<i>Trichoderma reesei</i> Isolated From Austrian Soil With High Potential for Biotechnological Application.

ABSTRACT: Fungi of the genus Trichoderma are of high importance for biotechnological applications, in biocontrol and for production of homologous and heterologous proteins. However, sexual crossing under laboratory conditions has so far only been achieved with the species Trichoderma reesei, which was so far only isolated from tropical regions. Our isolation efforts aimed at the collection of Trichoderma strains from Austrian soils surprisingly also yielded 12 strains of the species T. reesei, which was previously not known to occur in Europe. Their identity was confirmed with tef1- and rpb2-sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. They could clearly be distinguished from tropical strains including the common laboratory wildtypes by UP-PCR and genetic variation

SUBMITTER: Hinterdobler W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876326 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature