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Molecular mechanism of chemical diversity of thermophilic fungus and its ecological and biological functions - EurekAlert


<p>In a paper published in <strong><em>Mycology</em></strong>, scientists present diverse chemical and ecological functions of two specific <em>P450</em> genes in a dominant thermophilic fungus <em>Thermomyces dupontii</em> with an optimal growth temperature of 45-50 &deg;C and a minimum growth temperature of 37 &deg;C. <em>T. dupontii </em>has adapted to environmental temperatures in the biosphere as a key eukaryote decomposer with a sharply reduced genome size.</p>

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