Production of (+)-globulol needle crystals on the surface mycelium of Quambalaria cyanescens

Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2008;53(1):15-22. doi: 10.1007/s12223-008-0002-5. Epub 2008 May 15.

Abstract

The structure of unique colorless needle crystals growing from the surface mycelium of the basidiomycete Quambalaria cyanescens and identified as (+)-globulol was followed by mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, and polarimetry. The mechanism of (+)-globulol fragmentation is proposed based on collision induced dissociation mass spectrometry. X-Ray analysis revealed that crystal packing is governed by hydrogen bond O-H.....O connecting the molecules into an infinite helix along a 3-fold screw axis propagating along the longest dimension of the needle crystal (c-axis of the unit cell). The X-ray diffraction data correspond well with the proposed structure determined by mass spectrometry.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Basidiomycota / chemistry*
  • Basidiomycota / isolation & purification
  • Basidiomycota / metabolism*
  • Coleoptera / microbiology
  • Crystallization
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycelium / chemistry*
  • Mycelium / metabolism
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / metabolism
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Sesquiterpenes
  • globulol