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 - TY - JOUR A1 - Duc, L. A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Meier, B.E. A1 - Bürgmann, H. A1 - Zeyer, J. T1 - High Diversity of Diazotrophs in the Forefield of a Receding Alpine Glacier N2 - Forefields of receding glaciers are unique and sensitive environments representing natural chronosequences. In such habitats, microbial nitrogen fixation is of particular interest since the low concentration of bioavailable nitrogen is one of the key limitations for growth of plants and soil microorganisms. Asymbiotic nitrogen fixation in the Damma glacier (Swiss Central Alps) forefield soils was assessed using the acetylene reduction assay. Free-living diazotrophic diversity and population structure were resolved by assembling four NifH sequence libraries for bulk and rhizosphere soils at two soil age classes (8- and 70-year ice-free forefield). A total of 318 NifH sequences were analyzed and grouped into 45 unique phylotypes. Phylogenetic analyses revealed a higher diversity as well as a broader distribution of NifH sequences among phylogenetic clusters than formerly observed in other environments. This illustrates the importance of free-living diazotrophs and their potential contribution to the global nitrogen input in this nutrient-poor environment. NifH diversity in bulk soils was higher than in rhizosphere soils. Moreover, the four libraries displayed low similarity values. This indicated that both soil age and the presence of pioneer plants influence diversification and population structure of free-living diazotrophs. KW - Diazotrophs KW - Glacier forefield KW - Chronosequence KW - Pioneer plant KW - NifH diversity PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-008-9408-5 SN - 0095-3628 SN - 1432-184X VL - 57 IS - 1 SP - 179 EP - 190 PB - Springer CY - New York, NY ; Heidelberg ; Berlin AN - OPUS4-18646 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Klose, M. A1 - Conrad, R. T1 - Effect of temperature change on the composition of the bacterial and archaeal community potentially involved in the turnover of acetate and propionate in methanogenic rice field soil N2 - The microbial community structure was investigated together with the path of methane production in Italian rice field soil incubated at moderate (35 °C) and high (45 °C) temperature using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and stable isotope fractionation. The structure of both the archaeal and bacterial communities differed at 35 °C compared with 45 °C, and acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis dominated, respectively. Changing the incubation of the 45 °C soil to different temperatures (25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 °C) resulted in a dynamic change of both microbial community structure and stable isotope fractionation. In all treatments, acetate first accumulated and then decreased. Propionate was also transiently produced and consumed. It is noteworthy that acetate was also consumed at thermophilic conditions, although archaeal community composition and stable isotope fractionation indicated that acetoclastic methanogenesis did not operate. Instead, acetate must have been consumed by syntrophic acetate oxidizers. The transient accumulation and subsequent consumption of acetate at thermophilic conditions was specifically paralleled by terminal restriction fragments characteristic for clostridial cluster I, whereas those of clostridial clusters I and III, Acidaminococcaceae and Heliobacteraceae, paralleled the thermophilic turnover of both acetate and propionate. KW - Syntrophic acetate oxidation KW - Thermophilic microbial community KW - Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism KW - Bacteria KW - Archaea KW - Structure and function KW - Methanogenic archael community KW - Temperature shift PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00883.x SN - 0168-6496 SN - 1574-6941 VL - 73 IS - 2 SP - 215 EP - 225 PB - Blackwell Publishing CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-21671 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Frenzel, P. A1 - Conrad, R. T1 - Selective stimulation of type I methanotrophs in a rice paddy soil by urea fertilization revealed by RNA-based stable isotope probing N2 - Methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) in soil are not only controlled by their main substrates, methane and oxygen, but also by nitrogen availability. We compared an unfertilized control with a urea-fertilized treatment and applied RNA-stable-isotope-probing to follow activity changes upon fertilization as closely as possible. Nitrogen fertilization of an Italian rice field soil increased the CH4 oxidation rates sevenfold. In the fertilized treatment, isopycnic separation of 13C-enriched RNA became possible after 7 days when 300 µmol 13CH4 gdry soil-1 had been consumed. Terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) fingerprints and clone libraries documented that the type I methanotrophic genera Methylomicrobium and Methylocaldum assimilated 13CH4 nearly exclusively. Although previous studies had shown that the same soil contains a much larger diversity of MOB, including both type I and type II, nitrogen fertilization apparently activated only a small subset of the overall diversity of MOB, type I MOB in particular. KW - Methane oxidation KW - Nitrogen fertilization KW - Urea KW - Stable isotope probing PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00497.x SN - 0168-6496 SN - 1574-6941 VL - 65 IS - 1 SP - 125 EP - 132 PB - Blackwell Publishing CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-17659 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Qiu, Q. A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Abraham, W.