Genome Sequence of Talaromyces atroroseus, Which Produces Red Colorants for the Food Industry

Ulf Thrane; Kasper Bøwig Rasmussen; Bent Petersen; Simon Rasmussen; Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén; Uffe Hasbro Mortensen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01736-16

Genome Sequence of Talaromyces atroroseus, Which Produces Red Colorants for the Food Industry

Genome Announc. 2017 Mar 2;5(9):e01736-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01736-16.

Authors

Ulf Thrane¹, Kasper Bøwig Rasmussen², Bent Petersen³, Simon Rasmussen³, Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén³, Uffe Hasbro Mortensen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark uthrane@gmail.com.
² Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
³ Department of Bio and Health Informatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.

Abstract

Talaromyces atroroseus is a known producer of Monascus colorants suitable for the food industry. Furthermore, genetic tools have been established that facilitate elucidation and engineering of its biosynthetic pathways. Here, we report the draft genome of a potential fungal cell factory, T. atroroseus IBT 11181 (CBS 123796).