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A screening method for detecting iron reducing wood-rot fungi

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A plate assay using the Fe(II) selective dye, ferrozine, for detecting wood-rot fungi with Fe(III) reductive abilities, was developed. The assay is fast, simple and, in most cases, more sensitive than the corresponding liquid medium test. The brown rot fungi, Gloeophyllum trabeum and Laetiporeus sulphureus, displayed higher iron reductive capabilities than white rot fungi, Trametes versicolor, Ganoderma australe and Ceriporiopsis subvermispora.

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  1. Renewable Resources Laboratory, Casilla 160-C, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

    Claudia Oviedo, David Contreras, Juanita Freer & Jaime Rodríguez

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Correspondence to Jaime Rodríguez.

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Oviedo, C., Contreras, D., Freer, J. et al. A screening method for detecting iron reducing wood-rot fungi. Biotechnology Letters 25, 891–893 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024086524974

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