Role of Basidiomycete Small Molecules on Habitat-sharing Microbes (B05)

• Subject Area: Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms ; Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics ; Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology ; Organismic Interactions, Chemical Ecology and Microbiomes of Plant Systems
• Term: since 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 239748522

The interaction between wood-rotting basidiomycetes like Serpula lacrymans and Schizophyllum commune with each other and with the co-occurring bacteria like Bacillus subtilis determines overall degradation rates, while natural products mediate the community interactions. With the tripartite interactions, we plan to study how bacteria impact growth of basidiomycetes that grow in consortia (organismic level), and how stimuli by consortia are transduced inside the basidiomycete cell (cellular level) to aid future applications in wood protection by providing signals for the targeted manipulation of the community.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1127: Chemical Mediators in Complex Biosystems (ChemBioSys)
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Dirk Hoffmeister; Professorin Dr. Erika Kothe