Microporus

Microporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and, according to a 2008 estimate, contains 11 species.[3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words μικρός ("small") and πόρος ("pore").[4]

For the genus of insects, see Microporus (bug).

Microporus
Microporus affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Genus:
Microporus

P.Beauv. (1805)
Type species
Microporus perula
P.Beauv. (1804)
Species

11 species, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of January 2017, Index Fungorum accepts 12 species in Microporus:[5]

  • M. affinis (Blume & T.Nees) Kuntze (1898)
  • M. affinis-microloma (Lloyd) T.Hatt. & Sotome (2013)
  • M. atroalbus (Henn.) Kuntze (1898)
  • M. atrovillosus Ryvarden (1975)[6]
  • M. concinnus P.Beauv. (1804)
  • M. incomptus (Afzel. ex Fr.) Kuntze (1898)
  • M. internuntius (Corner) T. Hatt. (2005)
  • M. longisporus T.Hatt. (2000)
  • M. luteoceraceus D.A.Reid (1986) – Peninsular Malaysia
  • M. nipponicus (Yasuda) Imazeki (1943)
  • M. subvernicipes (Murrill) T.Hatt. & Sotome (2013)
  • M. xanthopus (Fr.) Kuntze (1898)

Chemistry

Seven novel diterpene molecules, microporenic acids A–G, were isolated from the cultures of an undescribed species of Microporus found in the Kakamega Forest of Kenya. These compounds have antimicrobial activity against several Gram-positive bacteria, and also inhibit the formation of biofilm by Staphylococcus aureus.[7]

gollark: In the last few years, instead of the reasonably functional setup where people's stuff was stored on a big on-premise fileserver, someone clearly decided to cloud™, and now everyone's files are on OneDrive and login takes several minutes and often breaks randomly.
gollark: The policy on using computers which people are meant to sign forbids you from "creating, running, downloading or [some other verb] executable files (programs)".
gollark: One person in my class found out at some point that the security camera control thing was on the internal network with the default password set.
gollark: I don't think it has a good web browser built in?
gollark: I mentioned it to them and they just said not to do that.

References
  1. "Synonymy: Microporus P. Beauv". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  2. Ryvarden, Leif (1973). "New genera in the Polyporaceae". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 30 (1): 1–5.
  3. Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 426. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
  5. Kirk, P.M. "Species Fungorum (version 23rd December 2016). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  6. Ryvarden, Leif (1975). "Studies in the Aphyllophorales of Africa 3. Three new polypores from Zaïre". Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique. 45: 197–203.
  7. Chepkirui, Clara; Yuyama, Kamila T.; Wanga, Lucy A.; Decock, Cony; Matasyoh, Josphat C.; Abraham, Wolf-Rainer; Stadler, Marc (2018). "Microporenic acids A–G, biofilm inhibitors, and antimicrobial agents from the basidiomycete Microporus species". Journal of Natural Products. doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00764.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.