Trichoderma reesei

Taxobox


image_caption = Trichoderma reesei"
name = "Trichoderma reesei"
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Ascomycota
subdivisio = Pezizomycotina
classis = Sordariomycetes
ordo = Hypocreales
familia = "Hypocreaceae"
genus = "Trichoderma"
species = "T. reesei"
binomial = "Trichoderma reesei"

"Trichoderma reesei" is a mesophilic and filamentous fungus. It is an anamorph of the fungus "Hypocrea jecorina"."T. reesei" has the capacity to secrete large amounts of cellulolytic enzymes (cellulases and hemicellulases). Microbial cellulases have industrial application in the conversion of cellulose, a major component of plant biomass, into glucose.

Recent advances in the biochemistry of cellulase enzymology, the mechanism of cellulose hydrolysis (cellulolysis), strain improvement, molecular cloning and process engineering are bringing "T. reesei" cellulases closer to being a commercially viable route to cellulose hydrolysis. Major advances have been made in the isolation of "Trichoderma" mutants, e.g. Rut-C30, RL-P37 and MCG-80.

See also

*Cellobiohydrolase (CBH)
*Cellulosic ethanol
*Endoglucanase (EG)
*Jungle rot

External links

* http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/progs/afdc/vwbs2.cgi?200
* [http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/pathogens/trichoderma.html Trichoderma spp] .
* [http://www.genencor.com/wt/gcor/pr_1059584144 from genencor DNA sequence] and [http://trichoderma.iq.usp.br/ Trichoderma reesei EST Database and Mitochondrial Genome] .
* [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1137620Cellulose hydrolysis by the cellulases from Trichoderma reesei: adsorptions of two cellobiohydrolases, two endocellulases and their core proteins on filter paper and their relation to hydrolysis] .
* [http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/full/68/8/3956 Enhanced Production of Trichoderma reesei Endoglucanases] .
* [https://www.megazyme.com/downloads/en/data/E-CBHI.pdf CBH I from Trichoderma sp.] .
* [http://www.megazyme.com/booklets/ECBHII.pdf CBH I from Trichoderma sp.] .
* [http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=6778819 Adsorption and synergism of cellobiohydrolase I and II of Trichoderma reesei during hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose] .