title: A screening method for detecting iron reducing wood-rot fungi.
abstract: A plate assay using the Fe(II) selective dye, ferrozine, for detecting wood-rot fungi with Fe(III) reductive abilities, was developed. The assay is fast, simple and, in most cases, more sensitive than the corresponding liquid medium test. The brown rot fungi, Gloeophyllum trabeum and Laetiporeus sulphureus, displayed higher iron reductive capabilities than white rot fungi, Trametes versicolor, Ganoderma australe and Ceriporiopsis subvermispora.
authors.affiliation: Renewable Resources Laboratory, Casilla 160-C, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oviedo
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Contreras
authors.forename: Juanita
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freer
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005297:Ferrozine; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D005297:Ferrozine; D007501:Iron