title: The biotransformation of aromatic amino acids by Phoma macrostoma.
abstract: A search for natural products produced in fermentation cultures of a strain of Phoma macrostoma led to the identification of tyrosol as the major metabolite produced by this organism. The addition of the amino acid tyrosine to growing fermentation cultures of P. macrostoma resulted in an increase in the production of tyrosol. It was subsequently determined that this strain of P. macrostoma was also capable of the biotransformation of other amino acids into similar alcohols.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, 144 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada.
authors.forename: Yevgeniya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tyagunova
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sorensen
mesh_terms: D024322:Amino Acids, Aromatic / Q000378:metabolism*; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000378:metabolism*; D001711:Biotransformation
chemical_list: D024322:Amino Acids, Aromatic