Wood is a renewable resource that has regained importance as a construction material over recent years. Despite its many positive properties, the risk of premature microbial degradation of wood remains problematic. While decomposition patterns, as well as the wood decaying activity of common fungal species are well studied, relatively little is known about the full microbiome involved in wood degradation. Typically, microbiome analyses of wood-colonizing organisms have been performed on deadwood in forests or on diseased trees. In contrast, construction wood is a habitat that has not yet been investigated in such detail. Here we present our first insights into the microbiome analysis on construction wood.
Keywords: Microbiome, Next Generation Sequencing, Construction wood
Authors
Lauritz Schrader
Thünen-Institute of Wood Science, Germany
Christoph C. Tebbe
Thünen-Institute of Biodiversity, Germany
Eckhard Melcher
Thünen-Institute of Wood Science, Germany
Jochen Trautner
Thünen-Institute of Wood Science, Germany
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