| Jonathan S. Schilling
Wood Microbiology; Biodeterioration &
Biodegradation
Dept. Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering
My position is 50% research and 50% teaching.
The research efforts of my laboratory group couple fundamentals of wood
biodegradation, primarily fungal mechanisms, with applications such as wood
preservation and enzymatic bioprocessing. Our research also extends to forests,
where wood-degrading organisms play unique biogeochemical roles and where
microbial community structure can be influenced by management practices. We use
soil- and agar-block microcosms to degrade wood and other lignocellulosic
materials in the lab, to rate preservative efficacy, and to explore fungal
processes in situ. We employ a variety of instrumental analyses and wet
chemistry techniques to monitor microbial colonization, to characterize plant
cell walls, and to track nutrient flux. We also use National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL) protocols to prospect fungal mechanisms with relevance to
commercial bioprocessing routes.
Courses Taught:
Organisms Impacting Bio-based Products (BBE 4302/5302);
Bioremediation (ESPM 4608/5608). Descriptions and more resources are available
at the 'Teaching' tab found at the Schilling Lab website: http://www.bbe.umn.edu/faculty/schilling
Selected Publications:
Schilling, J.S. and K.
Bissonnette (in press) Iron and calcium translocation from pure and impure
building materials by brown rot fungi. Holzforschung vol. 62.
Schilling, J.S. (2008) Practice makes perfect: A biodeterioration diagnostics
database that makes practice. International Research Group on Wood Protection.
IRG-WP document 08-10648.
Smith, K.T., W.C. Shortle, J. Jellison, J. Connolly, and J.S. Schilling (2007)
Concentrations of Ca and Mg early in the decay process of red spruce, eastern
hemlock, red maple, and paper birch. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 957-965.
Schilling, J.S. and J. Jellison (2007) Extraction and translocation of calcium
from gypsum during wood biodegradation by oxalate-producing fungi.
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 60: 8-15.
Schilling, J.S. and J. Jellison (2006) Metal accumulation without enhanced
oxalate secretion in wood degraded by brown rot fungi. Applied and
Environmental Microbiology 72: 5662-5665.
Schilling, J.S. and J. Jellison (2005) Oxalate regulation by two brown rot
fungi decaying oxalate amended and non-amended wood. Holzforschung 59: 680-688.
Schilling, J.S. and J. Jellison (2004) High-performance liquid chromatographic
analysis of soluble and total oxalate in Ca- and Mg-amended liquid cultures of
three wood decay fungi. Holzforschung 58: 682-687.
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