Filobasidiales

Filobasidiales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Agaricomycotina
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Filobasidiales
Jülich (1981)
Family: Filobasidiaceae
L.S.Olive (1968)
Genus: Filobasidium
L.S.Olive (1968)
Type species
Filobasidium floriforme
L.S.Olive (1968)
Species

F. capsuligenum
F. floriforme
F. uniguttulatum

The Filobasidiales are an order in the fungal class Tremellomycetes. The one family in the order, the Filobasidiaceae, contains four species.[1] They are distinguished from other tremelloid species by the lack of a macroscopic basidiocarp.

One species of the family seems to be interesting for biotechnological applications. Filobasidium floriforme shows an ability to produce lipases which could be used in biofuel production.[2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 256–257. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  2. Bussamara, Roberta; Fuentefria, Alexandre Meneghello; Oliveira, Eder Silva de; Broetto, Leonardo; Simcikova, Michaela; Valente, Patrícia; Schrank, Augusto; Vainstein, Marilene Henning (2010-01-01). "Isolation of a lipase-secreting yeast for enzyme production in a pilot-plant scale batch fermentation". Bioresource Technology 101 (1): 268–275. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2008.10.063.


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