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Table 1 Currently known echinocandin biosynthesis clusters [12, 13]

From: Echinocandin B biosynthesis: a biosynthetic cluster from Aspergillus nidulans NRRL 8112 and reassembly of the subclusters Ecd and Hty from Aspergillus pachycristatus NRRL 11440 reveals a single coherent gene cluster

Cluster acronym

Organism (synonyms)

Echinocandin Product

NCBI-ID

AA

Aspergillus aculeatus ATCC 16872

aculeacin [27]

GOLD Project ID: Gp0010055

AM

Aspergillus mulundensis Y-30462 = DSMZ 5745 (= Aspergillus sydowii var. mulundensis)

mulundocandin [28]

KP742486

Ani

Aspergillus nidulans NRRL 8112 (= Emericella nidulans DSM 946)

echinocandin B

KT806042

CC

Coleophoma crateriformis

antibiotic WF738A

AB720076

CE_1

Coleophoma empetri F-11899

antibiotic WF11899A-C

AB723722

CE_2

Coleophoma empetri No. 14573

antibiotic WF14573A,B

AB720725

Ecd/Hty (identical with AE)

Ecd/Hty: Aspergillus pachycristatus NRRL 11440 (= Emericella rugulosa, Aspergillus nidulans var. roseus ATCC 58397) AE: stated strain: Aspergillus delacroxii NRRL 3860 (= Emericella nidulans var. echinulatus

echinocandin B

Ecd/Hty: assembly of Ecd JX421684 and Hty JX421685

AE: AB720074

GL, Glo

GL: Glarea lozoyensis wildtype strain ATCC 20868

Glo: G. lozoyensis mutant strain ATCC 74030

pneumocandin

NW_007360987, AGUE01000179

PH

Phialophora cf. hyalina No. 16616 (=Tolypocladium parasiticum)

antibiotic WF16616

AB720726