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Is biodegradation of leaf-litter strongly regulated by the occurrence of lignin?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K07468
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Forest science
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Koda Keiichi  北海道大学, 農学研究院, 講師 (80322840)

Research Collaborator Miyamoto Toshizumi  
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Keywordslignin / leaf / litter / biodegradation / microorganisms / nitrobenzene oxidation / methoxy group / リグニン / 葉 / 生分解 / リター / 微生物 / ミズナラ / メトキシ基 / ニトロベンゼン酸化法 / 緑葉 / 落葉 / 葉脈 / 葉肉
Outline of Final Research Achievements

A novel method applicable to determination of lignin content of tree leaves was developed and proposed. The validity and reliability of this method was confirmed by the comparison with the conventional methods such as Klason and acetyl bromide methods, using wood and leaf samples. It was shown that this method was applicable to leaf samples from conifer and broad-leaved trees, and that lignin contents of leaf samples were found much lower than those obtained by the conventional methods. This method was further applied to field experiments, using leaf litter. Lignin itself was not necessarily the most important rate-limiting factor affecting biodegradation of oak leaf litter, because it was found that oak leaf litter was decomposed in accordance with its lignin at a similar rate. Our results also showed that other environmental factors such as nitrogen influx could affect the degradation of leaf litter.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で提案したリグニン定量法は、リグニンに特徴的な基本構造に着目した定量法であり、妨害物質の影響により従来の方法ではリグニンの定量が困難な試料、特に樹木の葉のみならず、草本類などの非木材試料に対しても適用できる可能性が高いと考えられ、今後の検証が必要である。また、その上で、高等植物ばかりでなく、維管束組織の発達が未熟な段階にある植物体に対して適用した場合、リグニンの存在が植物体に対して果たしている役割の進化論的な意義づけにも、有用な手法になる可能性がある。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2019 2017

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Association of amphipathic lignin derivatives with cellobiohydrolase groups improves enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosics.2017

    • Author(s)
      Y. Yamamoto, N. Cheng, K. Koda, K. Igarashi, Y. Tamai and Y. Uraki
    • Journal Title

      Cellulose

      Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Pages: 1849-1862

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00248-017-0952-8

    • NAID

      120006415998

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 林相の異なる小流域における陸域から水域にかけての落葉分解特性2019

    • Author(s)
      小出祥平、宮本敏澄、長坂晶子、長坂 有、幸田圭一、玉井 裕、重冨顕吾、速水将人
    • Organizer
      第130回日本森林学会大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Measurement of leaf lignin of a Japanese oak tree (Quercus crispula) by a combination of methoxy determination with alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation and its application.2017

    • Author(s)
      Keiichi Koda, Arata Kawaguchi, Toshizumi Miyamoto, and Yasumitsu Uraki
    • Organizer
      Proc. 19th International Symposium on Wood, Fiber and Pulping Chemistry 461-466, Aug. 30-Sep. 1, 2017, Porto Seguro, Brazil (Poster Presentation)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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