Production of extracellular ribonuclease by yeasts and yeastlike fungi, and its repression by orthophosphate in species of Cryptococcus and Tremella.

AUTOR(ES)

Burt, W R

RESUMO

A strain of Cryptococcus laurentii and a haploid isolate of Tremella foliacea were shown to produce orthophosphate-repressible ribonuclease in liquid culture. Addition of as little as 1 mM K2HPO4, pH 7.0, completely repressed enzyme production by both fungi. The orthophosphate-repressible enzyme was not produced by other species of the two genera tested. These results, together with other findings, suggest a close phylogenetic relationship between Cryptococcus laurentii and Tremella foliacea. The ability of other yeasts and yeastlike fungi to hydrolyze ribonucleic acid in a solid test medium was assessed. Based on the limited number of organisms available for study, extracellular ribonuclease activity was found in species having close affinity to the Basidiomycetes and in yeasts classified in the ascomycetous genera, Endomycopsis, Hansenula, and Kluyveromyces. Other ascomycetous yeasts did not exhibit extracellular ribonuclease.

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