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Polyurethane as the sole nutrient source for Aspergillus niger and Cladosporium herbarum

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Growth of Aspergillus niger and Cladosporium herbarum occurred in shake cultures with polyurethane as the sole nutrient source. Simultaneously, the isocyanate almost completely disappeared from the polyurethane as determined with an IR-spectroscope. Otherwise, no structural changes were found in the polyurethane, though both fungi penetrated into the resilient foam tested.

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    Present address: Institut für Wasser-, Boden- und Lufthygiene, Bundesgesundheitsamt, Postfach, 1000, Berlin 33

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  1. Institut für Mikrobiologie und Landeskultur, Universität Giessen, Senckenbergstrasse 3, D-6300, Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany

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Filip, Z. Polyurethane as the sole nutrient source for Aspergillus niger and Cladosporium herbarum . European J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 7, 277–280 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00498022

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