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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1988 July; 54(7): 1882-1885
Copyright © 1988, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Phenolic Compound Utilization by the Soft Rot Fungus Lecythophora hoffmannii

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, and Department of Bacteriology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83843²

ABSTRACT

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.

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