Summary
This paper describes fully the various patterns of bacterial attack to be observed in wood. It is based on many observations made with bacterially infected wood, both in pure laboratory cultures and in naturally attacked wood from diverse environments. Patterns of attack are described for tracheids, fibres, vessles and rays and three types of pit border decay are figured, together with attack of the pit margo and torus. A brief section also deals with the macroscopic appearances of wood subject to bacterial attack.
Zusammenfassung
Auf Grund zahlreicher Versuche und Beobachtungen werden die verschiedenen Formen bakteriellen Befalles von Holz, sowohl bei inokulierten Laborkulturen als auch bei natürlich infizierten Hölzern von verschiedenen Waldstandorten, eingehend beschrieben.
Im einzelnen umfassen die geschilderten Befallsformen diejenigen, von denen Tracheiden, Fasern, Gefäße und markstrahlen betroffen werden; außerdem werden drei Typen von Tüpfelwulstfäule, sowie je ein Fall von Bakterienbefall eines Tüpfelhofes und einer Tüpfelschließhaut dargestellt.
Dem makroskopischen Aussehen bakterienbefallener Hölzer wird ein kurzer Abschnitt gewidmet.
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Greaves, H. Micromorphology of the bacterial attack of wood. Wood Sci.Technol. 3, 150–166 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00639638
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