title: The ability of soil-borne fungi to degrade organophosphonate carbon-to-phosphorus bonds.
abstract: The ability of a wide variety of soil-borne fungal strains to degrade four structurally different compounds containing P-C bonds, namely the naturally occurring amino acid ciliatine, the popular herbicide glyphosate, phosphonoacetic acid and 2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid, was studied in order to show that soil fungi may play an important role in the biodegradation of organophosphonates. Most of the strains appeared to utilize ciliatine as the sole source of phosphorus for growth. Only a limited number of strains were able to grow on the other phosphonates used in this work. The strains of Trichoderma harzianum, Scopulariopsis sp. and Aspergillus niger chosen for more detailed study show the ability to degrade ciliatine, glyphosate and also amino(3-methoxyphenyl)methylphosphonic acid effectively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, University of Opole, Poland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krzyśko-Lupicka
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Strof
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubś
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skorupa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wieczorek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lejczak
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kafarski
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D000615:Aminoethylphosphonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000378:metabolism; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000378:metabolism; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism*; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D010746:Phosphonoacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000737:chemistry; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014242:Trichoderma / Q000378:metabolism; D000097797:Glyphosate
chemical_list: D000409:Alanine; D000615:Aminoethylphosphonic Acid; D002244:Carbon; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005998:Glycine; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010746:Phosphonoacetic Acid; D010758:Phosphorus; D000097797:Glyphosate; C000211:2-amino-3-phosphonopropionic acid