MOYASHIMON

This fungus is considered a symbiotic fungi and is found in the root structure of most plants. It attaches to the root system of plants providing nutrients and protecting against pathogens.

Full: Glomus etunicatum
Japanese: G. エツニカタム
Type: Fungus

Story Details:
This microbe is first seen around the kiviak when Hasegawa Haruka reprimands Itsuki Keizou Sensei for digging up her experiment without her permission.

Trichoderma harzianum is a fungus that is also used as a fungicide. It is used for foliar application, seed treatment and soil treatment for suppression of various disease causing fungal pathogens. Commercial biotechnological products such as 3Tac have been useful for treatment of Botrytis, Fusarium and Penicillium sp.. It is also used for manufacturing enzymes.

Full: Trichoderma harzianum
Japanese: T. ハルチアナム, T. haruchianamu
Type: Fungus

This is a fungus, also called "soot fungus", which is known to cause "leaf spot" and other blights on trees and plants. It can also trigger asthma and upper respiratory infections in people.

Full: Alternaria alternata
Japanese: A. アルテルナータ, A. aruterunāta
Type: Fungus

Manga Notes:
If you don't wash your hands after contact, you'll become it's house. (Ch 04)

Story Details:
This is first seen in Itsuki Keizou Sensei's lab. Hasegawa Haruka demands that Sawaki Tadayasu prove his ability, these are seen in a petri dish culture. They are seen again in Misato Kaoru and Kawahama Takuma's dorm room.

This fungus is found in soil, decaying fruit, vegetables, feces, & old bread. It has been known to cause fatal infections in humans. In China it is also used in brewing alcohol.

Full: Rhizopus javanicus
Japanese: R･ ジャバニクス, R. jyabanikusu
Type: Fungus

Manga Notes:
A Rhizopus mould. Its friends in China take part in the brewing process too. (Ch 04)

Story Details:
This is first seen in Itsuki Keizou Sensei's lab. Hasegawa Haruka demands that Sawaki Tadayasu prove his ability, these are seen in a petri dish culture.

Penicillium chrysogenum is a commonly occurring mould in indoor environments and foods, and has gained much attention for its use in the production of the antibiotic penicillin. Phylogenetic analysis of the most important penicillin producing P. chrysogenum isolates revealed the presence of two highly supported clades, and we show here that these two clades represent two species, P. chrysogenum and P. rubens.

Full: Penicillium chrysogenum
Japanese: P. クリソゲヌム, P. kurisogenumu
Type: Fungus

Manga Notes:
P. chrysogenum and other friends in the penicillium genus - over 200 strains have been discovered so far. (Ch 04)

Story Details:
This is first seen in Itsuki Keizou Sensei's lab. Hasegawa Haruka demands that Sawaki Tadayasu prove his ability, these are seen in a petri dish culture.

This is a type of fungus that generally causes Athlete's Foot, Jock Itch, and Ringworm. Trichophyton rubrum is the most common source of fungal skin infections.

Full: Trichophyton rubrum
Japanese: T.ルブラム, T. ruburamu
Type: Fungus

Manga Notes:
A species of fungus. Likes to care for boys and girls of all ages. (Ch 02)

Story Details:
Voiced by: Saori Seto. This species is seen on Hasegawa Haruka's foot, Sawaki Tadayasu suggests that she keep her feet dry and see a doctor for a prescription.

This is a wide spread fungus that is found in the air, on rotten foods, and even in the bathroom. The many species of Cladosporium are commonly found on living and dead plant material. Some species are plant pathogens, others parasitize other fungi. Cladosporium spores are wind-dispersed and they are often extremely abundant in outdoor air. Indoors Cladosporium species may grow on surfaces when moisture is present.

Full: Cladosporium trichoides
Japanese: C. トリコイデス, C. torikoidesu
Type: Fungus

Manga Notes:
It lives in the cooler waiting to be switched on. ( Ch 04)

Story Details:
Voiced by: Moody Katsuyama. This microbe is first seen in Misato Kaoru and Kawahama Takuma's dorm room.

This species is a filamentous fungus found in soil, plants, decaying fruits and vegetables. It is also considered pathogenic and can cause infections in man, frogs, amphibians, cattle, and swine.

Full: Mucor mucedo
Japanese: M･ムセド, M. Musedo
Type: Fungus

Manga Notes:
It has a lot of friends that have practical applications. (Ch 04)

Story Details:
This microbe is first seen floating around in Misato Kaoru and Kawahama Takuma dorm room.

This is considered a opportunistic species and is the most common offender in human yeast infections. It is the fungus responsible for thrush, vaginal yeast infections and jock itch to name a few. It occurs commonly after a course of antibiotics which destroy beneficial bacterias that keep the fungus in check.

Full: Candida albicans
Japanese: カンジダ, Kanjida
Type: Fungus

Manga Notes:
It has no special characteristics. It exists all around you. (Ch 04)

Story Details:
This is first seen floating around in Misato Kaoru and Kawahama Takuma's dorm room.

This is a fungus generally found on insects and other fungus. It is known to attack caterpillars and is prized in Traditional Chinese medicine. It has been used as a natural insecticide and some species are used today during organ transplants to help suppress the immune system.

Full: Cordyceps sinensis
Japanese: C. シネンシス, C. shinenshisu
Type: Fungus

Manga Notes:
A caterpillar fungus. They live in ghost moth caterpillars. They are called " winter worm summer grass" in China. (Ch 04) It attaches itself to a caterpillar and turns it into a "plant". Made famous by Magundan. (Ch 08)

Story Details:
This is first seen in the story at the upper classmen dorm room on the dead silk worms. Misato Kaoru and Kawahama Takuma ask Sawaki Tadayasu to help them identify any microbes that could be useful to make money. Sawaki sees the C. sinensis on one of the caterpillars that has died.

This is a fungus generally found to affect fruits, grapes and strawberries. It is also known as botrytis bunch rot or grey mould. This species has a dual role in the wine industry. Grapes affected with the mould will provide a specific flavor, however, it also prohibits the growth of the yeasts making it a nuisance. It is also known to cause 'winegrower lung,' which is an allergic reaction affecting the lungs.

Full: Botrytis cinerea
Japanese: B. シネレア, B. shinerea
Type: Fungus

The term ‘sake yeast’ is generally used to indicate the Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains that possess characteristics distinct from others including the laboratory strain S288C and are well suited for sake brewery. Sake is a traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage that is fermented from steamed rice by the concerted action of two types of microorganisms, filamentous fungi and yeast. In the production of sake, enzymes secreted by the fungus Aspergillus oryzae, which is grown on steamed rice, convert rice starch into glucose. Yeast cells in the sake mash then produce ethanol, higher alcohols and their esters, organic acids and amino acids, which are important components that contribute to sake aroma and taste.

Full: Saccharomyces sake
Japanese:
Type: Fungus / Yeast

The differences are more evident in other things Like the length of the life cycle of the yeast: how long will it work before becoming dormant, or how robust or fickle it is against alcohol and/or temperature. Which alcohols, esters and other things it tends to give off as by-products of its life cycle during fermentation is of course, another important factor.

Full: yeast
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Type: Fungus

In fact, when the cells of two yeast strains are set next to each other in a microscope, the average person is not likely to be able to tell the difference.

Full: yeast
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Type: Fungus

How does one strain of yeast physically differ from another? There are many ways, but not all are so obvious. It is often not simply a matter of size or physical appearance.

Full: yeast
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Type: Fungus

Each yeast will give rise to its own specific array of chemical compounds, with scary names like ethyln caproate and isamyl acetate. These will be present in varying quantities, depending on the choice of yeast and the successful progress (or lack thereof) of the fermentation. Which esters, alcohols and other compounds are produced are highly dependent on the temperature at which fermentation takes place.

Full: yeast
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Type: Fungus

Yeast converts sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide. It is the heart of the creation of all alcoholic beverages. But different yeast strains will produce different things, like esters, alcohols, and acids and other chemical compounds that affect the nuances of fragrance and flavor.

Full: yeast
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Type: Fungus

The importance of yeast in the production of sake is extremely important, as yeast influences many elements of sake taste, most noticeably sake fragrance. And since our sense of taste is highly influenced by (if not dependent on) our sense of smell, this is crucially important.

Full: yeast
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Type: Fungus

Yeast species either require oxygen for aerobic cellular respiration (obligate aerobes) or are anaerobic, but also have aerobic methods of energy production (facultative anaerobes). Unlike bacteria, no known yeast species grow only anaerobically (obligate anaerobes). Yeasts grow best in a neutral or slightly acidic pH environment.

Full: yeast
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Type: Fungus

Yeasts are chemoorganotrophs, as they use organic compounds as a source of energy and do not require sunlight to grow. Carbon is obtained mostly from hexose sugars, such as glucose and fructose, or disaccharides such as sucrose and maltose. Some species can metabolize pentose sugars such as ribose, alcohols, and organic acids.

Full: yeast
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Type: Fungus