Dr. Witoon Purahong

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Dr. Witoon Purahong
Scientist

Department of Soil Ecology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4 | D-06120 Halle/Saale
Germany

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Witoon Purahong

Current position

since 2014

Research Scientist at Department for Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ



Previous scientific positions

2011-2014

2008 - 2011

PhD student at the Department for Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (Registered as a PhD student at Department Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences, Technische Universität München)

 Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand

2006

Student trainee, Laboratory, BIOTEC (National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology), Thailand

2004-2007

Teaching assistant on botanical courses, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand

Degrees

2010

Master of Science (passed with high distinction),Technische Universität München, Germany

2010

Laurea specialistica Ortofrutticoltura Internazionale (110/110 Cum Laude), University of Bologna, Italy

2010

Diplom-Ingenieur/. Diplom-Ingenieurin (with distinction), University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

2008

Master of Professional in Teaching Profession, (Teaching Biology), Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok Thailand

2007

Bachelor of science (Biology) (1st Class Honors), Srinakharinwirot University (SWU), Bangkok Thailand

Research interests

  • Microbial diversity
  • Fungal Diversity
  • Decomposition
  • Plant pathology
  • Fusarium graminearum

Research topics

The effect of forest management intensity on the diversity of wood-decaying fungi and dead wood decomposition
Project: FUNWOOD II
Molecular microbial diversity of dead wood and leaf litter in forests of different forest management intensity.

Techniques

Tissue and cell culture, Immunohistochemistry, ELISA, HPLC, Classical identifications (bacteria, fungi, plants and animal (insects), Ecological methodology, Soil microbiology, PCR, Real time PCR, Reverse transcription PCR, DNA sequencing and Basic Bioinformatics

Cooperations with other partners

Professor Kevin D. Hyde, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand

Selected Publications

Purahong W.,Krüger D.(2012)
A better understanding of functional roles of fungi in the decomposition process: using precursor rRNA containing ITS regions as a marker for the active fungal community.
Ann For Sci (Accepted)

Purahong W., Alkadri D., Nipoti P., Pisi A., Lemmens M., Prodi A. (2012)
Validation of a modified Petri-dish test to quantify aggressive levels of Fusarium graminearum in durum wheat.
Eur J Plant Pathol 132:381–391. DOI:10.1007/s10658-011-9883-2

Prodi A., Purahong W., Alkadri D., Nipoti P., Pisi A. (2011)
Chemotype composition difference of durum wheat-infecting Fusarium graminearum population in closed areas separated by the Apennines in Northern-Central Italy.
Plant Pathol J 27(4): 354-359. download DOI:10.5423/PPJ.2011.27.4.354

Purahong W., Hyde K.D. (2011)
Effects of fungal endophytes on grass and non-grass litter decomposition rates.
Fungal Divers 47: 1–7 (IF=5.074; 1/30; Mycology). DOI:10.1007/s13225-010-0083-8

Purahong W., Lerstaveesin P., Ampornpan L. (2010)
Succession of fungi associated with decomposition of leaf litter in tropical ever green forest (Northeastern Thailand).
Pol J Ecol 58(3): 515–522. download

2023 (10)

2022 (19)

2021 (10)

2020 (5)

2019 (10)

2018 (13)

