Global InformationChaetomium cupreum information
| Chaetomium cupreum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Sordariales |
| Family: | Chaetomiaceae |
| Genus: | Chaetomium |
| Species: | C. cupreum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetomium cupreum L.M Ames (1949)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Chaetomium cupreum is a fungus in the family Chaetomiaceae. It is able to decay in manufactured cellulosic materials,[1] and is known to antagonize a wide range of soil microorganisms.[citation needed] This species is component of the biocontrol agent, Ketomium, a commercial biofungicide.[2] It has also been investigated for use in the production of natural dyes. Chaetomium cupreum is mesophilic and known to occur in harsh environments and can rapidly colonize organic substrates in soil.[3] Laboratory cultures of C. cupreum can be propagated on a range of common growth media including potato dextrose at ambient or higher than ambient temperature producing cottony white colonies with a reddish reverse.[1][4]
- ^ a b Ames, L. M. (1 November 1949). "New Cellulose Destroying Fungi Isolated from Military Material and Equipment". Mycologia. 41 (6): 637–648. doi:10.2307/3755020. JSTOR 3755020.
- ^ Soytong, K; Kanokmedhakul, S; Kuknogviriyapa, V; Isobe, M (2001). "Application of Chaetomium species (Ketomium) as a new broad spectrum biological fungicide for plant disease control: A review article". Fungal Diversity. 7: 1–15.
- ^ Millner, P. D.; Motta, J. J.; Lentz, P. L. (1 July 1977). "Ascospores, Germ Pores, Ultrastructure, and Thermophilism of Chaetomium". Mycologia. 69 (4): 720–733. doi:10.2307/3758862. JSTOR 3758862.
- ^ Zhang, HaiYan; Yang, Qian (13 January 2007). "Expressed sequence tags-based identification of genes in the biocontrol agent Chaetomium cupreum". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 74 (3): 650–658. doi:10.1007/s00253-006-0701-2. ISSN 0175-7598. PMID 17221201. S2CID 12948208.