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Factors Affecting Microbial Production of Ethylene

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Ethylene

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Since the publications of Biale (1940) and Miller et al. (1940) on C2H4 production by Penicillium digitatum, several workers have screened numerous microorganisms for their ability to produce C2H4. These studies revealed that a diverse group of soil microbiota, including pathogens, are very active in producing C2H4. According to Primrose (1979), C2H4 is synthesized by many species of bacteria and fungi, but is oxidized by only a limited number of microorganisms. Out of 166 strains of fungi, yeast, bacteria, and actinomycetes, 49 produced C2H4 (Fukuda et al., 1984). Among them 62% were molds, 20% were yeasts, 21% were bacteria, and 6% were actinomycetes. Out of 228 soil fungi tested by Ilag and Curtis (1968), 58 (25%) produced C2H4 , whereas 20 unidentified actinomycetes also produced C2H4. El-Sharouny (1984) reported that 31% of 80 fungal species isolated from diseased roots were capable of producing C2H4. Arshad and Frankenberger (1989) found that corn rhizosphere is quite rich with microbiota capable of producing C2H4 derived from L-methionine (MET), and among these, fungi were the most preponderant. Babiker and Pepper (1984) isolated 14 soil fungi that produced C2H4 in the presence of MET. Recently, Arshad and Akhter (unpublished data) screened rhizosphere microflora of maize, wheat, tomato and potato and found that fungal isolates predominently produced C2H4 from exogenous supplied L-MET or 2-oxo-4-methylthiobutyric acid (KMBA).

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Arshad, M., Frankenberger, W.T. (2002). Factors Affecting Microbial Production of Ethylene. In: Ethylene. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0675-1_4

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