Thermoascus

Thermoascus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Thermoascus
Miehe (1907)
Type species
Thermoascus aurantiacus
Miehe (1907)
Species

T. aurantiacus
T. crustaceus
T. egyptiacus
T. taitungiacus
T. thermophilus

Thermoascus is a genus of soil fungi in the family Trichocomaceae. Species in the genus are characterized by the production of heat-resistant ascospores. Thermoascus was circumscribed by German botanist Hugo Miehe in 1907.[1]

The type species, Thermoascus aurantiacus, is of research interest because it secretes heat-resistant hydrolase enzymes that could possibly be used in biotechnological applications, such as the conversion of biomass to biofuels.[2]

Species

  • Thermoascus aurantiacus Miehe (1907)[1]
  • Thermoascus crustaceus (Apinis & Chesters) Stolk (1965)[3]
  • Thermoascus egyptiacus S.Ueda & Udagawa (1983)[4]
  • Thermoascus taitungiacus K.Y.Chen & Z.C.Chen (1996)[5]
  • Thermoascus thermophilus (Sopp) Arx (1970)[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Miehe, Hugo (1907). Die Selbsterhitzung Des Heus: Eine Biologische Studie (in German). Jena: Gustav Fischer. p. 70.
  2. ↑ McClendon, S.D.; Batth, T.; Petzold, C.J.; Adams, P.D.; Simmons, B.A.; Singer, S.W. (2012). "Thermoascus aurantiacus is a promising source of enzymes for biomass deconstruction under thermophilic conditions". Biotechnology for Biofuels. 5 (1): 54. doi:10.1186/1754-6834-5-54. PMC 3507748. PMID 22839529.
  3. ↑ Stolk, A.C. (1965). "Thermophilic species of Talaromyces Benjamin & Thermoascus Miehe". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 65: 594–601.
  4. ↑ Ueda, S.; Udagawa, S.I. (1983). "Thermoascus aegyptiacus, a new thermophilic Ascomycete". Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan. 24: 135–142.
  5. ↑ Chen, K.Y.; Chen, Z.C. (1996). "A new species of Thermoascus with a Paecilomyces anamorph and other thermophilic Thermoascus species from Taiwan". Mycotaxon. 60: 225–240.
  6. ↑ von Arx, J.A. (1970). "The Genera of Fungi Sporulating in Pure Culture". Lehre: J. Cramer: 84.


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