Taming the Production of Bioluminescent Wood Using the White Rot Fungus Desarmillaria Tabescens

Author:

Schwarze Francis W. M. R.1ORCID,Carvalho Tiago1ORCID,Reina Giacomo2ORCID,Greca Luiz Garcia1ORCID,Buenter Urs1,Gholam Zennat1ORCID,Krupnik Leonard3ORCID,Neels Antonia3ORCID,Boesel Luciano4ORCID,Morris Hugh5ORCID,Heeb Markus1,Huch Anja1,Nyström Gustav1ORCID,Giovannini Giorgia4ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory for Cellulose and Wood Materials Empa Lerchenfeldstrasse 5 St. Gallen 9014 Switzerland

2. Laboratory for Particles‐Biology Interactions Empa Lerchenfeldstrasse 5 St. Gallen 9014 Switzerland

3. Center for X‐ray Analytics Empa Lerchenfeldstrasse 5 St. Gallen 9014 Switzerland

4. Giorgia Giovannini Laboratory for Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles Empa Lerchenfeldstrasse 5 St. Gallen 9014 Switzerland

5. Integrated Land Management Department SRUC Barony, Parkgate Dumfries DG1 3NE UK

Abstract

AbstractAlthough bioluminescence is documented both anecdotally and experimentally, the parameters involved in the production of fungal bioluminescence during wood colonization have not been identified to date. Here, for the first time, this work develops a methodology to produce a hybrid living material by manipulating wood colonization through merging the living fungus Desarmillaria tabescens with nonliving balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) wood to achieve and control the autonomous emission of bioluminescence. The hybrid material with the highest bioluminescence is produced by soaking the wood blocks before co‐cultivating them with the fungus for 3 months. Regardless of the incubation period, the strongest bioluminescence is evident from balsa wood blocks with a moisture content of 700–1200%, highlighting the fundamental role of moisture content for bioluminescence production. Further characterization reveals that D. tabescens preferentially degraded hemicelluloses and lignin in balsa wood. Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy reveals a decrease in lignin, while X‐ray diffraction analysis confirms that the cellulose crystalline structure is not altered during the colonization process. This information will enable the design of ad‐hoc synthetic materials that use fungi as tools to maximize bioluminescence production, paving the way for an innovative hybrid material that could find application in the sustainable production of light.

Publisher

Wiley

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