“…The NAD-coupled polyol dehydrogenase system of S. commune catalyzes the oxidation of xylitol, mannitol, and sorbitol, and is favored in alkaline medium. Similar systems have been described in Candida utilis (Arcus and Edson, 1956;Chakravorty et al, 1962), C. albicans (Veiga, Bacila, and Horecker, 1960), and Penicillium chrysogenum (Chiang and Knight, 1959). In comparison, the NAD-dependent polyol dehydrogenase of Piricularia oryzae (Yamada et al, 1961) and Coccidioides immitis (Lones and Peacock, 1964) functions at the level of phosphorylated intermediates in the conversion of fructose-6-phosphate to mannitol-1-phosphate, whereas the reduction of fructose to mannitol in A. campestris (Edmundowicz and Wriston, 1963) and Geotrichum candidum (Shu-Cheng and Kao-Hsiang, 1964) requires NADPH2.…”