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Fomitopsis palustris

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Species of fungus

Fomitopsis palustris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

Wood decay enzymes

Fomitopsis palustris is known to possess three different cellulase enzymes.

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.

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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. 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. Bibcode:2008ApEnM..74.5857S. doi:10.1128/AEM.00435-08. PMC 2547054. PMID 18658283.
Taxon identifiers
Fomitopsis palustris


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