TY - CONF A1 - Naumann, Annette A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Stephan, Ina A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Material resistance of flame-protected wood-plastic composites against weathering and fungal decay - BAM Innovation Project T2 - Forstbotanisches Seminar CY - Göttingen, Germany DA - 2011-05-09 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-25308 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Naumann, Annette A1 - Stephan, Ina A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Material resistance of weathered wood-plastic composites against fungal decay N2 - Material performance testing of wood-plastic composites (WPC) requires adequate and time-efficient evaluation of the resistance against fungal colonisation and decay. This study investigates the effects of weathering on WPCs and subsequent material degradation by fungi. Weathering using UV radiation, water spray and repeated frost incidents caused micro- and macro-cracks. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) demonstrated delignification of wood particles at the weathered WPC surface. Despite of increased surface area, accessibility for fungal hyphae and moisture content, weathering enhanced mass loss due to fungal decay only subtly but not significantly. These potentially enhancing effects for fungal decay are assumed to be outbalanced by delignification due to photo-oxidation and leaching of degradation products resulting in loss of nutrient sources essential for fungal growth. KW - Weathering KW - Fungal decay KW - Fourier transform infrared - attenuated total reflexion (FTIR-ATR) spectroscopy KW - Microscopy KW - Wood-plastic composite (WPC) PY - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.08.004 SN - 0964-8305 VL - 75 SP - 28 EP - 35 PB - Elsevier CY - Barking AN - OPUS4-27670 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Naumann, Annette A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Stephan, Ina A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Material resistance of flame retarded wood-plastic composites against fire and fungal decay N2 - Flame retarded wood-plastic composites (WPCs) should allow safe application in areas of fire risk. Halogen-free flame retardants can contain high amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus or sulphur, which may serve as nutrition source for wood degrading fungi and accelerate wood decay. Therefore, the material resistance of WPCs with each of four flame retardants against both fire or fungal decay was examined in comparison to WPC without flame retardant. Expandable graphite showed the best performance against fire in cone calorimetry and radiant panel testing. Two ammonium polyphosphates and a third nitrogen-containing flame retardant were not as effective. Contrary to the possibility that flame retardants might enhance fungal decay of WPC, the opposite effect occurred in case of the wood-degrading fungi Trametes versicolor and Coniophora puteana according to determination of mass loss and decrease of bending modulus of elasticity. Only the surface mould Alternaria alternata slightly increased the degradation of WPCs with nitrogen-containing flame retardants compared to WPC without flame retardant according to mass loss data and FTIR-ATR analyses. Finally, WPC including expandable graphite as flame retardant was effective against both fire and fungal decay. KW - Wood-plastic composite (WPC) KW - Flame retardants KW - Fire behaviour KW - Fungal decay KW - Fourier transform infrared - attenuated total reflexion (FTIR-ATR) spectroscopy KW - Microscopy PY - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.03.031 SN - 0141-3910 SN - 1873-2321 VL - 97 IS - 7 SP - 1189 EP - 1196 PB - Applied Science Publ. CY - London AN - OPUS4-26058 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weißhaupt, Petra A1 - Naumann, Annette A1 - Pritzkow, Wolfgang A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Nitrogen uptake of hypholoma fasciculare and coexisting bacteria N2 - The white-rot fungus Hypholoma fasciculare coexists with a bacterial community that uses low-molecular weight carbon sources provided by fungal, extracellular enzyme activities. Since fungal development on wood is limited by the availability of nitrogen (N), bacteria could contribute to the N supply. To prove or disapprove an interaction in terms of N transfer, N sources of the fungus and the coexisting bacterial isolates were investigated, and the bacterial N2 fixation was quantified. Fungal, fungal—bacterial and bacterial wood decomposition was analysed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), mass loss and surface pH. Microbial N preferences were investigated by elemental analysis isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS). In addition, diazotrophic activity was explored after cultivation under a 15N2/O2 atmosphere. Decomposition was similar with and without bacteria and both H. fasciculare and coexisting bacteria preferred reduced N species, such as urea, ammonium and organic N. In most of the bacteria, the 15N abundance in the biomass increased significantly but to a low extent if they were cultivated under a 15N2/O2 atmosphere. This effect is considered an artefact and attributed to adsorption rather than to bacterial N2 fixation activity. Hence, the bacteria coexisting with H. fasciculare rather competed for the same