Polyol accumulation by two filamentous fungi grown at different concentrations of NaCl |
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| Authors: | L. Adler Amelie Pedersen Inga Tunblad-Johansson |
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| Affiliation: | Dept. of Marine Microbiology, Botanical Inst., Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22, S-413 19 Göteborg, Sweden. |
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| Abstract: | The accumulation of polyols by Aspergillus niger (van Tiegh) strain S 1 and Penicillium chrysogenum (Thom) strain S 30 was followed during growth in media of different concentrations of NaCl. The major polyols found were glycerol, erythritol and mannitol. The total polyol pool increased in both organisms in response to raised salinity, and the proportion of glycerol and erythritol was markedly enhanced at high salinity. |
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| Keywords: | Aspergillus erythritol glycerol mannitol Penicillium salinity |
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