Chaetomium cupreum

Chaetomium cupreum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Subphylum:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Sordariales
Family:	Chaetomiaceae
Genus:	Chaetomium
Species:	C. cupreum
Binomial name
Chaetomium cupreum

Chaetomium cupreum is a fungus species in the Chaetomium genus.

C. cupreum is able to achieve the degradation of catechin^[1].

References

1. ^ Degradation of catechin and purification and partial characterization of catechin oxygenase from Chaetomium cupreum. T. Sambandam and A. Mahadevan, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Volume 9, Number 1 / january 1993, Pages 37-44, DOI 10.1007/BF00656513