Fungi Trichothecium roseum

Vanhaelen, M., Vanhaelen, F. R., Geeraerts, J. and Wirtthlin, T. (1979). cis- and i/m.v-Octa-1,5-dicn-3-ol, new attractants to the cheese mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acarina, Acaridae) identified in Trichothecium roseum (Fungi imperfecti). Microbios 23 199-212. 

History, Use and/or Medical Implications One mold notable. Trichothecium roseum Link ex Fr. secretes an antibiotic (trichothecin) that is toxic to bacteria, fungi and animals. 

Rosanes. A class of diterpenes with the skeleton 1, members of which have been isolated from various fungi and higher plants. The name is derived from the fungus Trichothecium roseum, foods infected with these fungi can cause poisonings. 

Thymol methyl ether (459) was converted by fungi A. niger, Mucor ramannianus, Rhizopus arrhizus, and Trichothecium roseum to give 7-hydroxy- (460) and 9-hydroxythymol methyl ether (461) (Demirci et al., 2001) (Figure 19.79),... 

Carvacrol (191) was biotransformed to 3-hydroxy- (470), 9-hydroxy (471), 7-hydroxy- (475), and 8-hydroxycarvacrol (474), 8,9-dehydrocarvacrol (473), carvacrol-9-oic acid (472), carvaCTol-7-oic acid (476), and 8,9-dihydroxycarvacrol (477) by rats (Ausgulen et al., 1987) and miCTOorganisms (Demirci, 2000) including Trichothecium roseum and Cladosporium sp. (Figure 14.80). Furthermore, carvacrol methyl ether (191-Me) was converted by the same fungi to give 7-hydroxy- (475-Ac) and... 

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