Degradation of aromatic compounds by Trichosporon sp.
When cultured in liquid media, samples of the yeast Trichosporon grow readily and degrade phenol; glutamate was found to stimulate both fungal growth and phenol catabolism, with a distinctive lag. In addition, this same strain grows in the presence of 2-chloro-phenol and 2-methyl, 4-chlorophenol (which are also degraded) and in the presence of 2-nitrophenol, 4-nitrophenol, 2,4-dinitrophenol, which are either degraded or not, as in the case of 4-nitrophenol. The kinetics of both growth and of aromatic catabolism is suggestive of inductive phenomena for key metabolic enzymes.
Caselli
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ferrara.
Hanau
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D003470:Culture Media; D005971:Glutamates / Q000494:pharmacology; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
D003470:Culture Media; D005971:Glutamates; D010636:Phenols; D018698:Glutamic Acid