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Effects of Elemental Sulfur, Dithiocarbamates, and Related Fungicides on Organic Acid Metabolism of Fungus Spores

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Various aspects of the mechanisms of action, insofar as they are known, of sulfur, dithiocarbamates, and related fungicides have been reviewed by McCallan (1957), Horsfall (1945), and Martin (1959). The present paper reports some comparative biochemical effects of these materials on metabolism of organic acids by way of the citric acid cycle. The purpose of the study was to determine whether all of these fungicides affect the same or different biochemical processes and to relate the observed effects to the structure and chemical properties of the compounds and the enzymes.

This work was supported in part by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.

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Owens, R.G. (1960). Effects of Elemental Sulfur, Dithiocarbamates, and Related Fungicides on Organic Acid Metabolism of Fungus Spores. In: Developments in Industrial Microbiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5073-4_25

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