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] Genetic tools have been developed to genetically edit Thermoascus aurantiacus, such as an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation protocol and a CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, which have been used to overexpress genes that correspond to production of enzymes that break down plant matter and inactivate genes.[3]

Species

Thermoascus aurantiacus Miehe (1907)[1]
Thermoascus crustaceus (Apinis & Chesters) Stolk (1965)[4]
Thermoascus egyptiacus S.Ueda & Udagawa (1983)[5]
Thermoascus taitungiacus K.Y.Chen & Z.C.Chen (1996)[6]
Thermoascus thermophilus (Sopp) Arx (1970)[7]

References

Miehe H (1907). Die Selbsterhitzung Des Heus: Eine Biologische Studie (in German). Jena: Gustav Fischer. p. 70.
McClendon SD, Batth T, Petzold CJ, Adams PD, Simmons BA, Singer SW (July 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.
Gabriel R, Prinz J, Jecmenica M, Romero-Vazquez C, Chou P, Harth S, et al. (2020-10-10). "Development of genetic tools for the thermophilic filamentous fungus Thermoascus aurantiacus". Biotechnology for Biofuels. 13 (1): 167. doi:10.1186/s13068-020-01804-x. PMC 7547499. PMID 33062053.
Stolk AC (1965). "Thermophilic species of Talaromyces Benjamin and Thermoascus Miehe". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 31 (3): 262–76. doi:10.1007/bf02045906. PMID 5294506. S2CID 34464849.
Ueda S, Udagawa SI (1983). "Thermoascus aegyptiacus, a new thermophilic Ascomycete". Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan. 24: 135–142.
Chen KY, Chen ZC (1996). "A new species of Thermoascus with a Paecilomyces anamorph and other thermophilic Thermoascus species from Taiwan". Mycotaxon. 60: 225–240.
von Arx JA (1970). "The Genera of Fungi Sporulating in Pure Culture". Lehre: J. Cramer: 84. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[Miehe_1907-1] Miehe H (1907). Die Selbsterhitzung Des Heus: Eine Biologische Studie (in German). Jena: Gustav Fischer. p. 70.

[McClendon_2012-2] McClendon SD, Batth T, Petzold CJ, Adams PD, Simmons BA, Singer SW (July 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] Gabriel R, Prinz J, Jecmenica M, Romero-Vazquez C, Chou P, Harth S, et al. (2020-10-10). "Development of genetic tools for the thermophilic filamentous fungus Thermoascus aurantiacus". Biotechnology for Biofuels. 13 (1): 167. doi:10.1186/s13068-020-01804-x. PMC 7547499. PMID 33062053.

[Stolk_1965-4] Stolk AC (1965). "Thermophilic species of Talaromyces Benjamin and Thermoascus Miehe". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 31 (3): 262–76. doi:10.1007/bf02045906. PMID 5294506. S2CID 34464849.

[Ueda_1983-5] Ueda S, Udagawa SI (1983). "Thermoascus aegyptiacus, a new thermophilic Ascomycete". Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan. 24: 135–142.

[Chen_1996-6] Chen KY, Chen ZC (1996). "A new species of Thermoascus with a Paecilomyces anamorph and other thermophilic Thermoascus species from Taiwan". Mycotaxon. 60: 225–240.

[Arx_1970-7] von Arx JA (1970). "The Genera of Fungi Sporulating in Pure Culture". Lehre: J. Cramer: 84. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)