Survey of selected filamentous fungi for Voges-Proskauer reactions.
Of 16 filamentous fungi surveyed for Voges-Proskauer reactants, 81.2% were found to be positive. The total group fell into three classes: those producing considerable acetylmethylcarbinol (AMC), those producing a small amount, and those producing no AMC. Oidium lactis had a highly significant effect upon lowering the amount of Voges-Proskauer reactants produced by Rhizopus nigricans.
D000093:Acetoin; D001203:Ascomycota; D005519:Food Preservation; D005658:Fungi; D010407:Penicillium; D012233:Rhizopus
D000093:Acetoin
FOOD PRESERVATION; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM