Organic acids production by white rot Basidiomycetes in the presence of metallic oxides
- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Vol. 52 (8), 779-785
- https://doi.org/10.1139/w06-032
Abstract
The purpose of the present work was to determine if selected fungal strains belonging to wood-rotting Basidiomycetes are able to grow on and to solubilize different insoluble oxides in solid media. Twenty-eight strains of white rot fungi were checked for their growth on oxide-amended media (ZnO, CaO, Cu2O). All strains displayed growth on Zn-amended plates but to a different extent, and Cu2O-amended plates turned out to be the most toxic oxide. Most of the tested strains solubilized oxalates and produced noticeable clear zones under the mycelium. These clear zones were tested for the presence of organic acids, the level of which was clearly elevated upon exposure of fungal strains to insoluble oxides. We determined the presence of oxalic, malic, and formic acids, with oxalic acid the predominant one.Key words: metal oxalates, oxalic acid, insoluble oxides, wood-rotting fungi.Keywords
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