Penicillium arizonense, a new, genome sequenced fungal species, reveals a high chemical diversity in secreted metabolites
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2016

A new soil-borne species belonging to the Penicillium section Canescentia is described, Penicillium arizonense sp. nov. (type strain CBS 141311(T) = IBT 12289(T)). The genome was sequenced and assembled into 33.7 Mb containing 12,502 predicted genes. A phylogenetic assessment based on marker genes confirmed the grouping of P. arizonense within section Canescentia. Compared to related species, P. arizonense proved to encode a high number of proteins involved in carbohydrate metabolism, in particular hemicellulases. Mining the genome for genes involved in secondary metabolite biosynthesis resulted in the identification of 62 putative biosynthetic gene clusters. Extracts of P. arizonense were analysed for secondary metabolites and austalides, pyripyropenes, tryptoquivalines, fumagillin, pseurotin A, curvulinic acid and xanthoepocin were detected. A comparative analysis against known pathways enabled the proposal of biosynthetic gene clusters in P. arizonense responsible for the synthesis of all detected compounds except curvulinic acid. The capacity to produce biomass degrading enzymes and the identification of a high chemical diversity in secreted bioactive secondary metabolites, offers a broad range of potential industrial applications for the new species P. arizonense. The description and availability of the genome sequence of P. arizonense, further provides the basis for biotechnological exploitation of this species.

Författare

S. Grijseels

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Jens Christian Froslev Nielsen

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Systembiologi

Jens B Nielsen

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Systembiologi

K. F. Nielsen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

M. Workman

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

J. C. Frisvad

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Scientific Reports

2045-2322 (ISSN) 20452322 (eISSN)

Vol. 6 35112

Ämneskategorier

Biologiska vetenskaper

Styrkeområden

Livsvetenskaper och teknik (2010-2018)

DOI

10.1038/srep35112

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