INFIVE   05416
INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGIA VEGETAL
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
In-vitro depolymerization of Scutia buxifolia leaf-litter by a dominant Ascomycota Ciliochorella sp.
Autor/es:
SAPARRAT M. C. N.; ESTEVEZ J.M.; TRONCOZO M. I.; ARAMBARRI A. M.; BALATTI, P. A.
Revista:
INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Referencias:
Año: 2010 vol. 64 p. 262 - 266
ISSN:
0964-8305
Resumen:
Scutia buxifolia leaf-litter is recalcitrant to degradation but
hosts an assemblage of Ascomycota fungi among which Ciliochorella
sp. is the most frequent one. The aim of this work was to analyze the
role Ciliochorella sp. plays in degradation of S. buxifolia
leaf-litter in-vitro. Decay was assessed based on mass loss and
Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy analysis. After 60 days
of fungal growth, there was a 4.7% mass reduction that was associated
with degradation of polysaccharides, proteins and lignin-related
molecules. Ciliochorella sp. synthetized and released to the
water-soluble fraction of leaf-litter enzymes with β-1,4 endoglucanase
activity, that increased 3-fold over a 30 day period, and no laccase and
peroxidase activity. We conclude that Ciliochorella sp.
transformed S. buxifolia litter by degrading polysaccharides and
also aromatic structures at early stages of decay.