Open AccessOutcome of interspecific interactions among brown‐rot and white‐rot wood decay fungi
Author(s) -
Owens E.M.,
Reddy C.A.,
Grethlein H.E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
fems microbiology ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.377
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1574-6941
pISSN - 0168-6496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1994.tb00086.x
Subject(s) - biology , interspecific competition , white rot , white (mutation) , botany , lignin , biochemistry , gene
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.