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In the primary transcript of nuclear genes, coding sequences—exons—usually alternate with non-coding sequences—introns. In the evolution of spliceosomal intron–exon structure, extant intron positions can be ab...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2017 4:7
The implementation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a transformation tool revolutionized approaches to discover and understand gene functions in a large number of fungal species. A. tumefaciens mediated transforma...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2017 4:6
The marine fungal natural products (MaFNaP) Consortium, a scientific network founded in 2014, aims to fuel systematic research on marine fungi and their secondary metabolites. The 2nd international conference ...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2017 4:5
Filamentous fungi, including the ascomycetes Monascus, Fusarium, Penicillium and Neurospora, are being explored as novel sources of natural pigments with biological functionality for food, feed and cosmetic appli...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2017 4:4
Cereal rust fungi (Puccinia spp.) are among the most economically important plant pathogens. These fungi have a complex life cycle, including five spore stages and two hosts. They infect one grass host on which t...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2017 4:3
Biofinished wood is considered to be a decorative and protective material for outdoor constructions, showing advantages compared to traditional treated wood in terms of sustainability and self-repair. Natural ...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2017 4:2
Flavin-dependent monooxygenases are involved in key biological processes as they catalyze a wide variety of chemo-, regio- and enantioselective oxygenation reactions. Flavoprotein monooxygenases are frequently...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2017 4:1
The arts have the power to irritate, to provoke and to let us think and dream about the impossible. The relationship of the arts and fungi is not immediate; however, fungi are ideal subjects for artists. They ...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2016 3:10
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The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and a balanced redox homeostasis are essential parameters, which control the infection process of the plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea. The necrotrophic fungus is ab...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2016 3:8
Many Trichoderma species are applied as biofungicides and biofertilizers to agricultural soils to enhance crop growth. These filamentous fungi have the ability to reduce plant diseases and promote plant growth an...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2016 3:7
The EUROFUNG network is a virtual centre of multidisciplinary expertise in the field of fungal biotechnology. The first academic-industry Think Tank was hosted by EUROFUNG to summarise the state of the art and...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2016 3:6
Microorganisms are of uttermost importance, yet in the eyes of the general public they are often associated with dirt and diseases. At the same time, microbiologists have access to and comprehensive knowledge ...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2016 3:5
Heterokaryosis is an integral part of the parasexual cycle used by predominantly asexual fungi to introduce and maintain genetic variation in populations. Research into fungal heterokaryons began in 1912 and c...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2016 3:4
The considerable capacity of filamentous fungi for the secretion of proteins is the basis for multi-billion dollar industries producing enzymes and proteins with therapeutic value. The stepwise pathway from t...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2016 3:3
Claviceps purpurea is a phytopathogenic fungus infecting a broad range of grasses including economically important cereal crop plants. The infection cycle ends with the formation of th...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2016 3:2
Claviceps purpurea is a pathogen that infects most members of Pooideae, a subfamily of Poaceae, and causes ergot, a floral disease in which the ovary is replaced with a sclerotium. Whe...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2016 3:1
Fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota are well-known to form a broad spectrum of biologically active secondary metabolites, especially low molecular weight compounds such as terpenoids. Hericium erinaceus produces va...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2015 2:8
The conventional method used to assess growth of the plasmodium of the slime mold Physarum polycephalum in solid culture is to measure the extent of plasmodial expansion from the point of inoculation by using a r...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2015 2:7
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Although highly desirable, a mechanistic explanation for the outstanding protein secretion capabilities of fungi such as Aspergilli is missing. As a result, a rational and predictive design of strains as cell fac...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2015 2:5
Efficient gene editing is a critical tool for investigating molecular mechanisms of cellular processes and engineering organisms for numerous purposes ranging from biotechnology to medicine. Recently developed...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2015 2:4
Phytochelatin synthase (PCS) is an enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of phytochelatin from glutathione. Phytochelatins protect cells against the toxic effects of non-essential heavy metals, such as cadmiu...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2015 2:3
The possibility for efficient gene targeting for the controlled integration of DNA constructs is an important tool in fungal genetics.
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2015 2:2
The need for new antibiotic drugs increases as pathogenic microorganisms continue to develop resistance against current antibiotics. We obtained samples from Antarctica as part of a search for new antimicrobia...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2015 2:1
Banks of mutants with random insertions of T-DNA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens are often used in forward genetics approaches to identify phenotypes of interest. Upon identification of mutants of interest, the fl...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014 1:10
Pleurotus sapidus secretes a huge enzymatic repertoire including hydrolytic and oxidative enzymes and is an example for higher basidiomycetes being interesting for biotechnology. The complex growth media used fo...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014 1:9
Cell wall integrity, vesicle transport and protein secretion are key factors contributing to the vitality and productivity of filamentous fungal cell factories such as Aspergillus niger. In order to pioneer ratio...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014 1:5
Saprobic fungi are the predominant industrial sources of Carbohydrate Active enZymes (CAZymes) used for the saccharification of lignocellulose during the production of second generation biofuels. The productio...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014 1:3
Ustilaginaceae (belonging to the smut fungi) are commonly known for their plant pathogenicity. Although these microbes lead to yield reduction of cereal production, they can also have an economically positive ...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014 1:2
Filamentous fungi are well known for their ability to degrade lignocellulosic biomass and have a natural ability to convert certain products of biomass degradation, for example glucose, into various organic ac...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014 1:1
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Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014 1:8
In this review I give a personal perspective of how fungal biology has changed since I started my Ph. D. in 1963. At that time we were working in the shadow of the birth of molecular biology as an autonomous a...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014 1:7
Galactofuranose (Galf)-containing glycoconjugates are important to secure the integrity of the cell wall of filamentous fungi. Mutations that prevent the biosynthesis of Galf-containing molecules compromise cell ...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014 1:6
Filamentous fungi can each produce dozens of secondary metabolites which are attractive as therapeutics, drugs, antimicrobials, flavour compounds and other high-value chemicals. Furthermore, they can be used a...
Citation: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology 2014 1:4
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