Dr. Witoon Purahong
Contact / Address
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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+49 345 558 5207
+46 345 558 5449
witoon.purahong@ufz.de

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.
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2023 (10)
- Guliyev, V., Tanunchai, B., Udovenko, M., Menyailo, O., Glaser, B., Purahong, W., Buscot, F., Blagodatskaya, E. (2023):
Degradation of bio-based and biodegradable plastic and its contribution to soil organic carbon stock
Polymers 15 (3), art. 660
Volltext (DOI) - Ji, L., Wang, J., Liu, Y., Lu, Z., Purahong, W., Yang, Y. (2023):
Drought- and soil substrate-induced variations in root nonstructural carbohydrates result from fine root morphological and anatomical traits of Juglans mandshurica seedlings
BMC Plant Biol. 23 , art. 83
Volltext (DOI) - Reiß, F., Kiefer, N., Purahong, W., Borken, W., Kalkhof, S., Noll, M. (2023):
Active soil microbial composition and proliferation are directly affected by the presence of biocides from building materials
Sci. Total Environ. , art. 168689
Volltext (DOI) - Roy, F., Ibayev, O., Arnstadt, T., Bässler, C., Borken, W., Groß, C., Hoppe, B., Hossen, S., Kahl, T., Moll, J., Noll, M., Purahong, W., Schreiber, J., Weisser, W.W., Hofrichter, M., Kellner, H. (2023):
Nitrogen addition increases mass loss of gymnosperm but not of angiosperm deadwood without changing microbial communities
Sci. Total Environ. 900 , art. 165868
Volltext (DOI) - Sansupa, C., Suphaphimol, N., Nonthijun, P., Ronsuek, T., Yimklan, S., Semakul, N., Khrueraya, T., Suwannarach, N., Purahong, W., Disayathanoowat, T. (2023):
Life on the wall: the diversity and activity of microbes on 13th – century AD. Lan Na mural painting
Front. Microbiol. 14 , art. 1220901
Volltext (DOI) - Sinpoo, C., In-on, A., Noirungsee, N., Attasopa, K., Chantawannakul, P., Chaimanee, V., Phokasem, P., Ling, T.C., Purahong, W., Disayathanoowat, T. (2023):
Microbial community profiling and culturing reveal functional groups of bacteria associated with Thai commercial stingless worker bees (Tetragonula pagdeni)
PLOS One 18 (3), e0280075
Volltext (DOI) - Tanunchai, B., Ji, L., Schröder, O., Gawol, S.J., Geissler, A., Wahdan, S.F.M., Buscot, F., Kalkhof, S., Schulze, E.-D., Noll, M., Purahong, W. (2023):
Fate of a biodegradable plastic in forest soil: Dominant tree species and forest types drive changes in microbial community assembly, influence the composition of plastisphere, and affect poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) degradation
Sci. Total Environ. 873 , art. 162230
Volltext (DOI) - Tanunchai, B., Ji, L., Schroeter, S.A., Wahdan, S.F.M., Hossen, S., Delelegn, Y., Buscot, F., Lehnert, A.-S., Gomes Alves, E., Hilke, I., Gleixner, G., Schulze, E.-D., Noll, M., Purahong, W. (2023):
FungalTraits vs. FUNGuild: Comparison of ecological functional assignments of leaf- and needle-associated fungi across 12 temperate tree species
Microb. Ecol. 85 (2), 411 - 428
Volltext (DOI) - Tanunchai, B., Ji, L., Schroeter, S.A., Wahdan, S.F.M., Thongsuk, K., Hilke, I., Gleixner, G., Buscot, F., Schulze, E.-D., Noll, M., Purahong, W. (2023):
Tree mycorrhizal type regulates leaf and needle microbial communities, affects microbial assembly and co-occurrence network patterns, and influences litter decomposition rates in temperate forest
Front. Plant Sci. 14 , art. 1239600
Volltext (DOI) - Wahdan, S.F.M., Ji, L., Schädler, M., Wu, Y.-T., Sansupa, C., Tanunchai, B., Buscot, F., Purahong, W. (2023):
Future climate conditions accelerate wheat straw decomposition alongside altered microbial community composition, assembly patterns, and interaction networks
ISME J. 17 (2), 238 - 251
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2022 (19)
- Guliyev, V., Tanunchai, B., Noll, M., Buscot, F., Purahong, W., Blagodatskaya, E. (2022):
Links among microbial communities, soil properties, and functions: Are fungi the sole players in the decomposition of bio-based and biodegradable plastic?
