The detritusphere as the biogeochemical interface for bacterial and fungal degradation of MCPA

• Antragstellerinnen / Antragsteller: Professorin Dr. Ellen Kandeler; Professor Dr. Thilo Streck
• Fachliche Zuordnung: Bodenwissenschaften
• Förderung: Förderung von 2007 bis 2016
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 40976630

The detritusphere is an excellent model to study microbial-physicochemical interactions during degradation of the herbicide MCPA. Whereas during the first phase of SPP 1315 we focused on bacterial and fungal abundance at the soil litter interface and carbon flow between different compartments, the second phase will be devoted to elucidating complex regulation mechanisms of MCPA degradation in the detritusphere: (1) At the cellular level, co-substrate availability and laccase abundance might be important regulators, (2) at the community level, bacteria harbouring different classes of tfdA genes might control degradation of MCPA and (3) at the microhabitat level, interaction between MCPA degraders and organo-mineral surfaces as well as transport processes might be important regulators. The concept of hierarchical regulation of MCPA degradation will be included into the modelling of small-scale microbial growth, MCPA transport and MCPA degradation near the soil-litter interface.

• DFG-Verfahren: Schwerpunktprogramme
• Teilprojekt zu: SPP 1315: Biogeochemical Interfaces in Soil