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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.3390/microorganisms10081675 |
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| Title (Primary) | Fungal lignocellulose utilization strategies from a bioenergetic perspective: Quantification of related functional traits using biocalorimetry |
| Author | Duong, H.L.; Paufler, S.; Harms, H.; Schlosser, D.
; Maskow, T.
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| Source Titel | Microorganisms |
| Year | 2022 |
| Department | UMB |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Page From | art. 1675 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T7 Bioeconomy |
| Supplements | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/8/1675/s1?version=1660950654 |
| Keywords | ascomycete; basidiomycete; biothermodynamics; ecological theory; functional trait; fungal growth; life history strategy; lignocellulose; wheat straw; zygomycete |
| Abstract | In the present study, we investigated whether a non-invasive metabolic heat flux analysis could serve the determination of the functional traits in free-living saprotrophic decomposer fungi and aid the prediction of fungal influences on ecosystem processes. For this, seven fungi, including ascomycete, basidiomycete, and zygomycete species, were investigated in a standardised laboratory environment, employing wheat straw as a globally relevant lignocellulosic substrate. Our study demonstrates that biocalorimetry can be employed successfully to determine growth-related fungal activity parameters, such as apparent maximum growth rates (AMGR), cultivation times until the observable onset of fungal growth at AMGR (tAMGR), quotients formed from the AMGR and tAMGR (herein referred to as competitive growth potential, CGP), and heat yield coefficients (YQ/X), the latter indicating the degree of resource investment into fungal biomass versus other functional attributes. These parameters seem suitable to link fungal potentials for biomass production to corresponding ecological strategies employed during resource utilisation, and therefore may be considered as fungal life history traits. A close connection exists between the CGP and YQ/X values, which suggests an interpretation that relates to fungal life history strategies. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=26481 |
| Duong, H.L., Paufler, S., Harms, H., Schlosser, D., Maskow, T. (2022): Fungal lignocellulose utilization strategies from a bioenergetic perspective: Quantification of related functional traits using biocalorimetry Microorganisms 10 (8), art. 1675 10.3390/microorganisms10081675 |
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