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SINCE its discovery in 19371 in appreciable yields in culture filtrates of two filamentous fungi, only a handful of studies, mainly by Sakaguchi, appear to have been made on the mycological formation of trans-L-epoxysuccinic acid2. The mechanism of its biosynthesis has been studied by Nomura et al.2 using compounds labelled with carbon-14 to trace the origin of the carbon atoms.
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Kō AIDA: Fulbright Fellow, 1960–61.
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AIDA, K., FOSTER, J. Incorporation of Molecular Oxygen into Trans-L-Epoxysuccinic Acid by Aspergillus fumigatus. Nature 196, 672 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196672a0
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