ISSN:
1432-072X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary The relative ability of species of thermophilic fungi to degrade cellulose was measured using an agar-diffusion technique based on the clearing of acid-swollen cellulose. 1. Chaetomium thermophile var. coprophile Cooney and Emerson, C. thermophile var. dissitum Cooney and Emerson, Sporotrichum thermophile Apinis, Sporotrichum sp., Talaromyces emersonii Stolk, and Thermoascus aurantiacus Miehe sensu Apinis (1967) formed a zone of clearing with a clearly defined front. 2. Humicola grisea var. thermoidea Cooney and Emerson, H. insolens Cooney and Emerson, Malbranchea pulchella var. sulfurea (Miehe) Cooney and Emerson, Myriococcum albomyces Cooney and Emerson, Stilbella thermophila Fergus, and Torula thermophila Cooney and Emerson produced distinct clearing, but the zonal front was not sharp enough for precise measurement. 3. Dactylomyces crustaceus CBS, Humicola lanuginosa (Griffon and Maublanc) Bunce, H. stellata Bunce, Mucor miehei Cooney and Emerson, M. pusillus Lindt, Talaromyces thermophilus Stolk, and Thermoascus aurantiacus Miehe sensu Cooney and Emerson (1964) did not clear acid-swollen cellulose. 4. Cellulolytic rates of several of the thermophilic species, tested at 45° C, were 2–3 times those of the mesophilic species Chaetomium globosum Kunze ex Fries and Trichoderma viride Persoon ex Fries, tested at 25°C.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00407983
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