Research
Fungal diversity and activity in decaying wood
(fungal communities in Norway spruce logs at different scales (454 pyrosequencing), decomposition rate of wood, changes in wood structure (FT-IR), gene expression in controlled conditions)
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Publications
Papers:
Kubartova A, Ranger J, Berthelin J, Beguiristain T (2009) Diversity and Decomposing Ability of Saprophytic Fungi from Temperate Forest Litter Microbial Ecology, 58 (1), 98-107. Online
Kubartova A, Moukoumi J, Ranger J, Beguiristain T, Berthelin J (2007): Microbial diversity during cellulose decomposition in different forest stands: I. Microbial communities and environmental conditions. Microbial Ecology, 54 (3), 393-405. Online
Kulhankova A*, Beguiristain T, Moukoumi J, Berthelin J, Ranger J (2006): Spatial and temporal diversity of wood decomposer communities in different forest stands, determined by ITS rDNA targeted TGGE. Ann. For. Sci., 63, 1-10. Online
Koukol O, Mrnka L, Kulhankova A*, Vosatka M (2006): Competition of Scleroconidioma sphagnicola with fungi decomposing spruce litter needles. Can. J. B. 84, 469-476. Online
Book chapter:
Kubartova A (2007): Decomposition of needle litter in Pinus sylvestris and Pinus strobus forests, p. 234-237. In: Härtel H, Cilek V, Herben T, Jackson A, Williams R (eds.): Sandstone landscapes, Academia, Prague.
CV
PhD. 2007
Faculty of Sciences, Henri Poincaré University, Nancy, France (Geosciences) and Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (Botany)
MSc. 2002
Biology – Plant Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (Biology – Plant Ecology)
Born 1979
Previous study visits:
2006 - Biogeochemistry of forest ecosystems group, INRA Nancy and Laboratory of microorganisms-soil interactions, CNRS-UHP, Nancy, France, (5 months, Eco-net project)
2005 - Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden (5 months, CU Mobility Fund)
2004 - INRA and CNRS-UHP, Nancy, France (12 months, Marie Curie Fellowship)
2003 - Department of Limnology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň, Czech Rep. (7 months)
2001 - 2002 - Faculty of Sciences, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France (6 months, Erasmus)
