Aspergillus pseudoterreus ATCC32359. Image by Kyle Pomraning.

This genome was not sequenced or assembled at the JGI. Rather, the assembly was downloaded from NCBI on June 30, 2021 and then annotated using the JGI annotation pipeline.

The filamentous fungus Aspergillus pseudoterreus is used industrially for production of itaconic acid and is also an important model system for the production of secondary metabolites such as terrain, terreic acid, and terretonin. Its ability to rapidly consume hexose and pentose sugars at very low pH make it an excellent platform for production of organic acids from lignocellulosic feedstocks. A. pseudoterreus strain ATCC32359 is a highly productive itaconic acid producing strain derived from NRRL 1960.