Comparative analysis of laccase-isozymes patterns of several related Polyporaceae species under different culture conditions

The study of isozymes has to date been successfully applied in the identification of a number of different microorganisms, particularly fungi. Trametes sp. I‐62 (CECT20197) is a white‐rot fungus with potential biotechnological applications. It has been identified as Trametes on the basis of the myce...

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Published in:Journal of basic microbiology 2004-04, Vol.44 (2), p.79-87
Main Authors: AranaCuenca, Ainhoa, Roda, Arantxa, Téllez, Alejandro, Loera, Octavio, Carbajo, José M., Terrón, María C., González, Aldo E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Culture Media
Isoenzymes - metabolism
Laccase - metabolism
Pavonia
Polyporaceae - enzymology
Polyporaceae - growth & development
Species Specificity
Time Factors
Trametes
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Summary:The study of isozymes has to date been successfully applied in the identification of a number of different microorganisms, particularly fungi. Trametes sp. I‐62 (CECT20197) is a white‐rot fungus with potential biotechnological applications. It has been identified as Trametes on the basis of the mycelium morphology, but the features observed are not sufficient for its classification at the species level. Given that this strain produces a very characteristic laccase isozyme pattern, in the present work we compared its isozyme profile with the profiles produced by ten other very closely phylogenetically related fungi from the Polyporaceae family. The data indicates that Trametes sp. I‐62 could not be included in any of the taxonomically related species which were analysed in the present work. Extracellular laccases were detected in nine of the fungi studied and in four of them namely Trametes subectypus, Trametes pavonia, Trametes ochracea and Trametes gallica, this is the first report of such activity. Given that phylogenetically related fungi growing in the same culture conditions exhibit different laccase patterns, these isozymes could be used as an additional criterion for fungal identification. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
ISSN:0233-111X
1521-4028
DOI:10.1002/jobm.200310324