Genetically engineered microbial remediation of soils co-contaminated by heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: advances and ecological risk …

C Wu, F Li, S Yi, F Ge - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Soils contaminated with heavy metals (HMs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
have been becoming a worldwide concerned environmental problem because of …

Plant associated fungal endophytes as a source of natural bioactive compounds

N Rai, P Kumari Keshri, A Verma, SC Kamble, P Mishra… - Mycology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Endophytes are a potent source of bioactive compounds that mimic plant-based metabolites.
The relationship of host plant and endophyte is significantly associated with alteration in …

Developing Aspergillus niger as a cell factory for food enzyme production

C Li, J Zhou, G Du, J Chen, S Takahashi, S Liu - Biotechnology Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Aspergillus niger has become one of the most important hosts for food enzyme production
due to its unique food safety characteristics and excellent protein secretion systems. A series …

Filamentous fungi for future functional food and feed

PJ Strong, R Self, K Allikian, E Szewczyk… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Mushroom production to increase in developing countries-start-up costs+
agricultural residues.•Submerged mycelia production to increase in developed countries …

Colors of life: A review on fungal pigments

H Meruvu, JC Dos Santos - Critical reviews in biotechnology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Colorants find social and commercial applications in cosmetics, food, pharmaceuticals,
textiles, and other industrial sectors. Among the available options, chemically synthesized …

Accelerating strain engineering in biofuel research via build and test automation of synthetic biology

J Zhang, Y Chen, L Fu, E Guo, B Wang, L Dai… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•The lack of predictive modeling limits biosystems design for biofuel production.•
Automation in build and test accelerates strain engineering for biofuel research.•Microplates …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking the magic in mycelium: Using synthetic biology to optimize filamentous fungi for biomanufacturing and sustainability

C Jo, J Zhang, JM Tam, GM Church, AS Khalil… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Filamentous fungi drive carbon and nutrient cycling across our global ecosystems, through
its interactions with growing and decaying flora and their constituent microbiomes. The …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and expression of new unspecific peroxygenases–Recent advances, challenges and opportunities

A Kinner, K Rosenthal, S Lütz - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In 2004, the fungal heme-thiolate enzyme subfamily of unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs)
was first described in the basidiomycete Agrocybe aegerita. As UPOs naturally catalyze a …

[HTML][HTML] Bioprospecting Trichoderma: A Systematic Roadmap to Screen Genomes and Natural Products for Biocontrol Applications

TA Rush, HK Shrestha… - Frontiers in fungal …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Natural products derived from microbes are crucial innovations that would help in reaching
sustainability development goals worldwide while achieving bioeconomic growth …

Agrobacterium-mediated horizontal gene transfer: Mechanism, biotechnological application, potential risk and forestalling strategy

M Guo, J Ye, D Gao, N Xu, J Yang - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
The extraordinary capacity of Agrobacterium to transfer its genetic material to host cell
makes it evolve from phytopathogen to a powerful transgenic vector. Agrobacterium …