SULFUR TUFT AND TURKEY TAIL: Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Organohalogens by Basidiomycetes
- 1 October 1997
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Microbiology
- Vol. 51 (1) , 375-414
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.micro.51.1.375
Abstract
▪ Abstract Chlorinated aliphatic and aromatic compounds are generally considered to be undesirable xenobiotic pollutants. However, the higher fungi, Basidiomycetes, have a widespread capacity for organohalogen biosynthesis. Adsorbable organic halogens (AOX) and/or low-molecular-weight halogenated compounds are produced by Basidiomycetes of 68 genera from 20 different families. Most of the 81 halogenated metabolites identified from Basidiomycetes to date are chlorinated, although brominated and iodated metabolites have also been described. Two broad categories of Basidiomycete organohalogen metabolites are the halogenated aromatic compounds and the haloaliphatic compounds. Some of these organohalogen metabolites have demonstrable physiological roles as antibiotics and as metabolites involved in lignin degradation. Basidiomycetes produce large amounts of low-molecular-weight organohalogens or adsorbable organic halogens (AOX) when grown on lignocellulosic substrates. In our view, Basidiomycetes, as decompos...Keywords
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