Cellulolytic potential of fungi in wood degradation from an old house at the Medina of Fez

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 699-704

  Zyani, Mourad ^a   Mortabit, Dounia ^a   Mostakim, Mohammed ^a   Iraqui, Mohammed ^a   Haggoud, Abdellatif ^a   Ettayebi, Mohamed ^a   Koraichi, Saad Ibnsouda ^a  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bio deterioration; Cellulose; Cultural heritage; Fungi; Wood

Indexed keywords

CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM COMMUNE; PENICILLIUM CRUSTOSUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; THIELAVIA HYALOCARPA;

EID: 77951800816     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03179211     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Blanchette R.A., Held B.W., Farrell R.L. (2002). Defibration of wood in the expedition huts of Antarctica: an unusual deterioration process occurring in the polar environment. Polar Rec., 38: 313-322.
2. Bradner J.R., Gillings M., Nevalainen K.M.H. (1999). Qualitative assessment of hydrolytic activities in Antarctic microfungi grown at different temperatures on solid media. World J Microbiol Biotechnol., 15: 131-132.
3. Clarke A.J., Drummelsmith J., Yaguchi M. (1997). Identification of the catalytic nucleophile in the cellulose from Schizophyllum commune and assignement of the enzyme to Family 5, subtype 5 of the glycosidases. FEBS Lett., 414 (2): 359-361.
4. Duncan S.M., Farrell R.L., Thwaites J.M., Held B.W., Arenz B.E., Jurgens J.A. Blanchette R.A. (2006). Endoglucanase producing fungi isolated from Cape Evans historic expedition hut on Ross Island, Antarctica. Environ. Microbiol., 8: 1212-1219.
5. Eaton R.A., Hale M.D.C. (1993). Wood, decay, pests and protection. Chapman and Hall, London, England.
6. Eriksson K.E., Blanchette R.A., Ander P. (1990). Microbial and enzymatic degradation of wood and wood components. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
7. Gardes M., Bruns T.D. (1993). ITS primers with enhanced specificity of basidiomycetes: application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts. Mol. Ecol., 2: 113-118.
8. Ghose T.K. (1987). Measurement of cellulose activities. Pure Appl. Chem., 59: 257-268.
9. Kawai S., Okoshi H., Ozaki K., Shikata S., Ara K., Ito S. (1988). Neutrophilic Bacillus strain, KSM-522, that produces an alkaline carboxymethyl cellulase. Agri. Biol. Chem., 52: 1425-1431.
10. Kluczek Turpeinen B., Maijala P., Tuomela M., Hofrichter M., Hatakka A. (2005). Endoclucanase activity of compostdweling fungus Paecilomyces inflatus is stimulated by humic acids and other low molecular mass aromatics. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 21 (8-9): 1603-1609.
11. Krystyna P. (2007). Fungi and minerals occurring in heartwood discolorations in quercus robur trees. - Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 76 (1): 55-60.
12. Lowry O.H., Rosebrough N.J., Farr A.L., Randall R.J. (1951). Protein measurement with the Folin-phenol reagent. J. Biol. Chem., 193: 265-275.
13. Mackenzie L.F., Davies G.J., Schulein M., Withers S.G. (1997). Biochemistry, 36: 5893-5901.
14. Miller G.L. (1959). Use of dinitrosalicylic acid reagent for determination of reducing sugar. Ann. Chem., 31: 426-428.
15. Nevalainen H., Penttila M. (1995). In: Kuck U., Ed., The Mycota, II. Genetics and Biotechnology, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg., pp.303-319.
16. Onsori H., Zamani M. R., Matallebi M., Zarghami N. (2005). Identification of over producer strain of endo-β-1,4-glucanase in Aspergillus species: Characterization of crude carboxymethyl cellulose. African J. Biotechnol., 4 (1): 26-30.
17. Pečiulytė D. (2007). Isolation of cellulolytic fungi from waste paper gradual recycling materials. Ekologija, 53 (4): 11-18.
18. Phil Haisley A.I.A. (2002). Fungal colonization of building materials and impact on occupant health. 5 May, originally written for Botany 699 Directed Research, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
19. Rosgaard L., Pedersen S., Cherry J.R., Harris P., Meyer A.S. (2006). Efficiency of new fungal cellulase systems in boosting enzymatic degradation of barley straw lignocellulose. Biotechnol. Prog., 22 (2):493-498.
20. Schulein M. (1997). Oligosaccharide specificity of a family 7 endoglucanase, insertion of potential sugar-binding subsites. J. Biotechnol., 57: 71-82.
21. Updegraff D.M. (2004). Utilization of cellulose from waste paper by Myrothecium verrucaria. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 13 (1): 77-97.
22. Wood T.M., Garcia Campayo V., (1990). Enzymology of cellulose degradation. Biodegradation, 1: 147-161.
23. Wu B., Zhao Y., Gao P.J. (2006). A new approach of measurement of saccharification capacities of crude cellulase. BioResources, 1 (2): 189-200.
24. Zabel R.A., Morrell J.J. (1992). Wood Microbiology. Academic Press, New York, N.Y.