Polymers 14 (14), art. 2801
Volltext (DOI) - Guo, Y., Ji, L., Wang, M., Shan, C., Shen, F., Yang, Y., He, G., Purahong, W., Yang, L. (2022):
View from the top: Insights into the diversity and community assembly of ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi along an altitudinal gradient in Chinese boreal Larix gmelinii-dominated forests
Microorganisms 10 (10), art. 1997
Volltext (DOI) - Ji, L., Shen, F., Liu, Y., Yang, Y., Wang, J., Purahong, W., Yang, L. (2022):
Contrasting altitudinal patterns and co-occurrence networks of soil bacterial and fungal communities along soil depths in the cold-temperate montane forests of China
Catena 209, Part 2 , art. 105844
Volltext (DOI) - Ji, L., Tanunchai, B., Wahdan, S.F.M., Schädler, M., Purahong, W. (2022):
Future climate change enhances the complexity of plastisphere microbial co-occurrence networks, but does not significantly affect the community assembly
Sci. Total Environ. 844 , art. 157016
Volltext (DOI) - Juncheed, K., Tanunchai, B., Wahdan, S.F.M., Thongsuk, K., Schädler, M., Noll, M., Purahong, W. (2022):
Dark side of a bio-based and biodegradable plastic? Assessment of pathogenic microbes associated with poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) under ambient and future climates using next-generation sequencing
Front. Plant Sci. 13 , art. 966363
Volltext (DOI) - Monkai, J., Purahong, W., Nawaz, A., Wubet, T., Hyde, K.D., Goldberg, S.D., Mortimer, P.E., Xu, J., Harrison, R.D. (2022):
Conversion of rainforest to rubber plantations impacts rhizosphere soil mycobiome and alters soil biological activity
Land Degrad. Dev. 33 (17), 3411 - 3426
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Günther, A., Gminder, A., Tanunchai, B., Gossner, M.M., Buscot, F., Schulze, E.-D. (2022):
City life of mycorrhizal and wood-inhabiting macrofungi: Importance of urban areas for maintaining fungal biodiversity
Landsc. Urban Plan. 221 , art. 104360
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Tanunchai, B., Muszynski, S., Maurer, F., Wahdan, S.F.M., Malter, J., Buscot, F., Noll, M. (2022):
Cross-kingdom interactions and functional patterns of active microbiota matter in governing deadwood decay
Proc. R. Soc. B-Biol. Sci. 289 (1974), art. 20220130
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Tanunchai, B., Muszynski, S., Maurer, F., Wahdan, S.F.M., Malter, J., Buscot, F., Noll, M. (2022):
Cross-kingdom interactions and functional patterns of active microbiota matter in governing deadwood decay [Dataset]
Dryad 10.5061/dryad.g79cnp5rs - Rieker, D., Krah, F.-S., Gossner, M.M., Uhl, B., Ambarli, D., Baber, K., Buscot, F., Hofrichter, M., Hoppe, B., Kahl, T., Kellner, H., Moll, J., Purahong, W., Seibold, S., Weisser, W.W., Bässler, C. (2022):
Disentangling the importance of space and host tree for the beta-diversity of beetles, fungi, and bacteria: Lessons from a large dead-wood experiment
Biol. Conserv. 268 , art. 109521
Volltext (DOI) - Sangiorgio, D., Cellini, A., Donati, I., Ferrari, E., Wahdan, S.F.M., Sadubsarn, D., Farneti, B., Checcucci, A., Buscot, F., Spinelli, F., Purahong, W. (2022):
Taxonomical and functional composition of strawberry microbiome is genotype-dependent
J. Adv. Res. 42 , 189 - 204
Volltext (DOI) - Sansupa, C., Purahong, W., Nawaz, A., Wubet, T., Suwannarach, N., Chantawannakul, P., Chairuangsri, S., Disayathanoowat, T. (2022):
Living fungi in an opencast limestone mine: Who are they and what they can do?
J. Fungi 8 (10), art. 987
Volltext (DOI) - Scheid, S.-M., Juncheed, K., Tanunchai, B., Wahdan, S.F.M., Buscot, F., Noll, M., Purahong, W. (2022):
Interactions between high load of a bio-based and biodegradable plastic and nitrogen fertilizer affect plant biomass and health: A case study with Fusarium solani and mung bean (Vigna radiata L.)
J. Polym. Environ. 30 (8), 3534 - 3544
Volltext (DOI) - Suphaphimol, N., Suwannarach, N., Purahong, W., Jaikang, C., Pengpat, K., Semakul, N., Yimklan, S., Jongjitngam, S., Jindasu, S., Thiangtham, S., Chantawannakul, P., Disayathanoowat, T. (2022):
Identification of microorganisms dwelling on the 19th century Lanna mural paintings from Northern Thailand using culture-dependent and -independent approaches
Biology-Basel 11 (2), art. 228
Volltext (DOI) - Tanunchai, B., Ji, L., Schroeter, S.A., Wahdan, S.F.M., Larpkern, P., Lehnert, A.-S., Gomes Alves, E., Gleixner, G., Schulze, E.-D., Noll, M., Buscot, F., Purahong, W. (2022):
A poisoned apple: First insights into community assembly and networks of the fungal pathobiome of healthy-looking senescing leaves of temperate trees in mixed forest ecosystem
Front. Plant Sci. 13 , art. 968218
Volltext (DOI) - Tanunchai, B., Kalkhof, S., Guliyev, V., Wahdan, S.F.M., Krstic, D., Schädler, M., Geissler, A., Glaser, B., Buscot, F., Blagodatskaya, E., Noll, M., Purahong, W. (2022):
Nitrogen fixing bacteria facilitate microbial biodegradation of a bio-based and biodegradable plastic in soils under ambient and future climatic conditions
Environ. Sci.-Process Impacts 24 (2), 233 - 241
Volltext (DOI) - Tanunchai, B., Schroeter, S.A., Ji, L., Wahdan, S.F.M., Hossen, S., Lehnert, A.-S., Grünberg, H., Gleixner, G., Buscot, F., Schulze, E.-D., Noll, M., Purahong, W. (2022):
More than you can see: Unraveling the ecology and biodiversity of lichenized fungi associated with leaves and needles of 12 temperate tree species using high-throughput sequencing
Front. Microbiol. 13 , art. 907531
Volltext (DOI) - Tennakoon, D.S., Kuo, C.-H., Purahong, W., Gentekaki, E., Pumas, C., Promputtha, I., Hyde, K.D. (2022):
Fungal community succession on decomposing leaf litter across five phylogenetically related tree species in a subtropical forest
Fungal Divers. 115 , 73 - 103
Volltext (DOI) - Wahdan, S.F.M., Hossen, S., Tanunchai, B., Sansupa, C., Schädler, M., Noll, M., Dawoud, T.M., Wu, Y.-T., Buscot, F., Purahong, W. (2022):
Life in the wheat litter: Effects of future climate on microbiome and function during the early phase of decomposition
Microb. Ecol. 84 (1), 90 - 105
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2021 (10)
- Purahong, W., Hossen, S., Nawaz, A., Sadubsarn, D., Tanunchai, B., Dommert, S., Noll, M., Ampornpan, L., Werukamkul, P., Wubet, T. (2021):
Life on the rocks: first insights into the microbiota of the threatened aquatic rheophyte Hanseniella heterophylla
Front. Plant Sci. 12 , art. 634960
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Tanunchai, B., Wahdan, S.F.M., Buscot, F., Schulze, E.-D. (2021):
Molecular screening of microorganisms associated with discolored wood in dead European beech trees suffered from extreme drought event using next generation sequencing
Plants 10 (10), art. 2092
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Wahdan, S.F.M., Heinz, D., Jariyavidyanont, K., Sungkapreecha, C., Tanunchai, B., Sansupa, C., Sadubsarn, D., Alaneed, R., Heintz-Buschart, A., Schädler, M., Geissler, A., Kressler, J., Buscot, F. (2021):
Back to the future: Decomposability of a biobased and biodegradable plastic in field soil environments and its microbiome under ambient and future climates
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (18), 12337 - 12351
Volltext (DOI) - Sansupa, C., Purahong, W., Wubet, T., Tiansawat, P., Pathom-Aree, W., Teaumroong, N., Chantawannakul, P., Buscot, F., Elliott, S., Disayathanoowat, T. (2021):
Soil bacterial communities and their associated functions for forest restoration on a limestone mine in northern Thailand
PLOS One 16 (4), e0248806
Volltext (DOI) - Sansupa, C., Wahdan, S.F.M., Disayathanoowat, T., Purahong, W. (2021):
Identifying hidden viable bacterial taxa in tropical forest soils using amplicon sequencing of enrichment cultures
Biology-Basel 10 (7), art. 569
Volltext (DOI) - Sansupa, C., Wahdan, S.F.M., Hossen, S., Disayathanoowat, T., Wubet, T., Purahong, W. (2021):
Can we use Functional Annotation of Prokaryotic Taxa (FAPROTAX) to assign the ecological functions of soil bacteria?
Appl. Sci. 11 (2), art. 688
Volltext (DOI) - Tanunchai, B., Juncheed, K., Wahdan, S.F.M., Guliyev, V., Udovenko, M., Lehnert, A.-S., Gomes Alves, E., Glaser, B., Noll, M., Buscot, F., Blagodatskaya, E., Purahong, W. (2021):
Analysis of microbial populations in plastic–soil systems after exposure to high poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) load using high-resolution molecular technique
Environ. Sci. Eur. 33 , art. 105
Volltext (DOI) - Wahdan, S.F.M., Heintz-Buschart, A., Sansupa, C., Tanunchai, B., Wu, Y.-T., Schädler, M., Noll, M., Purahong, W., Buscot, F. (2021):
Targeting the active rhizosphere microbiome of Trifolium pratense in grassland evidences a stronger-than-expected belowground biodiversity-ecosystem functioning link
Front. Microbiol. 12 , art. 629169
Volltext (DOI) - Wahdan, S.F.M., Reitz, T., Heintz-Buschart, A., Schädler, M., Roscher, C., Breitkreuz, C., Schnabel, B., Purahong, W., Buscot, F. (2021):
Organic agricultural practice enhances arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in correspondence to soil warming and altered precipitation patterns
Environ. Microbiol. 23 (10), 6163 - 6176
Volltext (DOI) - Wahdan, S.F.M., Tanunchai, B., Wu, Y.-T., Sansupa, C., Schädler, M., Dawoud, T.M., Buscot, F., Purahong, W. (2021):
Deciphering Trifolium pratense L. holobiont reveals a microbiome resilient to future climate changes
MicrobiologyOpen 10 (4), e1217
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2020 (5)
- Chalermsri, A., Ampornpan, L., Purahong, W. (2020):
Seed rain, soil seed bank, and seedling emergence indicate limited potential for self-recovery in a highly disturbed, tropical, mixed deciduous forest
Plants 9 (10), art. 1391
Volltext (DOI) - Gui, H., Purahong, W., Wubet, T., Peršoh, D., Shi, L., Khan, S., Li, H., Ye, L., Hyde, K.D., Xu, J., Mortimer, P.E. (2020):
Funneliformis mosseae alters soil fungal community dynamics and composition during litter decomposition
Fungal Ecol. 43 , art. 100864
Volltext (DOI) - Mapook, A., Hyde, K.D., McKenzie, E.H.C., Jones, E.B.G., Bhat, D.J., Jeewon, R., Stadler, M., Samarakoon, M.C., Malaithong, M., Tanunchai, B., Buscot, F., Wubet, T., Purahong, W. (2020):
Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungi associated with the invasive weed Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed)
Fungal Divers. 101 (1), 1 - 175
Volltext (DOI) - Wahdan, S.F.M., Buscot, F., Purahong, W. (2020):
Future climate alters pathogens-microbiome co-occurrence networks in wheat straw residues during decomposition
Proceedings 66 (1), art. 22
Volltext (DOI) - Wahdan, S.F.M., Hossen, S., Tanunchai, B., Schädler, M., Buscot, F., Purahong, W. (2020):
Future climate significantly alters fungal plant pathogen dynamics during the early phase of wheat litter decomposition
Microorganisms 8 (6), art. 908
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2019 (10)
- Nannipieri, P., Penton, C.R., Purahong, W., Schloter, M., van Elsas, J.D. (2019):
Recommendations for soil microbiome analyses
Biol. Fert. Soils 55 (8), 765 - 766
Volltext (DOI) - Nawaz, A., Purahong, W., Herrmann, M., Küsel, K., Buscot, F., Wubet, T. (2019):
DNA- and RNA- derived fungal communities in subsurface aquifers only partly overlap but react similarly to environmental factors
Microorganisms 7 (9), art. 341
Volltext (DOI) - Pietsch, K.A., Eichenberg, D., Nadrowski, K., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Purahong, W., Wipfler, B., Wubet, T., Yu, M., Wirth, C. (2019):
Wood decomposition is more strongly controlled by temperature than by tree species and decomposer diversity in highly species rich subtropical forests
Oikos 128 (5), 701 - 715
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Kahl, T., Krüger, D., Buscot, F., Hoppe, B. (2019):
Home-field advantage in wood decomposition is mainly mediated by fungal community shifts at "home" versus "away"
Microb. Ecol. 78 (3), 725 - 736
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Pietsch, K.A., Bruelheide, H., Wirth, C., Buscot, F., Wubet, T. (2019):
Potential links between wood‐inhabiting and soil fungal communities: Evidence from high‐throughput sequencing
MicrobiologyOpen 8 (9), e856
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Sadubsarn, D., Tanunchai, B., Wahdan, S.F.M., Sansupa, C., Noll, M., Wu, Y.-T., Buscot, F. (2019):
First insights into the microbiome of a mangrove tree reveal significant differences in taxonomic and functional composition among plant and soil compartments
Microorganisms 7 (12), art. 585
