TY - JOUR
T1 - Natural organohalogen production by basidiomycetes
AU - Field, Jim A.
AU - Verhagen, Frank J.M.
AU - de Jong, Ed
PY - 1995/11
Y1 - 1995/11
N2 - Basidiomycetes are ecologically important higher fungi that synthesize three families of organohalogen metabolites: halomethanes, halogenated aromatics and haloaliphatic compounds. To date, a total of 53 halogenated metabolites have been identified in 34 genera of basidiomycetes. These organohalogen metabolites have demonstrable physiological roles as antibiotics, as methyl donors and as subsstrates for H2O2-generating oxidases. The concentration of chlorinated aromatic metabolites encountered in natural environments associated with the widespread occurrence of basidiomycetes have been shown to exceed the hazardous-waste norms that are applied to analogous anthropogenic chlorophenols in soil.
AB - Basidiomycetes are ecologically important higher fungi that synthesize three families of organohalogen metabolites: halomethanes, halogenated aromatics and haloaliphatic compounds. To date, a total of 53 halogenated metabolites have been identified in 34 genera of basidiomycetes. These organohalogen metabolites have demonstrable physiological roles as antibiotics, as methyl donors and as subsstrates for H2O2-generating oxidases. The concentration of chlorinated aromatic metabolites encountered in natural environments associated with the widespread occurrence of basidiomycetes have been shown to exceed the hazardous-waste norms that are applied to analogous anthropogenic chlorophenols in soil.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0167-7799(00)89001-0
DO - 10.1016/S0167-7799(00)89001-0
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0028867241
SN - 0167-7799
VL - 13
SP - 451
EP - 456
JO - Trends in Biotechnology
JF - Trends in Biotechnology
IS - 11
ER -