Malbranchea cinnamomea explained

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 can degrade 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.

The genome of M. cinnamomea was 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 was performed in Leiden, The Netherlands^[4]

Notes and References

1. A molecular phylogeny of thermophilic fungi. 2012. 10.1016/j.funbio.2012.01.010. Morgenstern. Ingo. Powlowski. Justin. Ishmael. Nadeeza. Darmond. Corinne. Marqueteau. Sandrine. Moisan. Marie-Claude. Quenneville. Geneviève. Tsang. Adrian. Fungal Biology. 116. 4. 489–502. 22483047. 2012FunB..116..489M.
2. Web site: Healing mushrooms: Malbranchea cinnamomea. 21 June 2018. 25 February 2020. 25 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200225140307/https://healing-mushrooms.net/archives/malbranchea-cinnamomea.html. live.
3. 5604768 . 28818895 . 10.1128/genomeA.00779-17. 5 . Genome Sequence of the Thermophilic Biomass-Degrading Fungus Malbranchea cinnamomea FCH 10.5 . 2017 . Granchi Z . van Pelt S . Thanh VN . Olsson L . Hüttner S . Genome Announc . 33 . e00779-17.
4. Web site: OPTIBIOCAT partner GenomeScan . 27 February 2020 . 25 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200225121223/https://www.genomescan.nl/ . live .