Pestalotiopsis microspora
Pestalotiopsis microspora | |
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Conidia of Pestalotiopsis microspora | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Amphisphaeriales |
Family: | Sporocadaceae |
Genus: | Pestalotiopsis |
Species: | P. microspora
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Binomial name | |
Pestalotiopsis microspora | |
Synonyms | |
Pestalotiopsis microspora parasitic | |
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Edibility is unknown |
Pestalotiopsis microspora is a species of endophytic fungus capable of breaking down and digesting polyurethane.[1] Originally identified in 1880 in fallen foliage of common ivy (Hedera helix) in Buenos Aires,[2] it also causes leaf spot in Hypericum 'Hidcote' (Hypericum patulum) shrubs in Japan.[3]
However, its polyurethane degradation activity was discovered only in the 2010s in two distinct P. microspora strains isolated from plant stems in the
Pestalotiopsis microspora was originally described from Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1880 by mycologist Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, who named it Pestalotia microspora.[5]
In 1996 Julie C. Lee first isolated Torreyanic acid, a dimeric quinone, from P. microspora, and noted that the species is likely the cause of the decline of Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia), an endangered species of a tree that is related to the paclitaxel-producing yew tree Taxus brevifolia.[6]
See also
- Plastivore
- Aspergillus tubingensis, another fungus that can digest polyurethane
- Ideonella sakaiensis, a bacterium capable of breaking down PET
- Galleria mellonella, a caterpillar that can digest polyethylene
- Fungi portal
References
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Jonathan R. Russell; Jeffrey Huang; Pria Anand; Kaury Kucera; Amanda G. Sandoval; Kathleen W. Dantzler; DaShawn Hickman; Justin Jee; Farrah M. Kimovec; David Koppstein; Daniel H. Marks; Paul A. Mittermiller; Salvador Joel Núñez; Marina Santiago; Maria A. Townes; Michael Vishnevetsky; Neely E. Williams; Mario Percy Núñez Vargas; Lori-Ann Boulanger; Carol Bascom-Slack & Scott A. Strobel (15 July 2011). "Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Endophytic Fungi". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77 (17): 6076–6084. PMID 21764951.
- OL 7025165M.
- PMID 30743469.
- ^ Anderson, Stacey (December 15, 2014). "The Plastic-Eating Fungi That Could Solve Our Garbage Problem". Newsweek. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ Spegazzini, C.L. (1880). "Fungi argentini. Pugillus secundus (Continuacion)". Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina (in Latin). 10: 5–33.
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External links
- Data related to Pestalotiopsis microspora at Wikispecies
- Index Fungorum
- USDA ARS Fungal Database[permanent dead link]