-R. A1 - Lu, Y. A1 - Conrad, R. T1 - Applying stable isotope probing of phospholipid fatty acids and rRNA in a Chinese rice field to study activity and composition of the methanotrophic bacterial communities in situ N2 - Methanotrophs in the rhizosphere play an important role in global climate change since they attenuate methane emission from rice field ecosystems into the atmosphere. Most of the CH4 is emitted via transport through the plant gas vascular system. We used this transport for stable isotope probing (SIP) of the methanotrophs in the rhizosphere under field conditions and pulse-labelled rice plants in a Chinese rice field with CH4 (99% 13C) for 7 days. The rate of 13CH4 loss rate during 13C application was comparable to the CH4 oxidation rate measured by the difluoromethane inhibition technique. The methanotrophic communities on the roots and in the rhizospheric soil were analyzed by terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP), cloning and sequencing of the particulate methane monooxygenase (pmoA) gene. Populations of type I methanotrophs were larger than those of type II. Both methane oxidation rates and composition of methanotrophic communities suggested that there was little difference between urea-fertilized and unfertilized fields. SIP of phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA-SIP) and rRNA (RNA-SIP) were used to analyze the metabolically active methanotrophic community in rhizospheric soil. PLFA of type I compared with type II methanotrophs was labelled more strongly with 13C, reaching a maximum of 6.8 atom-% . T-RFLP analysis and cloning/sequencing of 16S rRNA genes showed that methanotrophs, especially of type I, were slightly enriched in the 'heavy' fractions. Our results indicate that CH4 oxidation in the rice rhizosphere under in situ conditions is mainly due to type I methanotrophs. KW - Methane-oxidizing bacteria KW - Rice field KW - Rhizosphere KW - Stable isotope probing KW - Phospholipid fatty acid KW - Particulate methane monooxygenase PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2008.34 SN - 1751-7362 SN - 1751-7370 IS - 2 SP - 602 EP - 614 PB - Nature Publishing Group CY - Basingstoke AN - OPUS4-17660 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Entwicklung von pilzlichen und bakteriellen Lebensgemeinschaften in Kiefernholzhalden T2 - Experten-Workshop zur Holzhackschnitzel-Lagerung, Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik Potsdam-Bornim e. V. CY - Potsdam, Germany DA - 2008-06-18 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17673 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Wellinger, M. T1 - Changes of the soil ecosystem along a receding glacier: Testing the correlation between environmental factors and bacterial community structure N2 - As a glacier retreats, it leaves behind it a forefield that has a natural gradient of soil formation age. We systematically sampled the Damma glacier forefield (Switzerland) along a temporal gradient of soils deglaciated between 1956 and 2002. A significant change in organic carbon content, sulfate concentration, pH, water and nucleic acid content was observed along the forefield chronosequence. Based on 16S rRNA gene based fingerprinting, the structure of the bacterial community also shifted along the forefield. Shifts in the structure of the bacterial community were significantly correlated to changes of pH, soil water content and soil age. To test the impacts of an array of environmental variables including soil age, soil water content, and different anions on the structure of the bacterial community we incubated different glacier forefield soils under specific treatment conditions for 30 days at 25 °C. The incubation of recently deglaciated soils resulted into an increase of bacteria from the family Methylocystaceae and from the class Betaproteobacteria while the community composition from matured soil changed to a lesser extent. The total nitrogen concentration in matured soil doubled during incubation, whereas the nitrogen concentrations in recently deglaciated soil stayed constant. This suggested that the microbial ecosystem functioned differently in the mature versus the recently deglaciated soils. Only soil age and soil water content could be singled out as having significant effects on the structure and composition of the bacterial community, despite the fact that bacterial communities in glacier forefields are exposed to other steep environmental gradients. KW - Alpine glacier forefield KW - Bacteria KW - Environmental explanatory variable KW - Soil age KW - Soil water content KW - Succession KW - Nitrogen KW - Inorganic anion PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.07.012 SN - 0038-0717 VL - 40 IS - 10 SP - 2611 EP - 2619 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-17935 