This is the opening paper in the special issue of Fungal Diversity, which collates the data on
defining species. Defining and recognizing species has long been a controversial issue …

Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) produced by diverse group of microbial systems are rapidly
emerging as new and industrially important biomaterials. Due to their unique and complex …

Type and reference strains of members of the onygenalean family Arthrodermataceae have
been sequenced for rDNA ITS and partial LSU, the ribosomal 60S protein, and fragments of …

Background Microbial inhabitants of soils are important to ecosystem and planetary
functions, yet there are large gaps in our knowledge of their diversity and ecology. The …

Microbes and their carbohydrate-active enzymes are central for depolymerization of
complex lignocellulosic polysaccharides in the global carbon cycle. Their unique abilities to …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Different strains of the saprophytic yeast-like fungus Aureobasidium pullulans (Ascomycota:
Dothideales) exhibit different biochemical characteristics, while their ubiquitous occurrence …

Wine is a complex beverage, comprising thousands of metabolites that are produced
through the action of a plethora of yeasts and bacteria during fermentation of grape must …

Pullulan is a non-ionic, linear, water-soluble and a neutral polysaccharide. It is composed of
α-(1, 6) repeated maltotriose units via α-(1, 4) glycosidic bond having chemical formula (C 6 …

The saprophytic yeast-like fungus Aureobasidium pullulans has been well documented for
over 60 years in the microbiological literature. It is ubiquitous in distribution, being found in a …