Amorphotheca resinae is an ascomycete fungus of the family Amorphothecaceae which is known to thrive in environments containing alkanes (and water), like aviation fuel, from which it derives its trivial name 'kerosene fungus'.[1][2][3] As such it belongs to the heterogenous group of microbial contaminants of diesel fuel.
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| Species: | A. resinae
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| Amorphotheca resinae (Lindau) Parbery
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edit- ^ "Solving the problem of kerosene fungus". Shell Global. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ Rafin, Catherine; Veignie, Etienne (2019). "Hormoconis resinae, The Kerosene Fungus". Taxonomy, Genomics and Ecophysiology of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microbes. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 299–318. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14796-9_3.
- ^ "Amorphotheca resinae v1.0". Home. Retrieved 2023-01-19.