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Urmann, K. A1 - Schroth, M.H. A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Gonzalez-Gil, G. A1 - Zeyer, J. T1 - Assessment of microbial methane oxidation above a petroleum-contaminated aquifer using a combination of in situ techniques N2 - Emissions of the greenhouse gas CH4, which is often produced in contaminated aquifers, are reduced or eliminated by microbial CH4 oxidation in the overlying vadose zone. The aim of this field study was to estimate kinetic parameters and isotope fractionation factors for CH4 oxidation in situ in the vadose zone above a methanogenic aquifer in Studen, Switzerland, and to characterize the involved methanotrophic communities. To quantify kinetic parameters, several field tests, so-called gas push-pull tests (GPPTs), with CH4 injection concentrations ranging from 17 to 80 mL L-1 were performed. An apparent Vmax of 0.70 ± 0.15 mmol CH4 (L soil air)-1 h-1 and an apparent Km of 0.28 ± 0.09 mmol CH4 (L soil air)-1 was estimated for CH4 oxidation at 2.7 m depth, close to the groundwater table. At 1.1 m depth, Km (0.13 ± 0.02 mmol CH4 (L soil air)-1) was in a similar range, but Vmax (0.076 ± 0.006 mmol CH4 (L soil air)-1 h-1) was an order of magnitude lower. At 2.7 m, apparent first-order rate constants determined from a CH4 gas profile (1.9 h-1) and from a single GPPT (2.0 ± 0.03 h-1) were in good agreement. Above the groundwater table, a Vmax much higher than the in situ CH4 oxidation rate prior to GPPTs indicated a high buffer capacity for CH4. At both depths, known methanotrophic species affiliated with Methylosarcina and Methylocystis were detected by cloning and sequencing. Apparent stable carbon isotope fractionation factors a for CH4 oxidation determined during GPPTs ranged from 1.006 to 1.032. Variability was likely due to differences in methanotrophic activity and CH4 availability leading to different degrees of mass transfer limitation. This complicates the use of stable isotopes as an independent quantification method. KW - In situ quantification KW - Kinetics of microbial methane (CH4) oxidation KW - Stable isotope fractionation PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JG000363 SN - 0148-0227 VL - 113 SP - 02006-1-02006-11 PB - American Geophysical Union CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-17332 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Fast bacterial response in decomposition of pine-wood debris T2 - 14th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Symposium CY - Taormina, Italy DA - 2008-10-06 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-18093 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrero, Fabio A1 - Malow, Marcus A1 - Berger, Anka A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Brandvermeidung bei der Lagerung von biogenen Brennstoffen am Beispiel von Kiefernholz T2 - Experten Workshop "Lagerung von Holzhackschnitzeln" CY - Potsdam-Bornim, Deutschland DA - 2008-06-18 KW - Selbstentzündung KW - Brandverhütung KW - Lagerung KW - Biomasse KW - Schüttgüter PY - 2008 SN - 0947-7314 IS - 63 SP - 32 EP - 44 CY - Potsdam AN - OPUS4-19043 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Changes in desulfonating bacterial communities along a natural soil chronosequence T2 - EMPO-FEMS workshop "Microbial Sulfur Metabolism" CY - Tomar, Portugal DA - 2009-03-15 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19109 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Microbial role in the decomposition of outdoor pine wood chip piles T2 - Jahrestagung 2009 der Vereinigung für allgemeine und angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM) CY - Bochum, Germany DA - 2009-03-08 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19079 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Changes in desulfonating bacterial communities along a natural soil chronosequence T2 - Jahrestagung 2009 der Vereinigung für allgemeine und angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM) CY - Bochum, Germany DA - 2009-03-08 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19080 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrero, Fabio A1 - Lohrer, Christian A1 - Schmidt, Bernd A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Malow, Marcus T1 - A mathematical model to predict the heating-up of large-scale wood piles N2 - A mathematical model to predict the heating-up in open air wood chip piles has been developed. This model includes the heat production from chemical, physical and microbial exothermal processes. In the manuscript the laboratory experiments needed to develop and validate the model are described. In addition, temperature and gas concentrations were measured in two large-scale wood piles (volumes bigger than 1000 m³), in order to provide the applicability of the model to large-scale scenarios. The predictions of the model and the large-scale experimental data showed good agreement concerning the maximum temperature reached inside an open air wood pile. Special attention has been devoted to the microbial processes, since they proved to be the most important cause of heat production in the early stages of storage. This work is intended to help in predicting and thus avoiding possible self-ignition scenarios for this