[HTML][HTML] Functional soil mycobiome across ecosystems

MLP Fernandes, F Bastida, N Jehmlich, T Martinović… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fungi support a wide range of ecosystem processes such as decomposition of organic
matter and plant-soil relationships. Yet, our understanding of the factors driving the …

Functional genomic analysis of bacterial lignin degraders: diversity in mechanisms of lignin oxidation and metabolism

RS Granja-Travez, GF Persinoti, FM Squina… - Applied Microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Although several bacterial lignin-oxidising enzymes have been discovered in recent years, it
is not yet clear whether different lignin-degrading bacteria use similar mechanisms for lignin …

Evolutionary convergence in lignin-degrading enzymes

I Ayuso-Fernández, FJ Ruiz-Dueñas… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The resurrection of ancestral enzymes of now-extinct organisms (paleogenetics) is a
developing field that allows the study of evolutionary hypotheses otherwise impossible to be …

Preparation and characterization of lignin demethylated at atmospheric pressure and its application in fast curing biobased phenolic resins

J Li, W Wang, S Zhang, Q Gao, W Zhang, J Li - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Agricultural crop-based lignin was utilized to modify phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin to
prepare fast curing biobased phenolic resins by copolymerization. Prior to the reaction, four …

Genome sequencing of Inonotus obliquus reveals insights into candidate genes involved in secondary metabolite biosynthesis

Y Duan, H Han, J Qi, J Gao, Z Xu, P Wang, J Zhang… - BMC genomics, 2022 - Springer
Background Inonotus obliquus is an important edible and medicinal mushroom that was
shown to have many pharmacological activities in preclinical trials, including anti …

Aromatic metabolism of filamentous fungi in relation to the presence of aromatic compounds in plant biomass

MR Mäkelä, M Marinović, P Nousiainen… - Advances in applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
The biological conversion of plant lignocellulose plays an essential role not only in carbon
cycling in terrestrial ecosystems but also is an important part of the production of second …

Biological deterioration and natural durability of wood in Europe

JA Martín, R López - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the use of wood has gained social interest, leading to a global increase in its
demand. Yet, this demand is often covered by the production of woods of low natural …

Gene regulation shifts shed light on fungal adaption in plant biomass decomposers

J Zhang, KAT Silverstein, JD Castaño, M Figueroa… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungi dominate the recycling of carbon sequestered in woody biomass. This process of
organic turnover was first evolved among “white rot” fungi that degrade lignin to access …

Oxidative Machinery of basidiomycetes as potential enhancers in lignocellulosic biorefineries: A lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases approach

SG Barrios-Gutiérrez, MI Vélez-Mercado… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Basidiomycetes are renowned as highly effective decomposers of plant materials, due to
their extensive array of oxidative enzymes, which enable them to efficiently break down …

Phylogenetics and phylogenomics of rust fungi

MC Aime, AR McTaggart, SJ Mondo, S Duplessis - Advances in genetics, 2017 - Elsevier
Rust fungi (Pucciniales) are the most speciose and the most complex group of plant
pathogens. Historically, rust taxonomy was largely influenced by host and phenotypic …