Nilsson, Thomas
- Department of Forest Products, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Experiments in which solid pine wood and kapok fibres were incubated with mixed bacterial consortia containing erosion or tunnelling bacteria demonstrated that evidence of bacterial attack could be seen much earlier in the kapok fibres. Kapok fibres are lignified and therefore show a chemical resemblance to wood fibres. Preparation of wood sections for microscopy is rather time-consuming, whereas kapok fibres can be observed easily without sectioning. We have explored in this paper the possibility of using kapok fibres for enrichment or purification of wood-degrading bacteria. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords
culturing; decay; erosion bacteria; kapok fibres; microscopy; tunnelling bacteria; wood degradation
Published in
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
2008, volume: 61, number: 1, pages: 11-16
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
SLU Authors
Björdal Gjelstrup, Charlotte
- Department of Forest Products, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Products, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Wood Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2007.06.009
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/77992