Basidiomycete fungi subsist on various types of plant material in diverse environments, from
living and dead trees and forest litter to crops and grasses and to decaying plant matter in …

Degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides is of major importance in the food and feed,
beverage, textile, and paper and pulp industries, as well as in several other industrial …

Enzymatic degradation of plant polysaccharides has many industrial applications, such as
within the paper, food, and feed industry and for sustainable production of fuels and …

Fungi are important polysaccharide degraders in the environment and for biotechnology.
Here, the increasing number of sequenced fungal genomes allowed for systematic …

Filamentous fungi owe powerful abilities for decomposition of the extensive plant material,
lignocellulose, and thereby are indispensable for the Earth's carbon cycle, generation of soil …

Plant biomass degradation by fungi has implications for several fields of science. The
enzyme systems employed by fungi for this are broadly used in various industrial sectors …

Highlights•Lifestyles and ecologies of Basidiomycota are reflected in distinct biocatalytic
activities.•Basidiomycota are masters of oxidative biocatalysis involving different types of …

Plant biomass is the most abundant and usable carbon source for many fungal species. Due
to its diverse and complex structure, fungi need to produce a large range of enzymes to …

Basidiomycetes are considered to be a very interesting group of fungi given their
exceptional adjustment abilities to accommodate themselves to the detrimental conditions of …

Cellulose is the main polymeric component of the plant cell wall, the most abundant
polysaccharide on Earth, and an important renewable resource. Basidiomycetous fungi …