The Anaerobic Dissimilation of Glucose by Fusarium lini
- 1 January 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Mycologia
- Vol. 48 (1) , 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3755774
Abstract
Resting cells of Fusarium lini (F. oxysporum f. lini) ferment glucose anaerobically to equi-molar amounts of ethanol and carbon dioxide, two moles of each product per mole of glucose supplied. Labeled carbon dioxide is liberated from glucose-3,4-C14 but not appreciably from glucose-1-C14. Cell-free extracts contain the enzymes aldolase, triose phosphate dehydrogenase, phosphoglyceryl kinase, pyruvic carboxylase, and ethanol dehydrogenase. Intact resting cells convert phosphoglyceric acid to pyruvic acid, the conversion being inhibited by fluoride. These facts are interpreted to mean that the organism utilizes the Embden-Meyerhof pathway in the anaerobic fermentation of glucose, and that no other pathway need be postulated.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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