  • Delelegn, Y.T., Purahong, W., Sandén, H., Yitaferu, B., Godbold, D.L., Wubet, T. (2018):
    Transition of Ethiopian highland forests to agriculture-dominated landscapes shifts the soil microbial community composition
    BMC Ecology 18 , art. 58
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  • Dissanayake, A.J., Purahong, W., Wubet, T., Hyde, K.D., Zhang, W., Xu, H., Zhang, G., Fu, C., Liu, M., Xing, Q., Li, X., Yan, J. (2018):
    Direct comparison of culture-dependent and culture-independent molecular approaches reveal the diversity of fungal endophytic communities in stems of grapevine (Vitis vinifera)
    Fungal Divers. 90 (1), 85 - 107
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  • Hongsanan, S., Jeewon, R., Purahong, W., Xie, N., Liu, J.-K., Jayawardena, R.S., Ekanayaka, A.H., Dissanayake, A., Raspé, O., Hyde, K.D., Stadler, M., Peršoh, D. (2018):
    Can we use environmental DNA as holotypes?
    Fungal Divers. 92 (1), 1 - 30
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  • Jayawardena, R.S., Purahong, W., Zhang, W., Wubet, T., Li, X., Liu, M., Zhao, W., Hyde, K.D., Liu, J., Yan, J. (2018):
    Biodiversity of fungi on Vitis vinifera L. revealed by traditional and high-resolution culture-independent approaches
    Fungal Divers. 90 (1), 1 - 84
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  • Nawaz, A., Purahong, W., Lehmann, R., Herrmann, M., Totsche, K.U., Küsel, K., Wubet, T., Buscot, F. (2018):
    First insights into the living groundwater mycobiome of the terrestrial biogeosphere
    Water Res. 145 , 50 - 61
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  • Purahong, W., Orrù, L., Donati, I., Perpetuini, G., Cellini, A., Lamontanara, A., Michelotti, V., Tacconi, G., Spinelli, F. (2018):
    Plant microbiome and its link to plant health: host species, organs and Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae infection shaping bacterial phyllosphere communities of kiwifruit plants
    Front. Plant Sci. 9 , art. 1563
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  • Purahong, W., Wubet, T., Kahl, T., Arnstadt, T., Hoppe, B., Lentendu, G., Baber, K., Rose, T., Kellner, H., Hofrichter, M., Bauhus, J., Krüger, D., Buscot, F. (2018):
    Increasing N deposition impacts neither diversity nor functions of deadwood‐inhabiting fungal communities, but adaptation and functional redundancy ensure ecosystem function
    Environ. Microbiol. 20 (5), 1693 - 1710
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  • Purahong, W., Wubet, T., Krüger, D., Buscot, F. (2018):
    Molecular evidence strongly supports deadwood-inhabiting fungi exhibiting unexpected tree species preferences in temperate forests
    ISME J. 12 (1), 289 - 295
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  • Purahong, W., Wubet, T., Lentendu, G., Hoppe, B., Jariyavidyanont, K., Arnstadt, T., Baber, K., Otto, P., Kellner, H., Hofrichter, M., Bauhus, J., Weisser, W.W., Krüger, D., Schulze, E.-D., Kahl, T., Buscot, F. (2018):
    Determinants of deadwood-inhabiting fungal communities in temperate forests: Molecular evidence from a large scale deadwood decomposition experiment
    Front. Microbiol. 9 , art. 2120
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  • Schuldt, A., Assmann, T., Brezzi, M., Buscot, F., Eichenberg, D., Gutknecht, J., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Liu, X., Ma, K., Niklaus, P.A., Pietsch, K.A., Purahong, W., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Staab, M., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Zhu, C.-D., Bruelheide, H. (2018):
    Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests
    Nat. Commun. 9 , art. 2989
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  • Wu, B.-W., Gao, C., Chen, L., Buscot, F., Goldmann, K., Purahong, W., Ji, N.-N., Wang, Y.-L., Lü, P.-P., Li, X.-C., Guo, L.-D. (2018):
    Host phylogeny is a major determinant of Fagaceae-associated ectomycorrhizal fungal community assembly at a regional scale
    Front. Microbiol. 9 , art. 2409
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  • Zamora, J.C., Svensson, M., Kirschner, R., Olariaga, I., Ryman, S., Parra, A., Geml, J., Rosling, A., Adamčík, S., Ahti, T., Aime, M.C., Ainsworth, A.M., Albert, L., Albertó, E., Altés García, A., Ageev, D., Agerer, R., Aguirre-Hudson, B., Ammirati, J., Andersson, H., Angelini, C., Antonín, V., Aoki, T., Aptroot, A., Argaud, D., Arguello Sosa, B.I., Aronsen, A., Arup, U., Asgari, B., Assyov, B., Atienza, V., Bandini, D., Baptista-Ferreira, J.L., Baral, H.-O., Baroni, T., Barreto, R.W., Beker, H., Bell, A., Bellanger, J.-M., Bellù, F., Bemmann, M., Bendiksby, M., Bendiksen, E., Bendiksen, K., Benedek, L., Bérešová-Guttová, A., Berger, F., Berndt, R., Bernicchia, A., Biketova, A.Y., Bizio, E., Bjork, C., Boekhout, T., Boertmann, D., Böhning, T., Boittin, F., Boluda, C.G., Boomsluiter, M.W., Borovička, J., Brandrud, T.E., Braun, U., Brodo, I., Bulyonkova, T., Burdsall Jr., H.H., Buyck, B., Burgaz, A.R., Calatayud, V., Callac, P., Campo, E., Candusso, M., Capoen, B., Carbó, J., Carbone, M., Castañeda-Ruiz, R.F., Castellano, M.A., Chen, J., Clerc, P., Consiglio, G., Corriol, G., Courtecuisse, R., Crespo, A., Cripps, C., Crous, P.W., da Silva, G.A., da Silva, M., Dam, M., Dam, N., Dämmrich, F., Das, K., Davies, L., De Crop, E., De Kesel, A., de Lange, R., De Madrignac Bonzi, B., dela Cruz, T.E., Delgat, L., Demoulin, V., Desjardin, D.E., Diederich, P., Dima, B., Dios, M.M., Divakar, P.K., Douanla-Meli, C., Douglas, B., Drechsler-Santos, E.R., Dyer, P.S., Eberhardt, U., Ertz, D., Esteve-Raventós, F., Etayo Salazar, J.A., Evenson, V., Eyssartier, G., Farkas, E., Favre, A., Fedosova, A.G., Filippa, M., Finy, P., Flakus, A., Fos, S., Fournier, J., Fraiture, A., Franchi, P., Franco Molano, A.E., Friebes, G., Frisch, A., Fryday, A., Furci, G., Galán Márquez, R., Garbelotto, M., García-Martín, J.M., García Otálora, M.A., García Sánchez, D., Gardiennet, A., Garnica, S., Benavent, I.G., Gates, G., Gerlach, A.D.C.L., Ghobad-Nejhad, M., Gibertoni, T.B., Grebenc, T., Greilhuber, I., Grishkan, B., Grishkan, J.Z., Grube, M., Gruhn, G., Gueidan, C., Gulden, G., Gusmão, L.F.P., Hafellner, J., Hairaud, M., Halama, M., Hallenberg, N., Halling, R.E., Hansen, K., Harder, C.B., Heilmann-Clausen, J., Helleman, S., Henriot, A., Hernandez-Restrepo, M., Herve, R., Hobart, C., Hoffmeister, M., Høiland, K., Holec, J., Holien, H., Hughes, K., Hubka, V., Huhtinen, S., Ivančević, B., Jagers, M., Jaklitsch, W., Jansen, A.E., Jayawardena, R.S., Jeppesen, T.S., Jeppson, M., Johnston, P., Jørgensen, P.M., Kärnefelt, I., Kalinina, L.B., Kantvilas, G., Karadelev, M., Kasuya, T., Kautmanová, I., Kerrigan, R.W., Kirchmair, M., Kiyashko, A., Knapp, D.G., Knudsen, H., Knudsen, K., Knutsson, T., Kolařík, M., Kõljalg, U., Košuthová, A., Koszka, A., Kotiranta, H., Kotkova, V., Koukol, O., Kout, J., Kovács, G.M., Kříž, M., Kruys, Å., Kučera, V., Kudzma, L., Kuhar, F., Kukwa, M., Kumar, T.K.A., Kunca, V., Kušan, I., Kuyper, T.W., Lado, C., Læssøe, T., Lainé, P., Langer, E., Larsson, E., Larsson, K.