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Transcriptomic response to substrate and temperature in two thermophilic fungi, Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrestris, and a related mesophile, Chaetomium globosum

ABSTRACT: The thermophilic filamentous fungi Myceliophthora thermophila (Sporotrichum thermophile) and Thielavia terrestris are proficient decomposers of cellulose, suggesting that they will be a rich source of thermostable industrial enzymes for lignocellulose degradation. To identify the genes and proteins involved in this process, we explored the transcriptomes of M. thermophila and T. terrestris growing at 45 ºC on either glucose, alfalfa, or barley straw by short-read sequencing of extracted mRNA. To better understand the adaptations that allow these fungi to grow at elevated temperatures, we compared their transcriptomes when growing at 34C to their transcritomes at 45C, and also to the transcriptome of the related fungus Chaetomium globosum, which does not grow at 45C. RNA was extracted from cultures in early growth stage growing with glucose, alfalfa, or barley straw as carbon source at 34C or 45C (M. thermophila and T. terrestris); duplicate cultures were sampled in some conditions.

ORGANISM(S): Myceliophthora thermophila

SUBMITTER: Ian Reid

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27323 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Comparative genomic analysis of the thermophilic biomass-degrading fungi Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrestris.

Berka Randy M RM Grigoriev Igor V IV Otillar Robert R Salamov Asaf A Grimwood Jane J Reid Ian I Ishmael Nadeeza N John Tricia T Darmond Corinne C Moisan Marie-Claude MC Henrissat Bernard B Coutinho Pedro M PM Lombard Vincent V Natvig Donald O DO Lindquist Erika E Schmutz Jeremy J Lucas Susan S Harris Paul P Powlowski Justin J Bellemare Annie A Taylor David D Butler Gregory G de Vries Ronald P RP Allijn Iris E IE van den Brink Joost J Ushinsky Sophia S Storms Reginald R Powell Amy J AJ Paulsen Ian T IT Elbourne Liam D H LD Baker Scott E SE Magnuson Jon J Laboissiere Sylvie S Clutterbuck A John AJ Martinez Diego D Wogulis Mark M de Leon Alfredo Lopez AL Rey Michael W MW Tsang Adrian A

Nature biotechnology 20111002 10

Thermostable enzymes and thermophilic cell factories may afford economic advantages in the production of many chemicals and biomass-based fuels. Here we describe and compare the genomes of two thermophilic fungi, Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrestris. To our knowledge, these genomes are the first described for thermophilic eukaryotes and the first complete telomere-to-telomere genomes for filamentous fungi. Genome analyses and experimental data suggest that both thermophiles are ca ...[more]

PMID: 21964414

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Transcriptomic response to substrate and temperature in two thermophilic fungi, Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrestris, and a related mesophile, Chaetomium globosum

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Comparative genomic analysis of the thermophilic biomass-degrading fungi Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrestris.

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