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World J Microbiol Biotechnol ; 30(11): 2811-9, 2014 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25063688

ABSTRACT

Phthalates are esters of phthalic acid that give flexibility to polyvinyl chloride. Diverse studies have reported that these compounds might be carcinogenic, mutagenic and/or teratogenic. Radial growth rate, biomass, hyphal thickness of Neurospora sitophyla, Trichoderma harzianum and Aspergillus niger, grown in two different concentrations of dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (500 and 1,000 mg/l) in agar and in submerged fermentation were studied. The inhibitory concentration (IC50) and the constant of biodegradation of dibutyl phthalate in Escherichia coli cultures were used to evaluate toxicity. The radial growth rate and thickness of the hypha were positively correlated with the concentration of phthalate. The pH of the cultures decreased as the fermentation proceeded. It is shown that these fungi are able to degrade DBP to non-toxic compounds and that these can be used as sole carbon and energy sources by this bacterium. It is demonstrated that the biodegradation of the DBP is directly correlated with the IC50. This is the first study that reports a method to determine the biodegradation of DBP on the basis of the IC50 and fungal growth, and the effect of this phthalate on the growth and thickness of hyphae of filamentous fungi in agar and in submerged fermentation.


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Anti-Infective Agents/metabolism , Aspergillus niger/growth & development , Dibutyl Phthalate/metabolism , Escherichia coli/growth & development , Neurospora/growth & development , Trichoderma/growth & development , Aspergillus niger/drug effects , Aspergillus niger/metabolism , Biotransformation , Carbon/metabolism , Energy Metabolism , Escherichia coli/drug effects , Fermentation , Hyphae/drug effects , Hyphae/growth & development , Inhibitory Concentration 50 , Neurospora/drug effects , Neurospora/metabolism , Trichoderma/drug effects , Trichoderma/metabolism
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FEBS Lett ; 505(3): 393-8, 2001 Sep 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11576535

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Heterologous expression of the yeast triple Mep mutant has enabled the first molecular characterization of AMT/MEP family members in an ectomycorrhizal fungus. External hyphae, which play a key role in nitrogen nutrition of trees, are considered as the absorbing structure of the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis and therefore molecular studies on ammonium transport in hyphae are urgently needed. The kinetic properties of AMT2 and AMT3 from Hebeloma cylindrosporum were studied in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Expression of HcAmts in the yeast triple Mep mutant restored ammonium retention within cells. The HcAmts did not complement the ammonium sensing defect phenotype of Mep2Delta cells during pseudohyphal differentiation. Northern blot analysis in H. cylindrosporum showed that the HcAMTs were up-regulated upon nitrogen deprivation and down-regulated by ammonium.


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Ammonia/metabolism , Basidiomycota/metabolism , Carrier Proteins/metabolism , Protein Isoforms/metabolism , Base Sequence , Biological Transport , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Cloning, Molecular , DNA Primers , Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal , Kinetics , Protein Isoforms/genetics , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/growth & development , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
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