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 -