type of wood storage. KW - Wood chips KW - Storage KW - Self-ignition KW - Numerical simulation KW - Large-scale piles KW - Biomass PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2009.02.009 SN - 0950-4230 SN - 1873-3352 VL - 22 SP - 450 EP - 459 PB - Butterworth CY - Guildford, Surrey AN - OPUS4-19200 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Interactions of wood rotting basidiomycetes and diazotrophs. T2 - Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für allgemeine und angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM) CY - Hanover, Germany DA - 2010-03-28 PY - 2010 AN - OPUS4-21112 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Sulfate-esters are main sulfur source of wood-degrading basidiomycetes as revealed by S K-edge X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy (XANES). T2 - Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für allgemeine und angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM) CY - Hanover, Germany DA - 2010-03-28 PY - 2010 AN - OPUS4-21113 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weißhaupt, Petra A1 - Pritzkow, Wolfgang A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Nitrogen metabolism of wood decomposing basidiomycetes and their interaction with diazotrophs as revealed by IRMS N2 - Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) is an advanced method to investigate carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in organic samples. In particular, the N content, its isotope signature and the C/N ratio reveal important facts of nutrient cycling, niche separation and ecological food webs. In this study, the characteristics of N turnover of wood decomposing microorganisms were investigated. The growth of the white rot causing basidiomycete Trametes versicolor is enhanced after addition of ammonia or urea, whereas the brown rot causing Oligoporus placenta is not accelerated. In addition, an interaction of each fungus with atmospheric N2 assimilating (diazotrophic) bacteria was investigated. Cultivation experiments with a gas mixture of 15N2/O2 and subsequent IRMS analysis of dry biomass of the diazotrophs Azotobacter croococcum, Beijerinckia acida and Novosphingobium nitrogenifigens revealed that they assimilated up to 12% of their N from N2. The experiments reflected N availability as a prerequisite for efficient growth of decomposing basidiomycetes and diazotrophs. Fungal–bacterial co-cultivation experiments showed that depending on the growth characteristics and bacterial N2 assimilation activity N is transferred from certain bacteria into fungal biomass. Thus, the experiments gave a first indication of an interaction between wood decomposing basidiomycetes and diazotrophs, which is a novel pathway of fungal N acquisition. KW - IRMS KW - Isotope labeling KW - Microbial interaction KW - N2 assimilation KW - Nitrogen KW - Wood decomposing basidiomycetes PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2010.12.011 SN - 0168-1176 SN - 0020-7381 SN - 1387-3806 SN - 1873-2798 VL - 307 IS - 1-3 SP - 225 EP - 231 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-23307 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Ferrero, Fabio A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Schmidt, Bernd A1 - Malow, Marcus A1 - Schmidt, Martin T1 - Experimentelle und numerische Analyse des Selbstentzündungsverhalten von Holzhalden T2 - 9. Fachtagung "Anlagen-, Arbeits- und Umweltsicherheit" CY - Köthen, Deutschland DA - 2008-11-06 KW - Brandvermeidung KW - Biomasse KW - Lagerung KW - Schüttgüter KW - Selbstentzündung PY - 2008 SN - 978-3-89746-099-7 SP - 1 EP - 21 PB - VDI, Hallescher Bezirksverein CY - Halle AN - OPUS4-18305 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Shifts in the desulfonating bacterial community beside a glacier river and along a soil chronosequence T2 - Workshop "Microbiology of river associated wetlands" CY - Criewen, Germany DA - 2009-05-11 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19365 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Conrad, R. A1 - Klose, M. A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Functional and structural response of the methanogenic microbial community in rice field soil to temperature change N2 - The microbial community in anoxic rice field soil produces CH4 over a wide temperature range up to 55°C. However, at temperatures higher than about 40°C, the methanogenic path changes from CH4 production by hydrogenotrophic plus acetoclastic methanogenesis to exclusively hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis and simultaneously, the methanogenic community consisting of Methanosarcinaceae, Methanoseataceae, Methanomicrobiales, Methanobacteriales and Rice Cluster I (RC-1) changes to almost complete dominance of RC-1. We studied changes in structure and function of the methanogenic community with temperature to see whether microbial members of the community were lost or their function impaired by exposure to high temperature. We characterized the function of the community by the path of CH4 production measuring δ13C in CH4 and CO2 and calculating the apparent fractionation factor (αapp) and the structure of the community by analysis of the terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) of the microbial 16S rRNA