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. 1995 Oct;61(10):3562–3566. doi: 10.1128/aem.61.10.3562-3566.1995

Growth of the fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum with toluene as the sole carbon and energy source.

F J Weber 1, K C Hage 1, J A de Bont 1
PMCID: PMC167650  PMID: 7486990

Abstract

The fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum was isolated from a biofilter used for the removal of toluene from waste gases. This is the first report describing growth of a eukaryotic organism with toluene as the sole source of carbon and energy. The oxygen consumption rates, as well as the measured enzyme activities, of toluene-grown C. sphaerospermum indicate that toluene is degraded by an initial attack on the methyl group.

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