Thermoascus

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]

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

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. 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. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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