Open AccessProliferation and function of microbodies in the nematophagous fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora during growth on oleic acid or d‐alanine as the sole carbon source
Author(s) -
Dijksterhuis Jan,
Harder Wim,
Veenhuis Marten
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06436.x
Subject(s) - catalase , biochemistry , oleic acid , biology , oxidase test , enzyme , fungus , hypha , alanine , microbiology and biotechnology , amino acid , botany
The nematophagous fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora is able to grow on oleic acid or d‐alanine as the sole carbon source. During growth on oleic acid, activities of enzymes of the β‐oxidation pathway, but not catalase, were induced. In the presence of d‐alanine, both d‐amino acid oxidase and catalase activities were enhanced. Biochemically and cytochemically, the activities of the above enzymes were assigned to microbodies. The significance of these results in relation to the function of microbodies in trophic hyphae, which are formed during nematode infection, is discussed.