N sources than supported fungal N supply by diazotrophic activity. KW - Hypholoma fasciculare KW - Proteobacteria KW - Fungal-bacterial interaction KW - 15N2 fixation KW - FTIR-ATR spectroscopy KW - IRMS PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-012-0834-x SN - 1617-416X SN - 1861-8952 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 283 EP - 290 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg AN - OPUS4-28867 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Naumann, Annette A1 - Ferrero, Fabio A1 - Malow, Marcus T1 - Exothermic processes in industrial-scale piles of chipped pine-wood are linked to shifts in gamma-, alphaproteobacterial and fungal ascomycete communities N2 - Fast growing softwood species such as pine are preferred for biomass-based heat as well as electricity production and stored in large quantities. A newly established outdoor pile of freshly cut pine-wood chips was monitored to analyze exothermic processes. Inside the pile, a mean temperature increase of up to 44 °C was measured after six days of piling which was paralleled by a decrease of O2-concentration and an increase of CO2-concentration. Thereafter four additional CO2 maxima were observed, while O2-concentration remained at ambient concentration. The fungal community structure remained almost unchanged after four weeks, while the bacterial community structure was characterized by continuous shifts over time. The rapid heating in the early stage of storage corresponded to high relative abundance of microbial strains belonging to the genera Pseudomonas, Luteibacter and Caulobacter, ascomycetous genera Sphaeropsis and Cadophora and basidiomycetous order Polyporales and genus Sistotremastrum. The late stage was composed by a broader diversity of microorganisms, and heating processes inside the wood pile were attributed mainly to physicochemical processes. Taken together, these observations suggest that the early bacterial and fungal communities are key players in exothermic processes and were replaced by a broader diversity of highly adapted microorganisms. KW - 16S rRNA gene KW - Bacteria KW - Fungi KW - Pine-wood storage KW - T-RFLP KW - Self-heating KW - Succession KW - ITS PY - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.07.002 SN - 0964-8305 VL - 64 IS - 7 SP - 629 EP - 637 PB - Elsevier CY - Barking AN - OPUS4-22013 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Naumann, Annette A1 - Heine, G. A1 - Rauber, R. T1 - Wurzelidentifizierung in einem Mischbestand: Fallstudie Erbse-Hafer T2 - Carl-Sprengel-Kolloquium, Department für Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften, Universität Göttingen CY - Göttingen, Germany DA - 2011-02-09 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-23085 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Naumann, Annette A1 - Stephan, Ina A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Weathering, fungal decay and flame-protection of wood-plastic composites (BAM Innovation Project) T2 - COSP 2011 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2011-03-21 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-23086 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Naumann, Annette A1 - Weiler, Christiane A1 - Ifland, Andrea A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Listeria monocytogenes in milk biofilms T2 - FT-IR Spectroscopy in Microbiological and Medical Diagnostics, Robert-Koch-Institut CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2011-10-20 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-24225 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Ferrero, Fabio A1 - Naumann, Annette A1 - Malow, Marcus T1 - Entwicklung von pilzlichen und bakteriellen Lebensgemeinschaften in einer Kiefernholzhalde N2 - Das Interesse für erneuerbare Energieträger ist in den letzten Jahren stark angestiegen. Im Bereich Biomasse als erneuerbarer Energieträger wird besonders Holz ein großes Wachstum auf dem Energiesektor prognostiziert (NITSCH 2007). Die Speicherung dieser Energie erfolgt meist durch Holzhackschnitzelhalden in der Umwelt. Um ein tieferes Verständnis der in der Halde ablaufenden mikrobiologischen Prozesse erhalten zu können, wurden in einer neu aufgebauten Kiefernholzhackschnitzelhalde mit den Ausmaßen 15 m x 20 m x 6 m folgende Messungen durchgeführt: a.) Messung der Gaskonzentration von Sauerstoff, Kohlendioxid als auch der Temperaturentwicklung innerhalb der Halde; b.) Messung der Veränderung der Holzzusammensetzung innerhalb der Halde über die Zeit; c.) Charakterisierung der Veränderung der Zusammensetzung der bakteriellen als auch der pilzlichen Lebensgemeinschaften über die Zeit; d.) Charakterisierung von dominanten Vertretern der bakteriellen als auch der pilzlichen Lebensgemeinschaften. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich die Funktion und die Zusammensetzung der Lebensgemeinschaften über die Dauer der Holzhackschnitzellagerung ändern, und dass diese Änderungen nur zum Teil mit den Prozessen bei Kompostierungsanlagen vergleichbar sind. T2 - Experten Workshop "Lagerung von Holzhackschnitzeln" CY - Potsdam-Bornim, Deutschland DA - 2008-06-18 KW - Ascoymceten KW - Pseudomonas KW - Bakterien KW - Pilze KW - Temperatur KW - Pilzliche und bakterielle Lebensgemeinschaften PY - 2008 SN - 0947-7314 IS - 63 SP - 58 EP - 72 CY - Potsdam AN - OPUS4-18645 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -