Mortierella
Sign in to saveMortierella species are soil fungi belonging to the order Mortierellales within the subphylum Mortierellomycotina (phylum: Mucoromycota). The widespread genus contains about 85 species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumMucoromycota
- ClassMortierellomycetes
- OrderMortierellales
- FamilyMortierellaceae
Habitatmarine
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Research
1,180 papers- Insecticidal Cyclodepsitetrapeptides from Mortierella alpina.Journal of natural products · 2023
- Macrophage-targeting oligopeptides from Mortierella alpina.Chemical science · 2022
- Lipid metabolism research in oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina: Current progress and future prospects.Biotechnology advances · 2022
- Fungal Biosurfactants from Mortierella alpina.Organic letters · 2019
- Single cell oil production by Mortierella alpina.Journal of biotechnology · 2009
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mortierellaceae
- Named after
- Barthélémy Du Mortier
- Image
- Mortierella Mitospor straight113.jpg
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- P105
- genus
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Ecology
- Morphology
- Metabolism
- Sexual and asexual development
- Biotechnology
- Pathogenicity
- References
- External links
Mortierella species are soil fungi belonging to the order Mortierellales within the subphylum Mortierellomycotina (phylum: Mucoromycota). The widespread genus contains about 85 species.
==Taxonomy== The genus name of Mortierella is in honour of the Belgian Barthélemy Dumortier (1797–1878), a botanist and Member of Parliament.