Fomitopsis palustris

Fomitopsis palustris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Fomitopsidaceae
Genus:	Fomitopsis
Species:	F. palustris
Binomial name
	Fomitopsis palustris; (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Gilb. & Ryvarden (1985)
Synonyms
	Polyporus palustris Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1872);

Fomitopsis palustris is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It causes brown rot, a disease of wood that results from the enzymatic breakdown of the wood component cellulose, but not lignin. Several enzymes involved in the wood-decay process have been biochemically characterized. The whole genome sequence of F. palustris was reported in 2017.^[1]

Wood decay enzymes[]

Fomitopsis palustris is known to possess three different cellulase enzymes.^[2]

An endoglucanase, named EG-II, has been purified and characterized from this species in 2008; it is believed to assist in the wood rot process by loosening the polysaccharide network in cell walls by disentangling hemicelluloses associated with cellulose.^[3]

References[]

^ Hong, C.Y.; Lee, S.Y.; Ryu, S.H.; Kim, M. (2017). "Whole-genome de novo sequencing of wood rot fungus Fomitopsis palustris (ATCC62978) with both a cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzyme system". Journal of Biotechnology. 251: 156–159. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.04.009. PMID 28433724.
^ Yoon, J.J.; Kim, Y.K. (2005). "Degradation of crystalline cellulose by the brown-rot basidiomycete Fomitopsis palustris". Journal of Microbiology. 43 (6): 487–492. PMID 16410763. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
^ Shimokawa, T.; Shibuya, H.; Nojiri, M.; Yoshida, S.; Ishihara, M. (2008). "Purification, molecular cloning, and enzymatic properties of a family 12 endoglucanase (EG-II) from Fomitopsis palustris: role of EG-II in larch holocellulose hydrolysis". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74 (18): 5857–5861. doi:10.1128/AEM.00435-08. PMC 2547054. PMID 18658283.

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[Hong_2017-1] Hong, C.Y.; Lee, S.Y.; Ryu, S.H.; Kim, M. (2017). "Whole-genome de novo sequencing of wood rot fungus Fomitopsis palustris (ATCC62978) with both a cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzyme system". Journal of Biotechnology. 251: 156–159. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.04.009. PMID 28433724.

[Yoon_2005-2] Yoon, J.J.; Kim, Y.K. (2005). "Degradation of crystalline cellulose by the brown-rot basidiomycete Fomitopsis palustris". Journal of Microbiology. 43 (6): 487–492. PMID 16410763. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-12-16.

[Shimokawa_2008-3] Shimokawa, T.; Shibuya, H.; Nojiri, M.; Yoshida, S.; Ishihara, M. (2008). "Purification, molecular cloning, and enzymatic properties of a family 12 endoglucanase (EG-II) from Fomitopsis palustris: role of EG-II in larch holocellulose hydrolysis". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74 (18): 5857–5861. doi:10.1128/AEM.00435-08. PMC 2547054. PMID 18658283.

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