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2776956 
Journal Article 
Production of benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol by the mushroom Polyporus tuberaster K2606 
Kawabe, T; Morita, H 
1994 
Yes 
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
ISSN: 0021-8561
EISSN: 1520-5118 
BIOSIS/95/02997 
42 
11 
2556-2560 
English 
WOS:A1994PT63500034 
BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. The culture conditions of Polyporus tuberaster K2606 were investigated to find conditions with which much benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol would be obtained. Strain K2606 reduced benzoic acid as well as L-phenylalanine to benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol in high yield. The conversion rate of benzoic acid was about 60%. Two other metabolites of L-phenylalanine, 3-phenylpropionic acid and 3-phenylpyruvic acid, were reduced to benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol as well. Veratryl alcohol, a secondary metabolite of L-phenylalanine, was not detected. Benzaldehyde produced by strain K2606 was reduced to benzyl alcohol, which was slowly converted again into benzaldehyde when culture with shaking continued. The maximum concentrations of benzaldehyde and benzyl alcohol produced by strain K2606 were 7.89 and 11.93 mM when L-phenylalanine was added to the culture medium at concentrations of 90 and 45 mM, respectively. 
MUSHROOM; POLYPORUS TUBERASTER; BIOSYNTHESIS; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZYL ALCOHOL