The wood decay fungus Cerrena unicolor adjusts its metabolism to grow on various types of wood and light conditions.

ABSTRACT: Cerrena unicolor is a wood-degrading basidiomycete with ecological and biotechnological importance. Comprehensive Biolog-based analysis was performed to assess the metabolic capabilities and sensitivity to chemicals of C. unicolor FCL139 growing in various sawdust substrates and light conditions. The metabolic preferences of the fungus towards utilization of specific substrates were shown to be correlated with the sawdust medium applied for fungus growth and the light conditions. The highest catabolic activity of C. unicolor was observed after fungus precultivation on birch and ash sawdust media. The fungus growing in the dark showed the highest metabolic activity which was indicated by capacity to utilize a broad spectrum of compounds and the decomposition of 74/95 of the carbon sources.

SUBMITTER: Pawlik A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6363171 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature