Project description:The brown rot wood decay fungus, Fomitopsis pinicola strain FP-58527, was cultivated for five dayes in media containing ground Populus tremuloides, Pinus taeda or Picea glauca wood as sole carbon source. Extracellular proteomic component was extracted and analyzed by LC-MS/MS.
Project description:1. Decomposition of lignin-rich wood by fungi drives nutrient recycling in woodland ecosystems. Fluctuating abiotic conditions are known to promote the functioning of ecological communities and ecosystems. In the context of wood decay, fluctuating temperature increases decomposition rates. Metabolomics, in tandem with other ‘omics tools, can highlight the metabolic processes affected by experimental treatments, even in the absence of genome sequences and annotations. Globally, natural wood decay communities are dominated by the phylum Basidiomycota. We examined the metabolic responses of Mucidula mucida, a dominant constituent of pioneer communities in beech branches in British woodlands, and Exidia glandulosa, a stress-selected constituent of the same communities, in response to constant and diurnally cycling temperature. 2. We applied untargeted metabolomics and proteomics to beech wood blocks, colonised by M. mucida or E. glandulosa and exposed to either diurnally cycling (mean 15 ± 10°C) or constant (15°C) temperature, in a fully factorial design. 3. Metabolites and proteins linked to lignin breakdown, the citric acid cycle, pentose phosphate pathway, carbohydrate metabolism, fatty acid metabolism and protein biosynthesis and turnover were under-enriched in fluctuating, compared to stable temperatures, in the generalist M. mucida. Conversely E. glandulosa showed little differential response to the experimental treatments. 4. Synthesis. By demonstrating temperature dependant metabolic signatures related to nutrient acquisition in a generalist wood decay fungus, we provide new insights into how abiotic conditions can affect community-mediated decomposition and carbon turnover in forests. We show that mechanisms underpinning important biogeochemical processes can be highlighted using untargeted metabolomics and proteomics in the absence of well-annotated genomes.
Project description:The fungus Polyporus brumalis is a wood decay fungus previously evidenced as efficient lignin degrader with high potential for plant biomass pre-treatment before conversion into bio-energy. Here we used an RNASeq approach that highlighted the active transcription of an unparalleled number of lignin active peroxidases and H2O2 generating enzymes during growth on wheat straw. These enzymes, together with metabolic processes related to detoxification appear as key determinants of the fungal adaption to lignin degradation.
