Talaromyces C. R. Benjamin
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- 2. Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- 3. The Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- 4. High-Value Food from Mushrooms and Bioactive Plants in the Green Economy Value Chain Research Group, The Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
- 5. Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan & The Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Description
Talaromyces C. R. Benjamin
Notes.
The genus Talaromyces was first established by Benjamin (1955) and used to accommodate sexual stages of some Penicillium species. Currently, Talaromyces is the largest genus in the family Trichocomaceae, which is recorded in over 170 accepted species classified into 8 sections in Mycobank (Accession date: March 10, 2025). Talaromyces has a global distribution and has been reported from a wide range of substrates including air, indoor environments, plant materials, food products, dung, but mostly from soils (Hyde et al. 2024; Visagie et al. 2024). Some Talaromyces species play a key role as endophytes, helping plants against pathogens and promoting plant growth (Naraghi et al. 2012; Hashem et al. 2023; Nicoletti et al. 2023 b). Additionally, while some species can cause diseases in humans, others show activity against human cancer cell lines (Chan et al. 2016; Zhai et al. 2016; Nicoletti et al. 2023 a). In genus Talaromyces, specifically within the section Talaromyces, both asexual and sexual morphs have been recorded in some species, exhibiting considerable morphological diversity. In the asexual morph, most species possess bi-verticillate conidiophores, although some exhibit both bi-verticillate and mono-verticillate conidiophores (Nguyen et al. 2023).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- C. R. Benjamin
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Order
- Eurotiales
- Family
- Trichocomaceae
- Genus
- Talaromyces
- Taxon rank
- genus
References
- Benjamin CR (1955) Ascocarps of Aspergillus and Penicillium. Mycologia 47 (5): 669–687. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1955.12024485
- Hyde KD, Wijesinghe SN (2024) Mycosphere notes 469–520. Mycosphere 15: 1294–1454. https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/15/1/11
- Visagie CM, Yilmaz N (2024) A review of recently introduced Aspergillus, Penicillium, Talaromyces and other Eurotiales species. Studies in Mycology 107 (1): 1–66. https://doi.org/10.3114/sim.2024.107.01
- Naraghi L, Heydari A (2012) Biocontrol agent Talaromyces flavus stimulates the growth of cotton and potato. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 31: 471–477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-011-9256-2
- Hashem AH, Attia MS (2023) Bioactive compounds and biomedical applications of endophytic fungi: a recent review. Microbial Cell Factories 22 (1): 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-023-02131-0
- Chan JF, Lau SK (2016) Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei infection in non-HIV-infected patients. Emerging Microbes and Infections 5 (1): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/emi.2016.18
- Zhai MM, Li J (2016) The bioactive secondary metabolites from Talaromyces species. Natural Products and Bioprospecting 6: 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13659-015-0081-3
- Nicoletti R, Bellavita R, Falanga A (2023 a) The outstanding chemodiversity of marine-derived Talaromyces. Biomolecules 13 (7): 1021. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13071021
- Nguyen TTT, Lee HB (2023) A new species and five new records of Talaromyces (Eurotiales, Aspergillaceae) belonging to section Talaromyces in Korea. Mycobiology 51 (5): 320-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/12298093.2023.2265645