Question

Dealkylation is caused as a co-metabolism process in fungi.

(a) True

(b) False

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This is a very interesting question from Microbial Transformations of Pesticides in chapter Microbial Transformations of Pesticides of Environmental Biotechnology

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) True

To elaborate: Dealkylation can happens in different fungal species, mostly is caused as a co-metabolism process in fungi. Aspergillus sp. are usually involved in dealkylation process. In fungi, the dealkylation is usually caused by different fungi as a co-metabolism process.