TITLE:
Proton Exchange in Water/Mycelium System: Transdisciplinary Out-of-Equilibrium Thermodynamic Approach Using Potentiometric Titration
AUTHORS:
Vicente R. de Almeida, Bruno Szpoganicz
KEYWORDS:
Transdisciplinarity; Fungi; Proton Exchange; Out-of-Equilibrium Thermodynamics; pH; Ecological Relations
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Physical Chemistry,
Vol.3 No.4,
November
26,
2013
ABSTRACT: In this study, we used potentiometric titration to
investigate the interaction of the saprophytic fungus Trametes villosa in an aqueous environment. The study of this
biological complex system allowed us to observe the evolution of out-ofequilibrium
hydrogen ion potential states after systematic perturbations. The responses of the complex
system to perturbations were interpreted from relations that provided
qualitative response patterns for mycelium in agreement with their basic
structural and organizational characteristics. We consider this to be a
transdisciplinary example of the behavior of general systems with thermodynamic
properties of great ecological relevance, being specifically related to the
negentropic properties of heterogeneous systems.