The genus Diplogelasinospora was formerly placed inside the family Sordariaceae, but has recently been relocated into Diplogelasinosporaceae (1). Species of this genus are characterized by two-celled ascospores and the presence of an asexual morph producing arthroconidia (2,3). The chemical industry has a special interest in Diplogelasinospora grovesii as a biocatalyst and as a provider of pharmaceutical compounds (4,5). Strain CBS 340.73 was isolated from a soil sample from a beet field in the Hokkaido island, Japan.
References:
(1) Marin-Felix, Y., A. N. Miller, et al. (2020). "Re-Evaluation of the Order Sordariales: Delimitation of Lasiosphaeriaceae s. str., and Introduction of the New Families Diplogelasinosporaceae, Naviculisporaceae, and Schizotheciaceae." Microorganisms 8(9): 1430.
(2) Cain, R. F. (1961). Anixiella and Diplogelasinospora, two genera with cleistothecia and pitted ascospores. Canadian Journal of Botany, 39(7), 1667-1677.
(3) Udagawa, S., & Horie, Y. (1972). Diplogelasinospora and its conidial state. Journal of Japanese botany.
(4) Fujimoto, H., Nagano, J., Yamaguchi, K., & Yamazaki, M. (1998). Immunosuppressive components from an ascomycete, Diplogelasinospora grovesii. Chemical and pharmaceutical bulletin, 46(3), 423-429.
(5) Carballeira, J. D., Valmaseda, M., Alvarez, E., & Gago, J. S. (2004). Gongronella butleri, Schizosaccharomyces octosporus and Diplogelasinospora grovesii: novel microorganisms useful for the stereoselective reduction of ketones. Enzyme and microbial technology, 34(6), 611-623.
Genome Reference(s)
Hensen N, Bonometti L, Westerberg I, Brännström IO, Guillou S, Cros-Aarteil S, Calhoun S, Haridas S, Kuo A, Mondo S, Pangilinan J, Riley R, LaButti K, Andreopoulos B, Lipzen A, Chen C, Yan M, Daum C, Ng V, Clum A, Steindorff A, Ohm RA, Martin F, Silar P, Natvig DO, Lalanne C, Gautier V, Ament-Velásquez SL, Kruys Å, Hutchinson MI, Powell AJ, Barry K, Miller AN, Grigoriev IV, Debuchy R, Gladieux P, Hiltunen Thorén M, Johannesson H
Genome-scale phylogeny and comparative genomics of the fungal order Sordariales.
Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2023 Oct 10;189():107938. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107938
