This hydrolase enzyme is specific for trehalose. It can also ferment Glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose, sucrose and trehalose. It lives on a wide variety of substrates, including glucose, glycerol, maltose, sucrose, and trehalose. Inside the mycelium, hexose is converted to trehalose and glycogen. Wood blewits contain the sugar trehalose, which is edible for most people. Some strains cannot grow anaerobically on sucrose and trehalose. Anhydrous forms of trehalose readily regain moisture to form the dihydrate. At least three biological pathways support trehalose biosynthesis. Carbohydrates such as trehalose and glucose, as well as proline and "tert"-butanol, are kosmotropes. A procedure developed in 2017 and using trehalose allows sperm storage at room temperatures. An industrial process can derive trehalose from corn starch. Trehalose aqueous solutions show a concentration-dependent clustering tendency. Majority of strains possess the cord factor (trehalose 6-6' dimycolate), an important virulence factor. Anhydrous forms of trehalose can show interesting physical properties when heat-treated. To adapt to the cold temperatures, "B. antarctica" accumulates trehalose, glucose, and erythritol.