genes. Shift of the temperature from 45°C to 35°C resulted in a corresponding shift of function and structure, especially when some 35°C soil was added to the 45°C soil. The bacterial community (T-RFLP patterns), which was much more diverse than the archaeal community, changed in a similar manner upon temperature shift. Incubation of a mixture of 35°C and 50°C pre-incubated methanogenic rice field soil at different temperatures resulted in functionally and structurally well-defined communities. Although function changed from a mixture of acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis to exclusively hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis over a rather narrow temperature range of 42-46°C, each of these temperatures also resulted in only one characteristic function and structure. Our study showed that temperature conditions defined structure and function of the methanogenic microbial community. KW - Structure and function KW - Methanogenic archaeal community KW - Temperature shift PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01909.x SN - 1462-2912 SN - 1462-2920 VL - 11 IS - 7 SP - 1844 EP - 1853 PB - Blackwell Science CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-19596 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Exothermic processes in outdoor pine wood chip piles are linked to microbial community shifts T2 - BAGECO 10 Conference Bacterial Genetics and Ecology CY - Uppsala, Sweden DA - 2009-06-15 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19552 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Synergistic processes in the microbial degradation of preserved and non-preserved wood in soil contact T2 - VAAM workshop "symbiotic interactions" CY - Munich, Germany DA - 2009-11-19 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-20528 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmalenberger, A. A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Shifts in desulfonating bacterial communities along a soil chronosequence in the forefield of a receding glacier N2 - Forefields of receding glaciers are unique and sensitive environments representing natural soil chronosequences, where sulfate availability is assumed to be a limiting factor. Bacterial mineralization of organosulfur is an important sulfate-providing process in soils. We analyzed the diversity of sulfonate-desulfurizing (desulfonating) bacteria in the Damma glacier forefield on the basis of the key gene asfA by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and clone libraries. The community structure and sequence diversity of desulfonating bacteria differed significantly between forefield soils deglaciated in the 1990s and the 1950s. Soil age had a strong effect on the desulfonating rhizosphere communities of Agrostis rupestris, but only a slight impact on the ones from Leucanthemopsis alpina. AsfA affiliated to Polaromonas sp. was predominantly found in the more recent ice-free soils and the corresponding rhizospheres of A. rupestris, while a group of unidentified sequences was found to be dominating the matured soils and the corresponding rhizospheres of A. rupestris. The desulfonating bacterial diversity was not affected by varying levels of sulfate concentrations. The level of asfA diversity in recently deglaciated soils suggests that desulfonating bacteria are a critical factor in sulfur cycling, with defined groups dominating at different stages of soil formation. KW - AsfA KW - Sulfonate desulfurization KW - T-RFLP KW - Soil chronosequence KW - Agrostis rupestris KW - Leucanthemopsis alpina PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00799.x SN - 0168-6496 SN - 1574-6941 VL - 71 IS - 2 SP - 208 EP - 217 PB - Blackwell Publishing CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-20753 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Malow, Marcus A1 - Ferrero, Fabio A1 - Noll, Matthias ED - Mahammadzadeh, M. ED - Biebeler, H. ED - Bardt, H. T1 - Brandvermeidung bei der Lagerung von Biomasse KW - Brandvermeidung KW - Selbstentzündung KW - Biomasse PY - 2009 SN - 978-3-602-14847-9 IS - Kap. 13 SP - 107 EP - 114 CY - Köln AN - OPUS4-20811 LA - deu 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 DO - 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 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Effect of cultivar and soil type on composition and activity of the methanogenic archaeal community inhabiting rice roots T2 - 9th Symposium on Bageco 9 CY - Wernigerode, Germany DA - 2007-06-23 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-15014 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Shrestha, P.M. A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Liesack, W. T1 - Phylogenetic identity, growth-response time and rRNA operon copy number of soil bacteria indicate different stages of community succession N2 - Bacterial community succession corresponds to changes in the phylogenetic identity, growth-response time and rRNA operon (rrn) copy number of culturable populations. To test this hypothesis, we compared the bacterial fractions culturable from the oxic zone of flooded, unplanted paddy soil microcosms after 1-day (early succession) and 70-day (late succession) incubation periods. The proportion of bacteria that was cultivable on solid media corresponded for early and late succession to 37–40% and 31–35% of total DAPI cell counts, which were 7.40 (±0.36) × 108 and 5.54 (±0.28) × 108 cells per gram of dry soil, respectively. In colony-forming curve analysis, late successional bacteria showed a significant delay in their growth response compared with those from early succession. A total of 59 early successional isolates grouped into 16 species-level clusters (SLC) plus three Bacilli-like SLC, while 66 late successional isolates formed 25 SLC plus five Bacilli-like SLC. Except Bacilli-like spp., isolates from early succession always belonged to different SLC than those from late succession. Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria were typical of the early stage, while Alphaproteobacteria and Actinobacteria prevailed in late succession. Considering all SLC except those assigned to Bacilli, growth-response time and rrn copy number were significantly correlated with successional stage. Isolates of most early successional SLC (14 of 16) formed visible colonies within 1 (11 SLC) or 2 days (three SLC) and contained = 4 rrn copies. In contrast, isolates of late successional SLC (23 of 25) formed visible colonies within 2 days (four SLC) or, in most cases, only within 3–15 days (19 SLC) and contained = 2 rrn copies. Regardless of whether isolated from early or late succession, Bacilli-like isolates always showed a colony-forming time of 2 days and had 9–11 rrn copies. KW - Paddy soil KW - Oxic zone KW - Succession KW - Cultivation KW - Bacterial community PY - 2007 SN - 1462-2912 SN - 1462-2920 VL - 9 IS - 10 SP - 2464 EP - 2474 PB - Blackwell Science CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-15785 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Shrestha, M. A1 - Abraham, W.-R. A1 - Shrestha, P.M. A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Conrad, R. T1 - Activity and composition of methanotrophic bacterial communities in planted rice soil studied by flux measurements, analyses of pmoA gene and stable isotope probing of phospholipid fatty acids N2 - Methanotrophs in the rhizosphere of rice field ecosystems attenuate the emissions of CH4 into the atmosphere and thus play an important role for the global cycle of this greenhouse gas. Therefore, we measured the activity and composition of the methanotrophic community in the rhizosphere of rice microcosms. Methane oxidation was determined by measuring the CH4 flux in the presence and absence of difluoromethane as a specific inhibitor for methane oxidation. Methane oxidation started on day 24 and reached the maximum on day 32 after transplantation. The total methanotrophic community was analysed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and cloning/sequencing of the pmoA gene, which encodes a subunit of particulate methane monooxygenase. The metabolically active methanotrophic community was analysed by stable isotope probing of microbial phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA-SIP) using 13C-labelled CH4 directly added to the rhizospheric region. Rhizospheric soil and root samples were collected after exposure to 13CH4 for 8 and 18 days. Both T-RFLP/cloning and PLFA-SIP approaches showed that type I and type II methanotrophic populations changed over time with respect to activity and population size in the rhizospheric soil and on the rice roots. However, type I methanotrophs were more active than type II methanotrophs at both time points indicating they were of particular importance in the rhizosphere. PLFA-SIP showed that the active methanotrophic populations exhibit a pronounced spatial and temporal variation in rice microcosms. KW - Methane oxidation KW - Active methanotrophs KW - Rice microcosms KW - PLFA KW - pmoA gene PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01462.x SN - 1462-2912 SN - 1462-2920 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 400 EP - 412 PB - Blackwell Science CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-16493 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Conrad, R. A1 - Klose, M. A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Kemnitz, D. A1 - Bodelier, P.L.E. T1 - Soil type links microbial colonization of rice roots to methane emission N2 - Most of the methane (CH4) emission from rice fields is derived from plant photosynthates, which are converted to CH4. Rice cluster I (RC-1) archaea colonizing the rhizosphere were found to be the methanogens responsible for this process. Hence, RC-1 methanogens seem to play a crucial role in emission of the greenhouse gas CH4. We determined the community composition and activity of methanogens colonizing the roots of eight different rice cultivars after growth on both Italian rice soil and river bank soil, which contained different communities of methanogenic archaea. The community composition was analyzed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and cloning/sequencing of the archaeal 16S rRNA gene and the mcrA gene coding for a subunit of the methyl coenzyme M reductase. When grown on rice field soil, the methanogenic community of the different rice cultivars was always dominated by RC-1 methanogens. In contrast, roots were colonized by Methanomicrobiales when grown on river bank soil, in which RC-1 methanogens were initially not