title: The effects of volatile microbial secondary metabolites on protein synthesis in Serpula lacrymans.
abstract: The effects of volatile secondary metabolites produced by Trichoderma pseudokoningii, Trichoderma viride and Trichoderma aureoviride on growth rate and protein synthesis in two Serpula lacrymans isolates were investigated. Mycelial growth was affected to differing degrees, depending on the specific interactive microbial couplet involved. Protein synthesis by both S. lacrymans (Forfar) and S. lacrymans (H28) was affected by the volatile secondary metabolites of T. aureoviride and T. viride, but not by those of T. pseudokoningii. Mycelial growth and the original pattern of protein synthesis resumed when the antagonists were removed. It is probable that volatile secondary metabolites have played an important role during the evolution of microorganisms in the context of community, population and functional dynamics.
authors.affiliation: Soil-Plant Dynamics, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK.
authors.forename: Sonia N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Humphris
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: Eldridge
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Buultjens
authors.forename: Ron E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Wheatley
mesh_terms: D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017753:Ecosystem; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005740:Gases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000187:drug effects*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D014242:Trichoderma / Q000378:metabolism*; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005740:Gases