Aspergillus luchuensis

Aspergillus luchuensis (previous names A. foetidus and A. acidus) is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It belongs to the group of black Aspergilli which are important industrial workhorses.[2][3][4] A. luchuensis belongs to the Nigri section. It has been used to produce awamori, a distilled alcoholic beverage made on the Okinawa islands in Japan.[5] The species was first described in Japan in 1901.[1]

Aspergillus luchuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. luchuensis
Binomial name
Aspergillus luchuensis
(1901)[1]
Synonyms

Aspergillus foetidus and Aspergillus acidus

Its genome has been sequenced by two different research groups, first in 2016,[6] and then in 2017.[7][8] The first sequencing of the A. luchuensis genome reported a genome assembly size of 34.7 Mbp and reported the presence of 11,691 genes.

References
  1. Inui T (1901). "Ryukyu awamori hakko kin chyosa houkokusyo". J. Chem. Soc. Japan. 4: 1421–1430.
  2. Herman J Pel; et al. (February 2007). "Genome sequencing and analysis of the versatile cell factory Aspergillus niger CBS 513.88". Nature Biotechnology. 25: 221–31. doi:10.1038/nbt1282. PMID 17259976.
  3. Israel Goldberg; et al. (2006). "Organic acids: old metabolites, new themes". Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. 81: 1601–1611. doi:10.1002/jctb.1590.
  4. Pariza, M. W; Foster, E. M (1983). "Determining the Safety of Enzymes Used in Food Processing". Journal of Food Protection. 46: 453–468. doi:10.4315/0362-028X-46.5.453.
  5. Yamada Osamu, Takara Ryo, Hamada Ryoko, Hayashi Risa, Tsukahara Masatoshi, Mikami Shigeaki (2011). "Molecular biological researches of Kuro-Koji molds, their classification and safety". J. Biosci. Bioeng. 112: 233–237. doi:10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.05.005.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Yamada O; et al. (2016). "Genome sequence of Aspergillus luchuensis NBRC 4314". DNA Res. 23: 507–515. doi:10.1093/dnares/dsw032.
  7. de Vries R. P.; et al. (2017). "Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus". Genome Biology. 18: 28. doi:10.1186/s13059-017-1151-0.
  8. https://genome.jgi.doe.gov/Aspfo1/Aspfo1.home.html
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