Wood decay fungi

Although this manual is concerned with higher plants, some chapters present information relevant to lower plants. In this connection, the position of the fungi has been debated for years. Most taxonomists do not include fungi in the plant kingdom. However, this manual includes some fungal systems since they are involved in wood decay. 

Highley T. Effect of carbohydrate and nitrogen on hydrogen peroxide formation by wood decay fungi in solid medium. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1987 48 373-378. 

Micales JA, Highley TL. In vitro production of hydrogen peroxide by degradative andnon-degradative isolates ofbrown-rot wood decay fungi. Phytopathology 1989 77 988. 

Green F, Larsen M, Highley TL. Ultrastructural morphology of the hyphal sheath of wood-decay fungi modified by preparation for scanning electron microscopy, in Biodeterioration Research, Vol. Ill, Plenum Press, New York, 1990. 

Flournoy, D.S. (1991). Changes in pore structure and cell wall volume in wood decayed by brown-and white-rot fungi. International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Doc. no. IRGAVP 1501. 

Ohkoshi, M., Kato, A., Suzuki, K., Hayashi, N. and Ishihara, M. (1999). Characterisation of acetylated wood decayed by brown-rot and white-rot fungi. Journal of Wood Science, 45(1), 69-75. 

Both a synthetic lignin model substrate and the natural metabolites of the white-rot fungus were oxidized by this extracellular peroxidase. The possible roles of this nitrogen recycling system and the cinnamate pathway, which are involved in the secondary metabolism of L-phenylalanine in brown-rot and white-rot fungi, are discussed in relation to wood decay processes. 

Goodell, B., Jellison, J., Liu, J., Daniel, G., Paszczynski, A., Fekete, F., Krishnamurthy, S., Lu, L., and Xu, G. (1997). Low molecular weight chelators and phenolic compounds isolated from wood decay fungi and their role in the fungal biodegradation of wood. J. Biotechnol. 53,133-162. 

Meuzelaar HLC, Haverkamp J, Hileman FD (1982) Pyrolysis mass spectrometry of recent and fossil biomatenals - compendium and atlas Elsevier, Amsterdam 293 pp Mulder MM, Pureveen JBM, Boon JJ, Martinez AT (1990) An analytical pyrolysis mass spectrometric study of Eucryphia cordifoha wood decayed by white-rot and brown-rot fungi J Anal Appl Pyrolysis 19 175-191... 

Abu, A. R., Murphy, R. J. Dickinson, D. J. (1999). Investigation of the extracellular mucilaginous materials produced by some wood decay fungi. Mycological Research, 103, 1453-61. 

The role of wood decay fungi in the carbon and nitrogen dynamics of the forest floor... 

Wadekar, R. V., North, M. J. Watkinson, S. C. (1995). Proteolytic enzymes in two wood decaying basidiomycete fungi, Serpula lacrymans and Coriolus versicolor. Microbiology, 141, 1575-83. 

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