Kingdom Fungi Class Basidiomycetes | Division Basidiomycota Genus Fomitopsis Rank Species | |
Similar Fomitopsis, Fomitopsis cajanderi, Gloeophyllum trabeum, Fomitopsis spraguei, Fomitopsis lilacinogilva | ||
Fomitopsis palustris is a species of 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.
Wood decay enzymes
Fomitopsis palustris is known to possess three different cellulase enzymes.
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.
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