Table 2.

Overview of development of metabolic engineering morphology of filamentous fungi.

Strains	Products	Genotype	Morphology	Reference
A. oryzae	Amylase	Disrupt chsB and csmA	higher branch	[60]
A. oryzae	--	Overexpress sclR	extremely branched aerial hyphae	[63]
Penicillium chrysogenum	Penicillin	Class III chitin synthase gene silencing	shorter and more branched hyphae	[64]
A. niger	Protein	Lacks the gene related with the initiation of asexual sporulation	propagation through hyphae	[65]
A. glaucus	Aspergiolide A	ΔAgkipA mutant	pellets	[66]
A. niger	Citric acid	chsC gene silencing	pellets	[67]
A. oryzae	L-malate	Optimizing the expression of CDC14, CDC20 and CDC45.	pellets	[68]
Aspergillus species	--	Deficient in α-1,3-glucan and galactosaminogalactan	dispersed hyphae	[20]