Book chapter
Chapter 9 - Bacterial Degradation of Wood
Secondary Xylem Biology: Origins, Functions, and Applications, pp.169-190
Elsevier Inc
2016
Abstract
Wood-degrading bacteria (WDB) are ubiquitous in nature and are present in terrestrial and aquatic environments. WDB have evolved mechanisms and adaptations that enable them to effectively utilize lignocellulosic materials without entering in direct competition with the basidiomycete white and brown-rot fungi, which can degrade wood more rapidly. WDB can tolerate conditions considered extreme for basidiomycete fungi, for example, resistance to highly toxic wood preservatives and heartwood extractives and extremely low levels of oxygen. The micromorphological patterns produced during bacterial degradation of wood cell walls are unique and very different from fungal decay patterns, and thus bacteria-produced degradation patterns can be readily differentiated from those produced by fungi. Two distinctly different forms of bacterial degradation have been recognized and named tunneling and erosion. Understanding bacterial degradation of wood and the factors that influence the rate and extent of degradation is important for developing protection strategies, particularly relevant to the restoration of historically and culturally important wooden objects recovered from the sites that exclude basidiomycete fungi but support the activity of WDB.
Details
- Title
- Chapter 9 - Bacterial Degradation of Wood
- Authors
- Adya P. Singh (Author) - ScionYoon Soo Kim (Author) - Chonnam National UniversityTripti Singh (Author) - Scion
- Contributors
- Yoon Soo Kim (Editor) - Chonnam National UniversityRyo Funada (Editor) - Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyAdya P Singh (Editor) - Scion
- Publication details
- Secondary Xylem Biology: Origins, Functions, and Applications, pp.169-190
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/B978-0-12-802185-9.00009-7; 10.1016/C2014-0-01292-0
- Organisation Unit
- National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99979536602621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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