The oxidation of glucose by Penicillium chrysogenum.

Studies on the mechanism of glucose metabolism by penicillia are few. The fact that Snell (1949) and Kita (1951) found none of the phosphorylated esters of the Embden-Meyerhof scheme in PeniciUium chrysogenum, strain Q176, and that penicillia contain glucose oxidase (Birkinshaw and Raistrick, 1943) would indicate a priori that glucose is metabolized oxidatively by the mold. The following data indicate that gluco is metabolized oxidatively by P. chrysogenum, strain NRRL 1951-B25, although none of the specific intermediary steps has been determined.