Genome-wide comparison deciphers lifestyle adaptation and glass biodeterioration property of Curvularia eragrostidis C52.

Glass biodeterioration by fungi has caused irreversible damage to valuable glass materials such as cultural heritages and optical devices. To date, knowledge about metabolic potential and genomic profile of biodeteriorative fungi is still scarce. Here, we report for the first time the whole genome sequence of Curvularia eragrostidis C52 that strongly degraded silica-based glasses coated with fluorine and hafnium, as expressed by the hyphal surface coverage of 46.

Resorcinosides A and B, Glycosylated Alkylresorcinols from a Marine-Derived Strain of the Fungus .

Two new glycosylated alkylresorcinols, resorcinosides A () and B (), were isolated from a strain of the fungus derived from a marine sediment sample collected from Cu Lao Cham Island, Vietnam. The structures of and were established by interpretation of 1D and 2D NMR and high-resolution ESIMS data, and their absolute configurations were confirmed by the coupling constant of the anomeric proton, acid hydrolysis, subsequent HPLC analysis, Mosher's method, and quantum-mechanics-based computational analysis of NMR chemical shifts. The structure elucidation indicated that and are new alkylresorcinols with d-glucose, and has an α-pyrone moiety attached to the aromatic ring.