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Table 1 Overview of different fungal species in traditional food applications.

From: Recent advances in the intellectual property landscape of filamentous fungi

Application

Product

Fungal species

Beverages

Beer, rum, wine

Saccharomyces cerevisae

Sake

Aspergillus oryzae

Cheeses

Roquefort, Blue cheese

Penicillium roqueforti

Camembert, brie, soft ripened

Penicillium camemberti

Reblochon

Geotrichum candidum

Other food products

Ang-Kak

Monascus purpureus

Doenjang

Aspergillus oryzae

Miso

Aspergillus oryzae, A. sojae

Hamanatto

Aspergillus oryzae

Oncom

Neurospora intermedia, Rhizopus oligosporus

Shoyu (soy sauce)

Aspergillus oryzae, A. sojae

Tempeh

Rhizopus oligosporus

Viili

Geotrichum candidum

Salami

Penicillium nalgiovense