Malbranchea cinnamomea

Malbranchea cinnamomea is a thermophilic fungus belonging to the order Onygenales [1]. This ascomycete fungi is often isolated from higher-temperature environments. It is naturally found in composting soil and has the capability of degrading plant biomass. M. cinnamonea has biochemical relevance, as it produces a quinone antibiotic (6-(1-acetylethyl)-2-methoxy-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione) named malbranicin [2], as well as thermostable enzymes, such as alpha-glucosidases, xylanases, alpha-amylases, and glucanases.

Malbranchea cinnamomea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Eurotiomycetes
Order:
Onygenales
Family:
Onygenaceae
Genus:
Malbranchea
Species:
M. cinnamomea
Binomial name
“Malbranchea cinnamomea
Oorschot & de Hoog (1984)
Synonyms

The genome of M. cinnamomea has been published in 2017 by Zoraide Granchi and coworkers from the OPTIBIOCAT project [3]. The genome contains 24.96 million bases. The OPTIBIOCAT consortium estimates that there are 9,437 protein-coding genes. The sequencing has been performed in Leiden, The Netherlands [4]

References
  1. "A molecular phylogeny of thermophilic fungi".
  2. "Healing mushrooms: Malbranchea cinnamomea".
  3. Granchi Z; van Pelt S; Thanh VN; Olsson L; Hüttner S (2017). "Genome Sequence of the Thermophilic Biomass-Degrading Fungus Malbranchea cinnamomea FCH 10.5". Genome Announc. 5: e00779-17. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00779-17. PMC 5604768. PMID 28818895.
  4. "OPTIBIOCAT partner GenomeScan".
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