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Wu, Y.-T., Chen, C.-T., Mapook, A. (2019):
Characterization of the Castanopsis carlesii deadwood mycobiome by Pacbio sequencing of the full-length fungal nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS)
Front. Microbiol. 10 , art. 983
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Wubet, T., Krüger, D., Buscot, F. (2019):
Application of next‐generation sequencing technologies to conservation of wood‐inhabiting fungi
Conserv. Biol. 33 (3), 716 - 724
Volltext (DOI) - Yin, R., Eisenhauer, N., Auge, H., Purahong, W., Schmidt, A., Schädler, M. (2019):
Additive effects of experimental climate change and land use on faunal contribution to litter decomposition
Soil Biol. Biochem. 131 , 141 - 148
Volltext (DOI) - Yin, R., Eisenhauer, N., Schmidt, A., Gruss, I., Purahong, W., Siebert, J., Schädler, M. (2019):
Climate change does not alter land-use effects on soil fauna communities
Appl. Soil Ecol. 139 , 79 - 84
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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
Volltext (DOI) - 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
Volltext (DOI) - 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
Volltext (DOI) - 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
Volltext (DOI) - 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
Volltext (DOI) - 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
Volltext (DOI) - 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
Volltext (DOI) - 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
Volltext (DOI) - 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
Volltext (DOI) - 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
Volltext (DOI) - 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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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
Volltext (DOI) - 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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2017 (4)
- Delelegn, Y.T., Purahong, W., Blazevic, A., Yitaferu, B., Wubet, T., Göransson, H., Godbold, D.L. (2017):
Changes in land use alter soil quality and aggregate stability in the highlands of northern Ethiopia
Sci. Rep. 7 , art. 13602
Volltext (DOI) - Gui, H., Purahong, W., Hyde, K.D., Xu, J., Mortimer, P.E. (2017):
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Funneliformis mosseae alters bacterial communities in subtropical forest soils during litter decomposition
Front. Microbiol. 8 , art. 1120
Volltext (DOI) - Kahl, T., Arnstadt, T., Baber, K., Bässler, C., Bauhus, J., Borken, W., Buscot, F., Floren, A., Heibl, C., Hessenmöller, D., Hofrichter, M., Hoppe, B., Kellner, H., Krüger, D., Linsenmair, K.E., Matzner, E., Otto, P., Purahong, W., Seilwinder, C., Schulze, E.-D., Wendei, B., Weisser, W.W., Gossner, M.M. (2017):
Wood decay rates of 13 temperate tree species in relation to wood properties, enzyme activities and organismic diversities
For. Ecol. Manage. 391 , 86 - 95
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Pietsch, K.A., Lentendu, G., Schöps, R., Bruelheide, H., Wirth, C., Buscot, F., Wubet, T. (2017):
Characterization of unexplored deadwood mycobiome in highly diverse subtropical forests using culture-independent molecular technique
Front. Microbiol. 8 , art. 574
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2016 (7)
- Francioli, D., Schulz, E., Purahong, W., Buscot, F., Reitz, T. (2016):
Reinoculation elucidates mechanisms of bacterial community assembly in soil and reveals undetected microbes
Biol. Fert. Soils 52 (8), 1073 - 1083
Volltext (DOI) - Hoppe, B., Purahong, W., Wubet, T., Kahl, T., Bauhus, J., Arnstadt, T., Hofrichter, M., Buscot, F., Krüger, D. (2016):
Linking molecular deadwood-inhabiting fungal diversity and community dynamics to ecosystem functions and processes in Central European forests
Fungal Divers. 77 (1), 367 - 379
Volltext (DOI) - Nawaz, A., Purahong, W., Lehmann, R., Herrmann, M., Küsel, K., Totsche, K.U., Buscot, F., Wubet, T. (2016):
Superimposed pristine limestone aquifers with marked hydrochemical differences exhibit distinct fungal communities
Front. Microbiol. 7 , art. 666
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Arnstadt, T., Kahl, T., Bauhus, J., Kellner, H., Hofrichter, M., Krüger, D., Buscot, F., Hoppe, B. (2016):
Are correlations between deadwood fungal community structure, wood physico-chemical properties and lignin-modifying enzymes stable across different geographical regions?
