Cunninghamella
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| Cunninghamella echinulata | |
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Cunninghamella
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| Cunninghamella africana Matr. 1903
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Cunninghamella is a genus of fungi in the order Mucorales, and the family Cunninghamellaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Alphonse Louis Paul Matruchot in 1903.[3]
Species
As of 2015[update], Index Fungorum lists 13 valid species of Cunninghamella:[4]
- C. binarieae R.Y.Zheng 2001
- C. blakesleeana
- C. candida Yosh.Yamam. 1929
- C. clavata R.Y.Zheng & G.Q.Chen 1998
- C. echinulata (Thaxt.) Thaxt. ex Blakeslee 1905
- C. elegans Lendn. 1905
- C. homothallica Komin. & Tubaki 1952
- C. intermedia K.B.Deshp. & Mantri 1966
- C. multiverticillata R.Y.Zheng & G.Q. Chen 2001
- C. phaeospora Boedijn 1959
- C. polymorpha Pišpek 1929
- C. septata R.Y.Zheng 2001
- C. vesiculosa P.C.Misra 1966
Uses
Members of this genus are often used in studies investigating the metabolism of drugs, because these species metabolize a wide range of drugs in manners similar to mammalian enzyme systems.[5] Many species are also capable of oxidizing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, a class of stable organic molecules that tends to persist in the environment and contains many known carcinogenic and mutagenic compounds.[6]
The presence of a cytochrome P-450 has been demonstrated in C. bainieri.[7]
See also
References
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- ↑ Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activity in the fungus Cunninghamella bainieri: Evidence for the presence of cytochrome P-450. J.P. Ferris, L.H. MacDonald, M.A. Patrie and M.A. Martin, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Volume 175, Issue 2, August 1976, pages 443-452, doi:10.1016/0003-9861(76)90532-4
