Decay condensed tannins

Otuk and Deschamps [26], for the first time, reported the capacity of yeasts to degrade a condensed tannin. The biodegradation of wattle tannin with six strains of yeasts, isolated from decaying bark samples, was tested. 

One fungus isolated from a rotting log of Pinus radiata has been shown to be capable of growth on proanthocyanidins as a sole carbon source. Grant (44) identified it as the filamentous fungus Penicillium adametzi- Similarly, Deschamps and Leulliette (27) have isolated a number of yeasts from decaying bark that degrade both hydrolyzable and condensed tannins. 

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