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Restoring Waning Production of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Endophytic Fungus Hypoxylon sp. (BS15)
Certain endophytic fungi belonging to the Hypoxylon genus have recently been found to produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that have potential relevance as hydrocarbon fuels. Here, a recently discovered Hypoxylon sp. (BS15) was demonstrated to also produce VOCs, but with diminished VOC producti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6023504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29895739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof4020069 |
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description | Certain endophytic fungi belonging to the Hypoxylon genus have recently been found to produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that have potential relevance as hydrocarbon fuels. Here, a recently discovered Hypoxylon sp. (BS15) was demonstrated to also produce VOCs, but with diminished VOC production after an extended period of in vitro growth. Restoring VOC production was partially achieved by growing BS15 in growth media containing finely ground woody tissue from the original host plant (Taxodium distichum). In an effort to isolate VOC production modulators, extracts from this woody tissue were made by sequentially extracting with dichloromethane, methanol, and water. Both the dichloromethane and water extracts were found to modulate VOC production, while the methanol extract had no effect. Surprisingly, the woody tissue remaining after exhaustive extraction was also shown to act as a VOC production modulator when included in the growth media, with changes observed in the production of four compounds. This woody tissue also induced production of two compounds not observed in the original BS15 extract. Filter paper had the same modulating effect as exhaustively extracted woody tissue, suggesting the modulation was perhaps due to cellulose degradation products. Overall, this study demonstrated that VOC production in BS15 can be influenced by multiple compounds in the woody tissue rather than a single modulator. |
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spelling | pubmed-60235042018-07-05 Restoring Waning Production of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Endophytic Fungus Hypoxylon sp. (BS15) Wang, Yuemin Harper, James K. J Fungi (Basel) Article Certain endophytic fungi belonging to the Hypoxylon genus have recently been found to produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that have potential relevance as hydrocarbon fuels. Here, a recently discovered Hypoxylon sp. (BS15) was demonstrated to also produce VOCs, but with diminished VOC production after an extended period of in vitro growth. Restoring VOC production was partially achieved by growing BS15 in growth media containing finely ground woody tissue from the original host plant (Taxodium distichum). In an effort to isolate VOC production modulators, extracts from this woody tissue were made by sequentially extracting with dichloromethane, methanol, and water. Both the dichloromethane and water extracts were found to modulate VOC production, while the methanol extract had no effect. Surprisingly, the woody tissue remaining after exhaustive extraction was also shown to act as a VOC production modulator when included in the growth media, with changes observed in the production of four compounds. This woody tissue also induced production of two compounds not observed in the original BS15 extract. Filter paper had the same modulating effect as exhaustively extracted woody tissue, suggesting the modulation was perhaps due to cellulose degradation products. Overall, this study demonstrated that VOC production in BS15 can be influenced by multiple compounds in the woody tissue rather than a single modulator. MDPI 2018-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6023504/ /pubmed/29895739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof4020069 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wang, Yuemin Harper, James K. Restoring Waning Production of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Endophytic Fungus Hypoxylon sp. (BS15) |
title | Restoring Waning Production of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Endophytic Fungus Hypoxylon sp. (BS15) |
title_full | Restoring Waning Production of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Endophytic Fungus Hypoxylon sp. (BS15) |
title_fullStr | Restoring Waning Production of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Endophytic Fungus Hypoxylon sp. (BS15) |
title_full_unstemmed | Restoring Waning Production of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Endophytic Fungus Hypoxylon sp. (BS15) |
title_short | Restoring Waning Production of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Endophytic Fungus Hypoxylon sp. (BS15) |
title_sort | restoring waning production of volatile organic compounds in the endophytic fungus hypoxylon sp. (bs15) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6023504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29895739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof4020069 |
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