The expanded CRISPR toolbox for constructing microbial cell factories

Y Teng, T Jiang, Y Yan - Trends in Biotechnology, 2023 - cell.com
Microbial cell factories (MCFs) convert low-cost carbon sources into valuable compounds.
The CRISPR/Cas9 system has revolutionized MCF construction as a remarkable genome …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal mycelium as leather alternative: A sustainable biogenic material for the fashion industry

A Amobonye, J Lalung, MK Awasthi, S Pillai - Sustainable Materials and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global leather industry has been at the receiving end of various environmental and
ethical backlash as it mainly relies on animal agriculture which contributes to deforestation …

Core–Shell Droplet-Based Microfluidic Screening System for Filamentous Fungi

C Zhang, X Wu, F Song, S Liu, S Yu, J Zhou - ACS sensors, 2023 - ACS Publications
Filamentous fungi are competitive hosts for the production of drugs, proteins, and chemicals.
However, their utility is limited by screening methods and low throughput. In this work, a …

CRISPR/Cas 基因组编辑技术在丝状真菌次级代谢产物合成中的应用

林继聪, 邹根, 刘宏民, 魏勇军 - 合成生物学, 2023 - synbioj.cip.com.cn
丝状真菌能够合成抗生素, 色素, 酶制剂, 激素等多种天然产物, 广泛应用于医药, 化工,
农业和基础生物学研究等领域. 丝状真菌遗传背景复杂, 阻碍了对其的进一步开发利用 …

Monaspin B, a Novel Cyclohexyl-furan from Cocultivation of Monascus purpureus and Aspergillus oryzae, Exhibits Potent Antileukemic Activity

Z Meng, Y Tan, Y Duan, M Li - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Natural products are a rich resource for the discovery of innovative drugs. Microbial
cocultivation enables discovery of novel natural products through tandem enzymatic …

Reconstitution of the Early Stage of Chetomin Biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus Leads to the Production of Epipolythiodioxopiperazines

Y Guo, JZ Liu, J Limwachiranon, F Xu, Y Han… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Using CRISPR-Cas9 technology and a microhomology-mediated end-joining repair system,
we substituted genes of the gliotoxin pathway in Aspergillus fumigatus with genes …

Improved gene-targeting efficiency upon starvation in Saccharomycopsis

D Kaimenyi, M Rij, J Wendland - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Commonly used fungal transformation protocols rely on the use of either electroporation or
the lithium acetate/single strand carrier DNA/Polyethylene glycol/heat shock method. We …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic and Metabolomic Analysis of the Endophytic Fungus Fusarium sp. VM-40 Isolated from the Medicinal Plant Vinca minor

T He, X Li, R Iacovelli, T Hackl, K Haslinger - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
The genus Fusarium is well-known to comprise many pathogenic fungi that affect cereal
crops worldwide, causing severe damage to agriculture and the economy. In this study, an …

Next generation AMA1-based plasmids for enhanced heterologous expression in filamentous fungi

I Roux, C Woodcraft, N Sbaraini, A Pepper, E Wong… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Episomal AMA1-based plasmids are increasingly used for expressing biosynthetic pathways
and CRISPR/Cas systems in filamentous fungi cell factories due to their high transformation …