Aureobasidium pullulans

Aureobasidium pullulans

Aureobasidium pullulans is a ubiquitous detectable hefeähnlicher fungus that can colonize different surfaces and habitats. It is found for example in soil, air and water as well as on many plant surfaces.

A. pullulans comes naturally as an epiphyte or endophyte on / in a wide range of plant species (eg in apple, grape vines, squash, beans and cabbage) without causing disease symptoms.

A. pullulans has also great importance for the biotechnological production of various enzymes and siderophores, as well as in the production of the polysaccharide pullulan. Furthermore, A. pullulans increasingly for the biological control of phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria, for example, used to combat fungal storage diseases and fire blight in apple cultivation.

Credentials

  • Chi, Z., Wang, F., Chi, Z., Yue, L., Lui, G. and Zhang, T., 2009: Bioproducts from Aureobasidium pulluulans, a biotechnologically important yeast. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 82:793-804.
  • Fleet, GH, 2003: Yeast interactions and wine flavor. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 86:11-22.
  • Falconi, C. J. and Mendgen, K., 1994: Epiphytic fungi on apple leaves and Their value for control of the postharvest pathogens Botrytis cinerea, Monilinia, Penicillium expansum and fructigena. Z.PflKrankh. PflSchutz 101:38-47.
  • Andrews, J. H., Spear, R.N. and Nordheim, EV, 2002: Population biology of Aureobasidium pullulans on apple leaf surfaces. Can. J. Microbiol. 48:500-513.
  • Simon, L., Caye - Vaugien, C. and Bouchonneau, M., 1993: Relation in between pullulan production, morphological state and growth conditions in Aureobasidium pullulans: new observations. Journal of General Microbiology 139:979-985.
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