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. 1990 Jan;56(1):150–155. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.1.150-155.1990

Fungal Catabolism of Crown Gall Opines

Chantal Jeanne Beauchamp 1,*, William Scott Chilton 1, Patrice Dion 1, Hani Antoun 1
PMCID: PMC183264  PMID: 16348087

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the capacities of 37 fungi to utilize various crown gall opines as their sole carbon and nitrogen source. One strain of Fusarium solani, two of Cylindrocarpon destructans, and six of Cylindrocarpon heteronema catabolized octopine, mannopine, octopinic acid, succinamopine, or a combination of these opines. One C. heteronema and one Fusarium dimerum strain grew only on succinamopine. None of the fungal isolates had the ability to grow on nopaline. The catabolism of opines by fungi was confirmed by the disappearance of the opine from the growth medium and by an increase in final mycelial dry weight with rising initial concentration of test substrate. This study thus shows that the catabolism of opines is not restricted to bacteria.

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