Organism 
Ref. numbers 
Growth Medium** 
Age (days) 
Glutamic acid 
Aspartic acid 
Glutamine 
Asparagine 
Alanine 
Glycine 
Threonine 
Serine 
Lysine 
Ornithine 
Arginine 
Histidine 
Leucine/ Isoleucine 
Valine 
Methionine 
Proline 
Hydroxyproline 
Tyrosine 
Phenylalanine 
Tryptophane 
y-Aminobutyric 
acid 
f-Alanine 
Cyst (e)ine 
Cysteic Acid 
Djenkolic acid 
Unknowns 
* See footnote 
COMPOSITION OF MICROBIAL AMINO ACID POOLS 
Fusarium 
javanicum 
> > 
= rales 
** See footnote ** Table I. 

A 
A 
A 
A 
A 
A 
>> > > 
> 
*** Appears in pool at 35 days. 
§ Reported as methionine and/or valine. 
TABLE VIII 
Puccinia graminis 
( uredios pores ) 
PY 
Tilletia caries 
(spores) 
AMINO ACID POOLS IN VARIOUS FUNGI* 
Phytophthora 
cactorum 
AAA 
oO. 
PN ye 

CoN 
oe 
2) Ju 
ane 
i) iN 
= 
a 
OV 
On 
\o 
Claviceps 
CCRC 
NN wR 
of U 
0.08*** 
by OwEns et al.88 for their content of free amino acids in the course of an extensive 
analysis which has accounted for 98%, of the cell solids. A total of 30 ninhydrin-reactive 
compounds were reported including rr unidentified substances. In contrast to bacterial 
spores, Neurospora conidia would seem to have a more varied pool than the vegetative 
mycelium. However, the discussion in preceding sections should suffice to establish 
the necessity of examining mycelial and conidial pools in a single investigation before 
such a conclusion can be expressed confidently. 
There have been a number of attempts to correlate changes in medium and cellular 
free amino acids with the course of penicillin formation, For example, PYLE observed" 
References p. 105/108 
