Influences of Nitrogen Sources on Usnic Acid Production in a Cultured Mycobiont of the Lichen Usnea hirta (L.) Wigg.

Yasuhiro KINOSHITA; Yoshikazu YAMAMOTO; Teiko KUROKAWA; Isao YOSHIMURA

doi:10.1271/bbb.65.1900

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Online ISSN : 1347-6947
Print ISSN : 0916-8451

Microbiology & Fermentation Technology

Influences of Nitrogen Sources on Usnic Acid Production in a Cultured Mycobiont of the Lichen Usnea hirta (L.) Wigg.

Yasuhiro KINOSHITA, Yoshikazu YAMAMOTO, Teiko KUROKAWA, Isao YOSHIMURA

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Keywords: Usnea hirtata, lichen mycobiont culture, usnic acid production, nitrogen source

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2001 Volume 65 Issue 8 Pages 1900-1902

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.65.1900

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Effects of the nitrogen sources in the medium for the production of secondary metabolites in lichens were examined. The usnic acid production by a mycobiont of the lichen Usnea hirta was higher in the liquid medium containing ammonium and nitrate ions than in those containing amino acids.

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