Plant-polysaccharide-degrading enzymes from basidiomycetes

J Rytioja, K Hildén, J Yuzon, A Hatakka… - Microbiology and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Exploring bacterial lignin degradation

ME Brown, MCY Chang - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Exploring diversity in microbial lignin degradation.•Elucidating lignin metabolism
in bacteria.•Discovery of new microbes and microbial consortia that degrade lignin.Plant …

MycoCosm portal: gearing up for 1000 fungal genomes

IV Grigoriev, R Nikitin, S Haridas, A Kuo… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
MycoCosm is a fungal genomics portal (http://jgi. doe. gov/fungi), developed by the US
Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute to support integration, analysis and …

Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm for wood decay fungi

R Riley, AA Salamov, DW Brown… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes) make up 32% of the described fungi and include most
wood-decaying species, as well as pathogens and mutualistic symbionts. Wood-decaying …

Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite

M Poulsen, H Hu, C Li, Z Chen, L Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Termites normally rely on gut symbionts to decompose organic matter but the
Macrotermitinae domesticated Termitomyces fungi to produce their own food. This transition …

Biochar application to soil for climate change mitigation by soil organic carbon sequestration

K Lorenz, R Lal - Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrogenic carbon (C) is produced by incomplete combustion of fuels including organic
matter (OM). Certain ranges in the combustion continuum are termed 'black carbon'(BC) …

14 Agaricomycetes

DS Hibbett, R Bauer, M Binder, AJ Giachini… - … and evolution: part A, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Agaricomycetes includes ca. 21,000 described species of mushroom-forming fungi
that function as decayers, pathogens, and mutualists in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats …

Current understanding of brown-rot fungal biodegradation mechanisms: a review

V Arantes, B Goodell - Deterioration and protection of sustainable …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The biological decomposition of lignocellulosic materials, in particular woody biomass by
wood-rotting Basidiomycetes, plays an essential role in carbon circle. Brown-rot fungi are …

Substrate factors that influence the synergistic interaction of AA9 and cellulases during the enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass

J Hu, V Arantes, A Pribowo, K Gourlay… - Energy & Environmental …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The polysaccharide monooxygenase enzyme AA9 (formerly known as GH61) was shown to
interact synergistically with cellulases to enhance the enzymatic hydrolysis of a range of …

Fungal cytochrome p450 monooxygenases: their distribution, structure, functions, family expansion, and evolutionary origin

W Chen, MK Lee, C Jefcoate, SC Kim… - Genome biology and …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Cytochrome P450 (CYP) monooxygenase superfamily contributes a broad array of
biological functions in living organisms. In fungi, CYPs play diverse and pivotal roles in …