 8 weeks of contact with fungus. This difficulty was due to severe decay and consequent collapse of wood cells that determined an increase of density. A further development could be the reduction of the exposure time to the fungus in order to limit the decay but still to allow the…
S Palanti, F Alderighi, F Stefani, J P Charpentier, L E Pâques
FTIR-ATR monitoring of chemical changes of thermo-chemically modified beech wood degraded by brown-rot fungus
2018 - IRG/WP 18-40823
…in modified wood chemistry following decay by brow-rot fungus were assessed by FTIR spectroscopy. Wood specimens of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) were modified by a thermo-chemical treatment process. Oligomer systems based on lactic acid, were impregnated in oven-dried wood and polymerised in situ by heat treatment…
C Grosse, M Noël, M-F Thevenon, P Gérardin
Biodegradation of creosote by white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium and a strains of Pseudomonas
2017 - IRG/WP 17-50329
…hydrocarbons (PAH) contained in creosote by white rot fungus and bacteria. The following two species of bacteria Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas sp. as well as Phanerochaete chrysosporium fungus characterised by the ability to decompose aromatic compounds were selected for experiments. Bacterial strains were…
J Zabielska-Matejuk, A Stangierska, A Kropacz, E Kaczorek
Real-Time PCR Assays for the detection of the dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans and its close relative Serpula himantioides
2016 - IRG/WP 16-10867
…important issue of wood protection. The most destructive fungus in buildings in Central Europe is the dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans, which needs more extensive restauration measures than all other wood decay fungi. Its close relative S. himantioides occurs more frequently in outdoor environment. The assessment…
K Jacobs, N Rangno
Interaction between Aspergillus niger fungus and other filamentous fungi on salt-agar medium and their growth on natural wood and wood treated with fungicide
2015 - IRG/WP 15-20569
…Softwood species as well as hardwood are overgrown with An fungus very easily, causing drop of mainly the aesthetic value of wood product. The fungus can cause human and animal diseases and pose a threat to environment. The aim of this research was to identify the interaction between An fungus and some other…
A Fojutowski, A Kropacz, A Koziróg
Protein extraction from wood decay fungus Postia placenta
2014 - IRG/WP 14-10827
…method for protein extraction suitable for the filamentous fungus Postia placenta - with low health hazards. We conclude that so far, the most promising method with regard to simplicity and health issues, is a sodium chloride based extraction procedure followed by a precipitation based concentration with…
A Pilgård, P Arnold, K Richter
Detection of Aureobasidium as the dominant fungus on coated wood
2013 - IRG/WP 13-10796
…Aureobasidium is frequently recognized to be the dominant fungus. This is a curious outcome since this fungus can not be identified by its commonly occurring dark chlamydospores but only by the synchronous conidia production from young expanding hyphae. To understand the uncertainties in the diagnostics of the…
E J Van Nieuwenhuijzen, M F Sailer, R A Samson, O C G Adan
The activity of a wood-decaying fungus during drying and rewetting cycles measured by isothermal calorimetry
2013 - IRG/WP 13-20526
…isothermal calorimetry on wood samples with the brown rot fungus Postia placenta at different moisture contents. Isothermal calorimetry gives a direct measurement of an organism’s activity as it measures the heat produced when the organism respires and it is has shown to be a very suitable method to study fungal…
S Johansson, L Wadsö, A Pilgård, G Alfredsen
Effect of Nano-silver and Nano-copper and Nano-zinc oxide on Paulownia wood exposed to white-rot fungus
2013 - IRG/WP 13-30635
…Paulowina (Paulownia fortunei) wood against the white rot fungus (Coriolus versicolor). Wood specimens with a dry density of 0.37g/cm3 were impregnated with a 400 ppm aqueous suspension of micronized nano-silver and nano-copper with particle sizes ranging from 10 to 80 nm , in a pressure vessel at 2.5 bars for 20…
M Akhtari, M Ganjipour
Gene expression analysis of a copper-tolerant brown rot fungus on MCQ-treated wood
2011 - IRG/WP 11-10748
Most brown rot fungi are copper-tolerant, which makes them difficult to control with copper-based wood preservatives like MCQ. To better understand what biological processes are regulated, we used our model species, Antrodia radiculosa, to examine expression…
J D Tang, A Perkins, S V Diehl
Modelling hyphal growth of the bio-incising fungus Physisporinus vitreus
2010 - IRG/WP 10-10710
The white-rot fungus Physisporinus vitreus preferentially degrades the pit membranes of bordered pits in tracheids and subsequently enhances wood permeability. Thus, P. vitreus can be used to improve the uptake of wood preservatives and environmentally-benign wood…
M Fuhr, C Stührk, F W M R Schwarze, M Schubert, H J Herrmann
A genomic sequencing approach to study wood decay and copper tolerance in the brown rot fungus, Antrodia radiculosa
2010 - IRG/WP 10-10720
…genome of Antrodia radiculosa, a copper-tolerant brown rot fungus that is capable of aggressive wood decay. Quality analysis of the base calls in the dataset (8.95 Gb) showed that the majority of the nucleotide sequence was of the highest quality with 5% in the lowest quality group. Low quality scores were…
J D Tang, T Sonstegard, S Burgess, S V Diehl
Analyzing hyphal growth of the bio incising fungus Physisporinus vitreus with light-, confocal laser scanning- and, Synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy
2010 - IRG/WP 10-20438
…wood and enhances knowledge about underlying processes of fungus – wood interactions.
C Stührk, M Fuhr, M Schubert, F W M R Schwarze
Decay resistance of propionylated Iranian beech against the white rot fungus Tramets versicolor
2008 - IRG/WP 08-30449
…propionylated beech was investigated against the white rot fungus Trametes versicolor. Iranian beech (Fagus orientalis) was modified with propionic anhydride at different temperatures, concentrations and times without using any catalyst. Different weight percentage gains (WPGs) were obtained under different…
M R M Farahani, S M Hosseini
Biological control of the sapstain fungus Diplodia pinea (syn. Sphaeropsis sapinea) in the field
2008 - IRG/WP 08-10663
…losses of valuable wood in the forests. Moreover, this fungus is also responsible for the fornation of sapstain of felled logs, leading to undesired disation of surface layers in the OSB manufacturing industry. In Central Europe, species like Austrian pine (P. nigra) and Scots pine (P. silvestris) are affected…
C Gradinger, T Boisselet, K Messner, K Fackler