Tanaka, Eiji’s team published research in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 2019-04-30 | 87-73-0

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek published new progress about Biodegradable plastics Role: BSU (Biological Study, Unclassified), BIOL (Biological Study). 87-73-0 belongs to class alcohols-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C6H10O8, Safety of D-Glucosaccharic acid.

Tanaka, Eiji; Koitabashi, Motoo; Kitamoto, Hiroko published the artcile< A teleomorph of the ustilaginalean yeast Moesziomyces antarcticus on barnyardgrass in Japan provides bioresources that degrade biodegradable plastics>, Safety of D-Glucosaccharic acid, the main research area is Moesziomyces teleomorph biodegradable plastic; Basidiomycetous yeast; Holomorph; Pseudozyma antarctica; Smut fungi; Teleomorph–anamorph connection; Ustilaginaceae.

The basidiomycetous yeast Moesziomyces antarcticus (often cited as Pseudozyma antarctica), originally isolated from a sediment sample obtained from Lake Vanda in Antarctica, was asexually typified but closely related to the smut fungus Moesziomyces bullatus (Ustilaginales). We found a smut fungus on an ovary of barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) in Japan, which had been identified as M. bullatus. The teliospores germinated and formed yeast-like colonies. Physiol. and phylogenetic studies revealed that the characteristics of the yeast-like isolates coincided with those of “”P. antarctica.”” We thus recognized the smut fungus as the teleomorph of M. antarcticus, and then emended the description of M. antarcticus based on the holomorph. The identified fungus could degrade certain biodegradable plastics and produce mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) in similar qualities as the “”P. antarctica”” type strain. This discovery provides a significant bioresource, as genetically diverse M. antarcticus isolates could be obtained from the smut fungus.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek published new progress about Biodegradable plastics Role: BSU (Biological Study, Unclassified), BIOL (Biological Study). 87-73-0 belongs to class alcohols-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C6H10O8, Safety of D-Glucosaccharic acid.

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