Gleason F H, Nolan R A
Science. 1966 May 27;152(3726):1272-3. doi: 10.1126/science.152.3726.1272.
A lactate dehydrogenase, specific for nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide and D(-)-lactate, has been detected in extracts from two fungi of the order Leptomitales (Oomycetes). Several fungi of this order carry out a lactic acid fermentation under conditions of reduced oxygen tension.