Penetration capacity of the wood-decay fungus Physisporinus vitreus
Open Access
- 27 March 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling
- Vol. 1 (1), 6
- https://doi.org/10.1186/2194-3206-1-6
Abstract
Bioincising is a biotechnological process for improving the permeability of refractory wood such as Norway spruce heartwood using the wood-decay fungus Physisporinus vitreus. The degradation of the bordered pit membranes by P. vitreus in its first stage of wood colonization enhances the uptake of preservatives and wood modification substances, whereas the strength of the material is not significantly reduced. We propose to study bioincising by means of a mathematical model, because many factors affect the growth and effects of P. vitreus in Norway spruce in such a complex way that an evaluation of the optimal incubation conditions (i.e. water activity, temperature or pH) is very expensive or even not possible solely using laboratory experiments. Using a hyphal growth model we demonstrate here for the first time how to optimize bioincising by linking the microscopic growth behavior of P. vitreus with macroscopic system properties of the wood. Moreover, we propose universal measures of wood-decay fungi, i.e., penetration velocity, penetration work and penetration capacity, which may figure as measures for the efficiency of wood colonization. For example, our simulation shows that an increase of the hyphal growth rate (i.e. changing the incubation conditions) from 1 to 2 μm·d-1 results in an increase of the mycelium’s growth velocity from 0.8 to 1.75 μm·d-1 and an increase of the penetration capacity from 0.5 to 0.6 10-3·mm2·d-1 using a pit degradation rate of 2 μm·d-1. Information about the penetration velocity, penetration work and penetration capacity is of significance for both its biotechnological use and the study of the colonization strategy of wood-decay fungi in general.Keywords
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