Induction of cold active acid phosphomonoesterase activity at low temperature in psychrotrophic ectomycorrhizal Hebeloma spp.

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Mycological Research

Volume 102, Issue 12, December 1998, Pages 1533-1539

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Hebeloma strains of arctic and temperature origin, grown at 22° or 6°, were assayed for wall-bound and extracellular acid phosphomonoesterase (pNPPase) across a temperature range 2-37°. Only when grown at 6° was a cold active extracellular pNPPase induced in all the arctic strains and most of the temperature strains tested. Such enzymes are suggested to be a adaptation to low soil temperatures, and are discussed in the context of ectomycorrhizal access to soil PO₄⁻ monoesters at low temperature.

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Induction of cold active acid phosphomonoesterase activity at low temperature in psychrotrophic ectomycorrhizal Hebeloma spp.

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

FEMS Microbiological Reviews

Enzymes from microorganisms in extreme environments

Chemical and Engineering News

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Canadian Journal of Botany

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