Biology:Fomitopsis palustris

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Short description: Species of fungus

Fomitopsis palustris
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Genus: Fomitopsis
Species:
F. palustris
Binomial name
Fomitopsis palustris
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Gilb. & Ryvarden (1985)
Synonyms
  • Polyporus palustris Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1872)

Fomitopsis palustris is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It causes brown rot, a disease of wood that results from the enzymatic breakdown of the wood component cellulose, but not lignin. Several enzymes involved in the wood-decay process have been biochemically characterized. The whole genome sequence of F. palustris was reported in 2017.[1]

Wood decay enzymes

Fomitopsis palustris is known to possess three different cellulase enzymes.[2]

An endoglucanase, named EG-II, has been purified and characterized from this species in 2008; it is believed to assist in the wood rot process by loosening the polysaccharide network in cell walls by disentangling hemicelluloses associated with cellulose.[3]

References

  1. Hong, C.Y.; Lee, S.Y.; Ryu, S.H.; Kim, M. (2017). "Whole-genome de novo sequencing of wood rot fungus Fomitopsis palustris (ATCC62978) with both a cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzyme system". Journal of Biotechnology 251: 156–159. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.04.009. PMID 28433724. 
  2. Yoon, J.J.; Kim, Y.K. (2005). "Degradation of crystalline cellulose by the brown-rot basidiomycete Fomitopsis palustris". Journal of Microbiology 43 (6): 487–492. PMID 16410763. http://www.msk.or.kr/jsp/view_old_journalD.jsp?paperSeq=2301. Retrieved 2008-12-16. 
  3. Shimokawa, T.; Shibuya, H.; Nojiri, M.; Yoshida, S.; Ishihara, M. (2008). "Purification, molecular cloning, and enzymatic properties of a family 12 endoglucanase (EG-II) from Fomitopsis palustris: role of EG-II in larch holocellulose hydrolysis". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 (18): 5857–5861. doi:10.1128/AEM.00435-08. PMID 18658283. Bibcode2008ApEnM..74.5857S. 

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