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 5219
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witoon.purahong@ufz.de

Current position
since 2011
Research Scientist at Department for Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Previous scientific positions
2008-2011
Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
2008-2011
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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2021 (1)
- 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
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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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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), art. e856
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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 , 289 - 295
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (doi) - 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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (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
full text (doi) - Purahong, W., Kapturska, D., Pecyna, M.J., Schulz, E., Schloter, M., Buscot, F., Hofrichter, M., Krüger, D., (2014):
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