Weber F J, Hage K C, de Bont J A
Division of Industrial Microbiology, Department of Food Science, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1995 Oct;61(10):3562-6. doi: 10.1128/aem.61.10.3562-3566.1995.
The fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum was isolated from a biofilter used for the removal of toluene from waste gases. This is the first report describing growth of a eukaryotic organism with toluene as the sole source of carbon and energy. The oxygen consumption rates, as well as the measured enzyme activities, of toluene-grown C. sphaerospermum indicate that toluene is degraded by an initial attack on the methyl group.
球形枝孢菌是从用于去除废气中甲苯的生物滤池中分离出来的。这是第一份描述真核生物以甲苯作为唯一碳源和能源生长的报告。以甲苯为生长底物的球形枝孢菌的耗氧率以及测得的酶活性表明,甲苯是通过对甲基的初始攻击而被降解的。