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. 1997 May;63(5):1685–1688. doi: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1685-1688.1997

Accumulation of Trichothecenes in Liquid Cultures of a Fusarium sporotrichioides Mutant Lacking a Functional Trichothecene C-15 Hydroxylase

S P Mccormick, T M Hohn
PMCID: PMC1389144  PMID: 16535589

Abstract

A mutant strain of Fusarium sporotrichioides NRRL 3299 produced by disruption of Tri11, a gene encoding a cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase, was shown to be altered in its ability to biosynthesize T-2 toxin. This mutant strain produced four trichothecenes that were not observed in cultures of the parent strain. The compounds were identified as isotrichodermin, 8-hydroxyisotrichodermin, 8-hydroxyisotrichodermol, and 3,4,8-trihydroxytricothecene on the basis of their nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectra. This is the first report of these 8-hydroxytrichothecenes as metabolites of F. sporotrichioides. The accumulation of isotrichodermin and the results of whole-cell feeding experiments with a Tri11(sup-) strain confirm that oxygenation of C-15 is blocked.

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