-H., Laursen, G., Lechat, C., Lee, S., Lendemer, J.C., Levin, L., Lindemann, U., Lindström, H., Liu, X., Llarena Hernandez, R.C., Llop, E., Locsmándi, C., Lodge, D.J., Loizides, M., Lőkös, L., Luangsa-ard, J., Lüderitz, M., Lumbsch, T., Lutz, M., Mahoney, D., Malysheva, E., Malysheva, V., Manimohan, P., Marin-Felix, Y., Marques, G., Martínez-Gil, R., Marson, G., Mata, G., Matheny, P.B., Mathiassen, G.H., Matočec, N., Mayrhofer, H., Mehrabi, M., Melo, I., Mešić, A., Methven, A.S., Miettinen, O., Millanes Romero, A.M., Miller, A.N., Mitchell, J.K., Moberg, R., Moreau, P.-A., Moreno, G., Morozova, O., Morte, A., Muggia, L., Muñoz González, G., Myllys, L., Nagy, I., Nagy, L.G., Neves, M.A., Niemelä, T., Nimis, P.L., Niveiro, N., Noordeloos, M.E., Nordin, A., Noumeur, S.R., Novozhilov, Y., Nuytinck, J., Ohenoja, E., Oliveira Fiuza, P., Orange, A., Ordynets, A., Ortiz-Santana, B., Purahong, W., Pacheco, L., Pál-Fám, F., Palacio, M., Palice, Z., Papp, V., Pärtel, K., Pawlowska, J., Paz, A., Peintner, U., Pennycook, S., Liparini Pereira, O., Pérez Daniëls, P., Pérez-De-Gregorio Capella, M.À., Pérez del Amo, C.M., Pérez Gorjón, S., Pérez-Ortega, S., Pérez-Vargas, I., Perry, B.A., Petersen, J.H., Petersen, R.H., Pfister, D.H., Phukhamsakda, C., Piątek, M., Piepenbring, M., Pino-Bodas, R., Pinzón Esquivel, J.P., Pirot, P., Popov, E.S., Popoff, O., Prieto Álvaro, M., Printzen, C., Psurtseva, N., Quijada, L., Rambold, G., Ramírez, N.A., Raja, H., Raspé, O., Raymundo, T., Réblová, M., Rebriev, Y.A., Reyes García, J.D.D., Ribes Ripoll, M.Á., Richard, F., Richardson, M.J., Rico, V.J., Robledo, G.L., Rodrigues Barbosa, F., Rodriguez-Caycedo, C., Rodriguez-Flakus, P., Ronikier, A., Rubio Casas, L., Rusevska, K., Saar, G., Saar, I., Salcedo, I., Salcedo Martínez, S.M., Salvador Montoya, C.A., Sánchez-Ramírez, S., Sandoval-Sierra, J.V., Santamaria, S., Santana Monteiro, J., Schroers, H.J., Schulz, B., Schmidt-Stohn, G., Schumacher, T., Senn-Irlet, B., Ševčíková, H., Shchepin, O., Shirouzu, T., Shiryaev, A., Siepe, K., Sir, E.B., Sohrabi, M., Soop, K., Spirin, V., Spribille, T., Stadler, M., Stalpers, J., Stenroos, S., Suija, A., Sunhede, S., Svantesson, S., Svensson, S., Svetasheva, T.Y., Świerkosz, K., Tamm, H., Taskin, H., Taudière, A., Tedebrand, J.-O., Tena Lahoz, R., Temina, M., Thell, A., Thines, M., Thor, G., Thüs, H., Tibell, L., Tibell, S., Timdal, E., Tkalčec, Z., Tønsberg, T., Trichies, G., Triebel, D., Tsurykau, A., Tulloss, R.E., Tuovinen, V., Ulloa Sosa, M., Urcelay, C., Valade, F., Valenzuela Garza, R., van den Boom, P., Van Vooren, N., Vasco-Palacios, A.M., Vauras, J., Velasco Santos, J.M., Vellinga, E., Verbeken, A., Vetlesen, P., Vizzini, A., Voglmayr, H., Volobuev, S., von Brackel, W., Voronina, E., Walther, G., Watling, R., Weber, E., Wedin, M., Weholt, Ø., Westberg, M., Yurchenko, E., Zehnálek, P., Zhang, H., Zhurbenko, M.P., Ekman, S. (2018):
    DNA sequence data as types of fungal taxa
    IMA Fungus 9 (1), 167 - 175
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  • Zhang, N., Li, Y., Wubet, T., Bruelheide, H., Liang, Y., Purahong, W., Buscot, F., Ma, K. (2018):
    Tree species richness and fungi in freshly fallen leaf litter: Unique patterns of fungal species composition and their implications for enzymatic decomposition
    Soil Biol. Biochem. 127 , 120 - 126
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