Fungal Ecol. 22 , 98 - 105
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Durka, W., Fischer, M., Dommert, S., Schöps, R., Buscot, F., Wubet, T. (2016):
Tree species, tree genotypes and tree genotypic diversity levels affect microbe-mediated soil ecosystem functions in a subtropical forest
Sci. Rep. 6 , art. 36672
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Krüger, D., Buscot, F., Wubet, T. (2016):
Correlations between the composition of modular fungal communities and litter decomposition-associated ecosystem functions
Fungal Ecol. 22 , 106 - 114
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Wubet, T., Lentendu, G., Schloter, G., Pecyna, M.J., Kapturska, D., Hofrichter, M., Krüger, D., Buscot, F. (2016):
Life in leaf litter: novel insights into community dynamics of bacteria and fungi during litter decomposition
Mol. Ecol. 25 (16), 4059 - 4074
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2015 (2)
- Purahong, W., Kapturska, D., Pecyna, M.J., Jariyavidyanont, K., Kaunzner, J., Juncheed, K., Uengwetwanit, T., Rudloff, R., Schulz, E., Hofrichter, M., Schloter, M., Krüger, D., Buscot, F. (2015):
Effects of forest management practices in temperate beech forests on bacterial and fungal communities involved in leaf litter degradation
Microb. Ecol. 69 (4), 905 - 913
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Stempfhuber, B., Lentendu, G., Francioli, D., Reitz, T., Buscot, F., Schloter, M., Krüger, D. (2015):
Influence of commonly used primer systems on automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis of bacterial communities in environmental samples
PLOS One 10 (3), e0118967
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2014 (5)
- Purahong, W., Hoppe, B., Kahl, T., Schloter, M., Schulze, E.-D., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Krüger, D. (2014):
Changes within a single land-use category alter microbial diversity and community structure: Molecular evidence from wood-inhabiting fungi in forest ecosystems
J. Environ. Manage. 139 , 109 - 119
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Kahl, T., Schloter, M., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Krüger, D. (2014):
Comparing fungal richness and community composition in coarse woody debris in Central European beech forests under three types of management
Mycol. Prog. 13 (3), 959 - 964
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Kapturska, D., Pecyna, M.J., Schulz, E., Schloter, M., Buscot, F., Hofrichter, M., Krüger, D. (2014):
Influence of different forest system management practices on leaf litter decomposition rates, nutrient dynamics and the activity of ligninolytic enzymes: a case study from central European forests
PLOS One 9 (4), e93700
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Nipoti, P., Pisi, A., Lemmens, M., Prodi, A. (2014):
Aggressiveness of different Fusarium graminearum chemotypes within a population from Northern-Central Italy
Mycoscience 55 (1), 63 - 69
Volltext (DOI) - Purahong, W., Schloter, M., Pecyna, M.J., Kapturska, D., Däumlich, V., Mital, S., Buscot, F., Hofrichter, M., Gutknecht, J.L.M., Krüger, D. (2014):
Uncoupling of microbial community structure and function in decomposing litter across beech forest ecosystems in Central Europe
Sci. Rep. 4 , art. 7014
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2012 (1)
- 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. 69 (6), 659 - 662
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