gg CARBON NUTRITION 



Table 1. Carbon Nutrition of Some Fungi and Actinomycetes* 



Carbon Source 



None 



Glucose 



Fructose 



Mannose 



Galactose 



Sorbose 



Xylose 



L-Arabinose 



D-Arabinose 



Ribose 



Rhamnose 



Mannitol 



Sorbitol 



Dulcitol 



Adonitol 



Erythritol 



Glycerol 



Maltose 



Sucrose 



Cellobiose 



Lactose 



Trehalose 



Melibiose 



Raffinose 



Glycogen 



Starch 



Dextrin 



Inulin 



Cellulose 



Formate 



Acetate < 3 



Propionate 



Oxalate 



Lactate 







Succinate <3 



Fumarate 



Malate 



Tartrate < 3 



Citrate < 3 



Gluconate 



* All data adjusted by taking growth on glucose as 100. Organisms arranged 

 in order: phycomycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, Fungi Imperfecti, acti- 

 nomycetes. Tr = trace of growth; + = visible growth, not measured, 



