Cunninghamella echinulata

Cunninghamella echinulata
Cunninghamella echinulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Order: Mucorales
Family: Cunninghamellaceae
Genus: Cunninghamella
Species: C. echinulata
Binomial name
Cunninghamella echinulata
(Thaxt.) Thaxt. ex Blakeslee 1905
Subspecies
  • Cunninghamella echinulata var. antarctica
  • Cunninghamella echinulata var. echinulata
  • Cunninghamella echinulata var. nodosa
  • Cunninghamella echinulata var. verticillata
  • Cunninghamella elegans var. chibaensis Kuwab. & Hoshino 1969

Cunninghamella echinulata is a fungus species in the genus Cunninghamella.

Biotechnology use

Cunninghamella echinulata has been used to transform cortexolone to hydrocortisone.[1]

Hydroxylation of biphenyl oxide has been studied in C. echinulata.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Manosroi, J.; Chisti, Y.; Manosroi, A. (2006). "Biotransformation of cortexolone to hydrocortisone by molds using a rapid color development assay". Prikladnaia biokhimiia i mikrobiologiia. 42 (5): 547–551. PMID 17066954.
  2. ↑ Seigle-Murandi, F. M.; Krivobok, S. M. A.; Steiman, R. L.; Benoit-Guyod, J. L. A.; Thiault, G. A. (1991). "Biphenyl oxide hydroxylation by Cunninghamella echinulata". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 39 (2): 428. doi:10.1021/jf00002a041.

External links

"Cunninghamella echinulata". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). 


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