Chaetomiaceae

{{Short description|Family of fungi}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Chaetomium sp 001.jpg

| image_caption = Chaetomium sp.

| taxon = Chaetomiaceae

| authority = G.Winter

| type_genus = Chaetomium

| type_genus_authority = Kunze

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text

}}

The Chaetomiaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, order Sordariales,{{Cite journal |last=Hyde |first=K.D. |display-authors=etal |date=2020 |title=Refined families of Sordariomycetes |url=https://www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHERE_11_1_7.pdf |journal=Mycosphere |volume=11 |issue=7|pages=305–1059 |doi=10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/7 |s2cid=219808477 }} class Sordariomycetes.{{cite journal|last=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |pages=1–58 |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |archive-date=18 March 2009 }} Chaetomiaceae are usually saprobic or parasitic. Cheatomiaceae are a great source of enzymes with diverse biotechnological and industrial applications such as PMO (polysaccharide monooxygenase), L-methioninase, β-1,3-glucanase, laccase, dextranase, lipolytic, pectinolytic, amylolytic, chitinolytic, and proteolytic enzymes.{{Cite journal |last1=Ibrahim |first1=Sabrin R. M. |last2=Mohamed |first2=Shaimaa G. A. |last3=Sindi |first3=Ikhlas A. |last4=Mohamed |first4=Gamal A. |date=1 May 2021 |title=Biologically active secondary metabolites and biotechnological applications of species of the family Chaetomiaceae (Sordariales): an updated review from 2016 to 2021 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-021-01704-w |journal=Mycological Progress |language=en |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=595–639 |doi=10.1007/s11557-021-01704-w |bibcode=2021MycPr..20..595I |s2cid=235575125 |issn=1861-8952|url-access=subscription }} The production of such compounds can be taken into account as candidates for the development of effective and novel lead compounds for medicine, biological control and production of bioactive secondary metabolites. Chaetomiaceae furthermore contains some of the most well known thermophilic fungi,{{Cite journal |last1=van den Brink |first1=Joost |last2=Facun |first2=Kryss |last3=de Vries |first3=Michel |last4=Stielow |first4=J. Benjamin |date=December 2015 |title=Thermophilic growth and enzymatic thermostability are polyphyletic traits within Chaetomiaceae |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2015.09.011 |journal=Fungal Biology |volume=119 |issue=12 |pages=1255–1266 |doi=10.1016/j.funbio.2015.09.011 |pmid=26615748 |bibcode=2015FunB..119.1255V |issn=1878-6146|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Morgenstern |first1=Ingo |last2=Powlowski |first2=Justin |last3=Ishmael |first3=Nadeeza |last4=Darmond |first4=Corinne |last5=Marqueteau |first5=Sandrine |last6=Moisan |first6=Marie-Claude |last7=Quenneville |first7=Geneviève |last8=Tsang |first8=Adrian |date=1 April 2012 |title=A molecular phylogeny of thermophilic fungi |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614612000268 |journal=Fungal Biology |language=en |volume=116 |issue=4 |pages=489–502 |doi=10.1016/j.funbio.2012.01.010 |pmid=22483047 |bibcode=2012FunB..116..489M |issn=1878-6146|url-access=subscription }} an interesting feature carrying many biological applications, but that is found only in few fungal genera.{{Citation |last1=Patel |first1=Hardi |title=Thermophilic fungi: Diversity, physiology, genetics, and applications |date=2021 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-821005-5.00005-3 |work=New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering |pages=69–93 |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=2 June 2022 |last2=Rawat |first2=Seema|doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-821005-5.00005-3 |isbn=9780128210055 |s2cid=224847697 |url-access=subscription }}