detectable. Roots colonized with Methanomicrobiales compared with RC-1 exhibited lower CH4 production and CH4 emission rates. The results show that the type of methanogens colonizing rice roots has a potentially important impact on the global CH4 cycle. KW - Gene sequence KW - Methane emission KW - Methanomicrobiales KW - Methyl coenzyme M reductase KW - Ribosomal RNA KW - Rice cluster I KW - Rice cultivar KW - Rice field soil KW - Rice root KW - Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01516.x SN - 1354-1013 SN - 1365-2486 VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 657 EP - 669 PB - Blackwell Science CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-16517 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Succession of the fungal and bacterial community structure in spruce wood debris T2 - Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie CY - Frankfurt am Main, Germany DA - 2008-03-09 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-16727 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - High diazotrophic diversity in the forefield of a receding alpine glacier T2 - Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie CY - Frankfurt am Main, Germany DA - 2008-03-09 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-16728 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Listeria monocytogenes in raw milk and long-life milk biofilms T2 - COST Exploratory Workshop "Biofilms - Friend or Foe?" CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2011-06-22 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-24218 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Incorporation of Listeria monocytogenes in a raw milk and ultra heat treated milk-biofilm T2 - Gordon Research Conference on Applied & Environmental Microbiology CY - South Hadley, MA, USA DA - 2011-07-10 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-24223 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrero, Fabio A1 - Malow, Marcus A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Temperature and gas evolution during large scale outside storage of wood chips N2 - The temperature and gas concentrations in a newly established pine-wood debris pile of 20 m × 15 m × 6 m in dimensions (approximately 400 tons of fresh weight material) were monitored for 150 days. Temperature was measured at ten different positions within the pile, while concentrations of CO2, O2, CO and CH4 were taken at four different representative locations. The pile was characterized by a strong temperature increase within the first 10– 12 days of storage. Results of the gas analysis in this period suggest that the temperature increase was caused by microbial processes. In particular, reduced oxygen concentration and almost complete absence of methane indicate mainly aerobic respiration processes. Effects of weather conditions on the temperature/gas distribution and time evolution are also discussed in the paper. KW - Wood KW - Storage KW - Temperature KW - Gas concentration PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-010-0512-0 SN - 0018-3768 VL - 69 IS - 4 SP - 587 EP - 595 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ; Heidelberg AN - OPUS4-23849 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 DO - 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 - Schmalenberger, A. A1 - Pritzkow, Wolfgang A1 - Ojeda, J.J. A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Characterization of main sulfur source of wood-degrading basidiomycetes by S K-edge X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) N2 - The main wood degraders in aerobic terrestrial ecosystems belong to the white- and brown-rot fungi, where their biomass can be created on wood decay only. However, total sulfur (S) concentration in wood is very low and only little is known about the different sulfur compounds in wood today. Sulfur-starved brown-rot fungi Gloeophyllum trabeum and Oligoporus placenta were incubated on sterilized pine wood blocks whereas Lentinus cyathiformis and the white-rot fungi Trametes versicolor were incubated on sterilized beech wood blocks. After 19 weeks of incubation, the S oxidation status was analyzed in wood, in degraded wood, and in biomass of wood-degrading fungi by synchrotron based S K-edge XANES, and total S and sulfate were quantified. Total sulfur and sulfate content in pine wood blocks were approximately 50 and 1 µg g-1, respectively, while in beech wood approximately 100 and 20 µg g-1 were found, respectively. Sulfur in beech was dominated by sulfate-esters. In contrast, pine wood also contained larger amounts of reduced S. Three out of four selected fungi caused a reduction of the S oxidation state in wood from oxidized S (sulfate-ester, sulfate) to intermediate S (sulfonate, sulfoxide) or reduced S (thiols, e.g., proteins, peptides, enzyme cofactors). Only O. placenta shifted thiol to sulfonate. Growth experiments of these fungi on selective minimal media showed that in particular cysteine (thiol), sulfonates, and sulfate enhanced total mycelium growth. Consequently, wood-degrading fungi were able to utilize a large variety of different wood S sources for growth but preferentially transformed in vivo sulfate-esters and thiol into biomass structures. KW - Basidiomycetes KW - Fungi KW - S K-edge