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. 1967 Nov;15(6):1313-5.
doi: 10.1128/am.15.6.1313-1315.1967.

Substrate effect on 2,3-butylene glycol production by Rhizopus nigricans and Penicillium expansum

M L Fields, B Richmond

Substrate effect on 2,3-butylene glycol production by Rhizopus nigricans and Penicillium expansum

M L Fields et al. Appl Microbiol. 1967 Nov.

Abstract

Rhizopus nigricans and Penicillium expansum produced 2,3-butylene glycol which accumulated in natural and artificial media with time. Mycelial mats of P. expansum decreased the quantity of a diacetyl substrate and converted part of this substrate into acetylmethylcarbinol (AMC) and 2,3-butylene glycol. Mycelial mats of P. expansum also decreased AMC substrate with the formation of 2,3-butylene glycol. 2,3-Butylene glycol decreased slightly during incubation with the fungal mat. The formation of AMC was suppressed significantly by cysteine and ascorbic acid.

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