Ultrastructure of the cellulolytic fungus Trichoderma reesei

Yosuke Shida; Akinari Morikawa; Ryoichiro Tamochi; Nobuhito Nango; Hitoshi Okada; Masako Osumi; Wataru Ogasawara

doi:10.5685/plmorphol.27.15

Invited Review (Special Feature)

Ultrastructure of the cellulolytic fungus Trichoderma reesei

Yosuke Shida, Akinari Morikawa, Ryoichiro Tamochi, Nobuhito Nango, Hitoshi Okada, Masako Osumi, Wataru Ogasawara

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Keywords: filamentous fungus, Trichoderma reesei, cellulase, SEM, TEM, FIB-SEM

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2015 Volume 27 Issue 1 Pages 15-20

DOI https://doi.org/10.5685/plmorphol.27.15

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Abstract

The cellulolytic fungus Trichoderma reesei is a potent cellulase producer and, therefore, cellulase hyper-producing mutants have been developed. However, morphological feature has still remained to be analyzed for understanding phenotypic change of T. reesei mutants. In this review, we show an electron microscopic observation of T. reesei to obtain new insights of morphological phenotypes of T. reesei mutants. We also successfully reconstructed the three dimensional structure of T. reesei hypha by using focused ion beam SEM technique.

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