TY - CONF A1 - Stephan, Ina A1 - Heidrich, Gabriele A1 - Stegemann, A. T1 - Isolation of soil borne bacteria and fungi from treated timber T2 - The 32nd annual meeting of IRG (IRG-WP 50174) N2 - Most research in the last few decades has focused on the development of new strategies to control biological attack and the means to quantify this. Comparatively little work has been done to examine the effect that treated timber might have on its surrounding environment. This presentation will describe a methodology that attempts to detect any changes which might occur in the soil microflora following the introduction of timber treated with a number of chemical agents containing organic active ingredients (a.i.). It was also the purpose to isolate organisms that can break down organic a.i.. A technique was developed to determine whether the presence and nature of a timber preservative influenced the size and composition of a microbial population that colonised timber when buried in soil. Samples of treated timber were incubated in a solution eluted from soil that contained a diverse, viable microbial population. After incubation, the size and composition of the microflora both in the eluate and adhering to the timber was examined. T2 - 32nd Annual meeting of IRG, The International Research Group on Wood Preservation CY - Nara, Japan DA - 2001-05-20 KW - Wood preservatives KW - Organic active ingredients KW - Isolation method KW - Soil microorganisms KW - Environmental impact KW - Biodegradation PY - 2001 UR - http://www.irg-wp.com/irgdocs/details.aspx?id=631b6758-939a-43fd-bd68-dea2a2b7cc46 IS - 50174 PB - IRG Secretariat CY - Stockholm AN - OPUS4-1198 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -