Phenolic Compound Utilization by the Soft Rot Fungus Lecythophora hoffmannii.
Nine phenolic compounds were metabolized by the soft rot fungus Lecythophora hoffmannii via protocatechuic acid and subsequently cleaved by protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase as determined by oxygen uptake, substrate depletion, and ring cleavage analysis. Catechol was metabolized by catechol 1,2-dioxygenase. Fungal utilization of these aromatic compounds may be important in the metabolism of wood decay products.
Bugos
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Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, and Department of Bacteriology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83843.
Sutherland
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Adler
J H
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