Study on genetic engineering of Acremonium chrysogenum, the cephalosporin C producer

Abstract

Acremonium chrysogenum is an important filamentous fungus which produces cephalosporin C in industry. This review summarized the study on genetic engineering of Acremonium chrysogenum, including biosynthesis and regulation for fermentation of cephalosporin C, molecular techniques, molecular breeding and transcriptomics of Acremonium chrysogenum. We believe with all the techniques available and full genomic sequence, the industrial strain of Acremonium chrysogenum can be genetically modified to better serve the pharmaceutical industry.

Keywords

• Acremonium chrysogenum
• Cephalosporin C
• Genetic engineering
• Molecular breeding