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Alkene cleavage is a possibility to generate aldehydes with olfactory properties for the fragrance and flavor industry. A dye-decolorizing peroxidase (DyP) of the basidiomycete Pleurotus sapidus (PsaPOX) cleaved the aryl ...

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The quality and harvest of essential oils depend on a large number of factors, most of which are hard to control in an open-field environment. Therefore, Basidiomycota have gained attention as a source for biotechnologically ...

Selective transformations of limonene by asco- and basidiomycetes were investigated. On the shake flask scale, Penicillium citrinum hydrated R-(+)-limonene to α-terpineol [83% regioselectivity (rs), more than 80 mg l-1 ...

Mit zunehmender Industrialisierung der Lebensmittelproduktion werden Produkten vermehrt Wirkstoffe wie Farb-, Konservierungs- und Aromastoffe zugesetzt, um sie aufzuwerten. Hierbei wird von Konsumenten das Prädikat „natürlich“ ...

The phylum Basidiomycota constitutes the second-largest higher taxonomic group of the Kingdom Fungi after the Ascomycota and comprises ca 35,000 species (Halling et al., 1997). They have been proved to be a considerable ...