Can fungi metabolize pluronic polyol f127?
It is known that some species of fungi can use hydrocarbons as their carbon source. Polyethers like pluronic are less chemically inert than hydrocarbons. Indeed, degradation of polyethylene glycols by microorganisms is a well studied process (see DOI: 10.1007/s00253-001-0850-2 for example). Gloeophyllum trabeum is known to degrade poly(ethylene oxide) by a non-enzymatic, oxidative process (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 1998, 95(18):10373-7). Given those facts, there is a very good chance that some species of fungi can metabolize pluronics and similar compounds.