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Outcome of interspecific interactions among brown-rot and white-rot wood decay fungi |
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| Authors: | EM Owens CA Reddy HE Grethlein |
| Institution: | Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;Michigan Biotechnology Institute, P.O. Box 27609, Lansing, MI 48909, USA |
| Abstract: | Abstract Interspecific mycelial interactions among brown-rot fungi resulted in either deadlock or replacement of one fungus by the other. Similarly, most of the brown-rot fungi deadlocked with some or all of the whitre-rot fungi tested, while a few were able to replace some of the white-rot fungi. The results indicate similarities in interspecific mycelial interactions among brown-rot fungi and between brown-rot and white-rot fungi. The results further suggest that some brown-rot fungi are capable of invading and occupying domains within white-rot fungal communities in decaying wood. |
| Keywords: | Basidiomycetes Fungal communities Decomposing wood Interspecific interactions |