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Microbodies in fungi: a review

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Journal of Industrial Microbiology

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Microbodies are ubiquitous organelles in fungal cells, occurring in both vegetative hyphae and spores. They are bounded by a single membrane and may contain a crystalloid inclusion with subunits spaced at regular intervals. Typically, they contain catalase which reacts with the cytochemical stain 3,3′-diaminobenzidine to yield an electron-opaque product, urate oxidase,l-α-hydroxy acid oxidase andd-amino acid oxidase. Their fragility and the necessity to disrupt the tough fungal cell wall before isolating them make them difficult to isolate. Analysis of enzymes in purified or partially purified microbodies from fungi indicates that they participate in fatty acid degradation, the glyoxylate cycle, purine metabolism, methanol oxidation, assimilation of nitrogenous compounds, amine metabolism and oxalate synthesis. In organisms where microbodies are known to contain enzymes of the glyoxylate cycle, they are known as glyoxysomes; where they are known to contain peroxidatic activity, they are known as peroxisomes. In some cases microbodies contain enzymes for only a portion of a pathway or cycle. Thus, they must be involved in metabolic cooperation with other organelles, particularly mitochondria. The number, size and shape of microbodies in cells, their buoyant density and their enzyme contents may vary with the composition of the medium; their proliferation in cells is regulated by the growth environment. The isolation from the same organism of microbodies with different buoyant densities and different enzymes suggests strongly that more than one type of microbody can be formed by fungi.

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Carson, D.B., Cooney, J.J. Microbodies in fungi: a review. Journal of Industrial Microbiology 6, 1–18 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01576172

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