Neurospora crassa
E133709
Neurospora crassa is a filamentous red bread mold fungus widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neurospora crassa canonical | 2 |
| Neurospora | 1 |
| Neurospora crassa complex | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ascomycete
ⓘ
filamentous fungus ⓘ model organism ⓘ |
| asexualSpores | conidia ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | BSL-1 ⓘ |
| chromosomeNumber | 7 ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| color | orange to red colonies ⓘ |
| commonName | red bread mold ⓘ |
| describedBy | Shear & Dodge ⓘ |
| family |
Sordariomycetes
ⓘ
surface form:
Sordariaceae
|
| formsStructure |
mycelium
ⓘ
perithecia ⓘ |
| genomeSequenced | true ⓘ |
| genomeSize | approximately 40 megabases ⓘ |
| genus |
Neurospora crassa
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Neurospora
|
| growthMedium | minimal medium with defined nutrients ⓘ |
| habitat |
bread and other starchy substrates
ⓘ
decaying plant material ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | filamentous hyphae ⓘ |
| historicallyImportantExperiment | one gene–one enzyme hypothesis ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| matingSystem | heterothallic ⓘ |
| matingTypeLoci |
mat A
ⓘ
mat a ⓘ |
| modelFor |
circadian clocks
ⓘ
eukaryotic gene regulation ⓘ meiosis ⓘ non-Mendelian inheritance ⓘ |
| nutritionalMode | saprotrophic ⓘ |
| order | Sordariales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| reproductionType |
asexual
ⓘ
sexual ⓘ |
| sexualSpores | ascospores ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temperatureOptimum | around 25 to 30 degrees Celsius ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Edward Tatum
ⓘ
George W. Beadle ⓘ
surface form:
George Beadle
|
| usedIn |
DNA repair studies
ⓘ
cell differentiation studies ⓘ circadian rhythm studies ⓘ epigenetics research ⓘ fungal biology research ⓘ genetics research ⓘ molecular biology research ⓘ recombination research ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1927 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Neurospora
this entity surface form:
Neurospora crassa complex