The Effect of Amino Acids on the C14-Sphingosine-Triggered Germination of Nomuraea rileyi, and Surface Amino Acids on Spodoptera litura Fabricius

• Published in: Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 771 - 773
• Main Authors: NODA, Takahiro, SATOH, Takao, IIMURE, Kazuhiko, ONO, Masateru, ARAKI, Tomohiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 2011; Japan Society for Bioscience Biotechnology and Agrochemistry; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: amino acid; Amino Acids - pharmacology; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; entomopathogenic fungi; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; germination; Hypocreales - drug effects; Hypocreales - growth & development; Nomuraea rileyi; sphingosine; Sphingosine - analogs & derivatives; Sphingosine - pharmacology; Spodoptera - chemistry; Entomopathogen; entomopathogenic fungi; amino acid; Insecta; Germination; Nomuraea rileyi; sphingosine; Fungi; Spodoptera litura; Arthropoda; Aminoacid; Lepidoptera; Fungi Imperfecti; Noctuidae; Invertebrata
• ISSN: 0916-8451; 1347-6947
• DOI: 10.1271/bbb.100805

D-erythro-C 14 -Sphingosine (C 14 -Sph) accelerated the germination of Nomuraea rileyi in a solution containing peptone, but activity declined to a large degree in water. This suggests the presence of a co-factor in C 14 -Sph-triggered germination. Since the main role of peptone is to supply nitrogen constituents, we examined the effects of various nitrogen constituents. It was found that Ala and His were highly effective for C 14 -Sph-triggered germination.