Transcriptomic analysis of lignocellulosic biomass degradation by the anaerobic fungal isolate Orpinomyces sp. strain C1A

MB Couger, NH Youssef, CG Struchtemeyer… - Biotechnology for …, 2015 - Springer
Background Anaerobic fungi reside in the rumen and alimentary tract of herbivores where
they play an important role in the digestion of ingested plant biomass. The anaerobic fungal …

The genome of the anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain C1A reveals the unique evolutionary history of a remarkable plant biomass degrader

NH Youssef, MB Couger… - Applied and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Anaerobic gut fungi represent a distinct early-branching fungal phylum (
Neocallimastigomycota) and reside in the rumen, hindgut, and feces of ruminant and …

Transcriptomic characterization of Caecomyces churrovis: a novel, non-rhizoid-forming lignocellulolytic anaerobic fungus

JK Henske, SP Gilmore, D Knop… - Biotechnology for …, 2017 - Springer
Anaerobic gut fungi are the primary colonizers of plant material in the rumen microbiome,
but are poorly studied due to a lack of characterized isolates. While most genera of gut fungi …

Metabolic characterization of anaerobic fungi provides a path forward for bioprocessing of crude lignocellulose

JK Henske, SE Wilken, KV Solomon… - Biotechnology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of lignocellulose‐rich biomass to bio‐based chemicals and higher order
fuels remains a grand challenge, as single‐microbe approaches often cannot drive both …

Application of transcriptomics to compare the carbohydrate active enzymes that are expressed by diverse genera of anaerobic fungi to degrade plant cell wall …

RJ Gruninger, TTM Nguyen, ID Reid, JL Yanke… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The efficiency with which the anaerobic fungi (phylum Neocallimastigomycota) degrade
plant biomass is well-recognized and in recent years has received renewed interest. To …

Cellulosome localization patterns vary across life stages of anaerobic fungi

SP Lillington, W Chrisler, CH Haitjema, SP Gilmore… - Mbio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota) isolated from the guts of herbivores are powerful
biomass-degrading organisms that enhance their degradative ability through the formation …

Co-cultivation of the anaerobic fungus Anaeromyces robustus with Methanobacterium bryantii enhances transcription of carbohydrate active enzymes

CL Swift, JL Brown, S Seppälä… - Journal of Industrial …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Anaerobic gut fungi are biomass degraders that form syntrophic associations with other
microbes in their native rumen environment. Here, RNA-Seq was used to track and quantify …

Biomass‐degrading enzymes are catabolite repressed in anaerobic gut fungi

JK Henske, SP Gilmore, CH Haitjema… - AIChE …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Anaerobic fungi are among the most active plant‐degrading microbes in nature. Increased
insight into the mechanisms and environmental cues that regulate fungal hydrolysis would …

A parts list for fungal cellulosomes revealed by comparative genomics

CH Haitjema, SP Gilmore, JK Henske… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Cellulosomes are large, multiprotein complexes that tether plant biomass-degrading
enzymes together for improved hydrolysis 1. These complexes were first described in …

Evaluating the utility of hydrothermolysis pretreatment approaches in enhancing lignocellulosic biomass degradation by the anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain …

AS Liggenstoffer, NH Youssef, MR Wilkins… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Members of the anaerobic fungi (Phylum Neocallimastigomycota) are efficient biomass
degraders and represent promising agents for fuel and chemical production from …