X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) KW - Sulfur oxidation status KW - Sulfate-esters PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2011.08.013 SN - 0964-8305 VL - 65 IS - 8 SP - 1215 EP - 1223 PB - Elsevier CY - Barking AN - OPUS4-27546 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weißhaupt, Petra A1 - Pritzkow, Wolfgang A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Nitrogen sources of oligoporus placenta and trametes versicolor evaluated in a 2³ experimental plan N2 - Four full-factorial 2³ experimental plans were applied to evaluate the nitrogen (N) sources of Oligoporus placenta and Trametes versicolor and their interaction with the atmospheric N2-assimilating bacterium Beijerinckia acida. The effects of N from peptone, of sapwood and of N from gaseous N2 on fungal, bacterial and fungal–bacterial activity were investigated. The activities were determined by quantification of biomass, formation of CO2, consumption of O2 and laccase activity. The significance of each effect was tested according to t-test recommendation. The activity of both fungi was enhanced by peptone rather than sapwood or gaseous N2. Nevertheless, comparative studies under an N2-free gas mixture as well as under air revealed that the presence of N2 affected bacterial growth and bacterial–fungal cocultivations. Elemental analysis isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) of the bacterial and fungal biomass enabled estimation of N transfer and underlined gaseous N2 as requisite for fungal–bacterial interactions. Combining full-factorial experimental plans with an analytical set-up comprising gas chromatography, IRMS and enzymatic activity allowed synergistic effects to be revealed, fungal N sources to be traced, and symbiotic fungal–bacterial interactions to be investigated. KW - Basidiomycetes KW - Diazotroph KW - Full-factorial experimental plan KW - Fungal–bacterial interaction KW - Nitrogen KW - Wood decomposition PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2011.10.002 SN - 1878-6146 SN - 1878-6162 VL - 116 IS - 1 SP - 81 EP - 89 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-25211 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Seasonal shifts of fungal community structure at the interface of treated or untreated wood and soil T2 - Jahrestagung der International research group on wood protection (IRG) CY - Biarritz, France DA - 2010-05-09 PY - 2010 AN - OPUS4-21317 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 DO - 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 - CONF A1 - Noll, Matthias A1 - Stephan, Ina T1 - Seasonal shifts of fungal community structure at the interface of treated or untreated wood and soil T2 - 41st Annual meeting of the international research group on wood protection CY - Biarritz, France DA - 2010-05-09 KW - Fungal community KW - Chromated-copper-arsenate wood preservative (CCA) KW - Soil contact KW - Field test PY - 2010 IS - IRG/WP 10-10721 SP - 1 EP - 10 CY - Stockholm, Sweden AN - OPUS4-21329 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jakobs, Désirée A1 - Mathies, Helena A1 - Abraham, W.-R. A1 - Pritzkow, Wolfgang A1 - Stephan, Ina A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Biodegradation of a biocide (Cu-N-cyclohexyldiazenium dioxide) component of a wood preservative by a defined soil bacterial community N2 - The wood protection industry has refined their products from chrome-, copper-, and arsenate-based wood preservatives toward solely copper-based preservatives in combination with organic biocides. One of these is Cu-HDO, containing the chelation product of copper and N-cyclohexyldiazenium dioxide (HDO). In this study, the fate of isotope-labeled (13C) and nonlabeled (12C) Cu-HDO incorporated in wood sawdust mixed with soil was investigated. HDO concentration was monitored by high-pressure liquid chromatography. The total carbon and the δ13C content of respired CO2, as well as of the soil-wood-sawdust mixture, were determined with an elemental analyzer-isotopic ratio mass spectrometer. The concentration of HDO decreased significantly after 105 days of incubation, and after 24 days the 13CO2 concentration respired from soil increased steadily to a maximum after 64 days of incubation. Phospholipid fatty acid-stable isotope probing (PFA-SIP) analysis revealed that the dominant PFAs C19:0d8,9, C18:0, C18:1ω7, C18:2ω6,9, C17:1d7,8, C16:0, and C16:1ω7 were highly enriched in their δ13C content. Moreover, RNA-SIP identified members of the phylum Acidobacteria and the genera Phenylobacterium and Comamonas that were assimilating carbon from HDO exclusively. Cu-HDO as part of a wood preservative effectively decreased fungal wood decay and overall microbial respiration from soil. In turn, a defined bacterial community was stimulated that was able to metabolize HDO completely. KW - 16S rRNA KW - Biocide KW - PLFA KW - Stable isotope probing KW - Soil KW - Wood preservative PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01092-10 SN - 0099-2240 VL - 76 IS - 24 SP - 8076 EP - 8083 PB - American Society for Microbiology CY - Washington, DC [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-22688 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 DO - 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 -