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Two mutants of the hymenomyceteSchizophyllum commune, unable to use acetate as the sole carbon source for growth, were isolated. Growth of the mutants on a glucose minimal medium was only slightly inhibited by sodium azide. Genetic analysis revealed mutations in different chromosomal genes in the respective mutants. Both these mutants exhibited a high cyanide-insensitive endogenous respiration. The inhibition of the respiration by 8-hydroxyquinoline showed the mutants to respire predominantly by an alternative respiratory pathway observed in many fungal species, but not in the hymenomycetes so far. An enhanced cyanide-insensitive respiration was also found in a wild-type strain ofSchizophyllum commune grown in the presence of sodium azide.
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Nešvbra, J. Cyanide-Insensitive Respiration inSchizophyllum commune . Folia Microbiol 22, 206–215 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02885602
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