Mucoromycota fungi as powerful cell factories for modern biorefinery

S Dzurendova, CB Losada, BX Dupuy-Galet… - Applied microbiology …, 2022 - Springer
Biorefinery employing fungi can be a strategy for valorizing low-cost rest materials, by-
products and wastes into several valuable bioproducts through the fungal fermentation …

Improvement strategies, cost effective production, and potential applications of fungal glucose oxidase (GOD): current updates

MK Dubey, A Zehra, M Aamir, M Meena… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Fungal glucose oxidase (GOD) is widely employed in the different sectors of food industries
for use in baking products, dry egg powder, beverages, and gluconic acid production. GOD …

Main carotenoids produced by microorganisms

S Martínez-Cámara, A Ibañez, S Rubio, C Barreiro… - Encyclopedia, 2021 - mdpi.com
Definition Carotenoids are the pigments present in plants, animals, and microorganisms
which are responsible for a broad variety of colors found in nature. Their capacity as …

Mucor circinelloides: a model organism for oleaginous fungi and its potential applications in bioactive lipid production

ABA Fazili, AM Shah, X Zan, T Naz, S Nosheen… - Microbial cell …, 2022 - Springer
Microbial oils have gained massive attention because of their significant role in industrial
applications. Currently plants and animals are the chief sources of medically and …

Development of a plasmid free CRISPR-Cas9 system for the genetic modification of Mucor circinelloides

G Nagy, C Szebenyi, Á Csernetics, AG Vaz, EJ Tóth… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Mucor circinelloides and other members of Mucorales are filamentous fungi, widely used as
model organisms in basic and applied studies. Although genetic manipulation methods …

Biotechnological production of zeaxanthin by microorganisms

Y Zhang, Z Liu, J Sun, C Xue, X Mao - Trends in Food Science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Zeaxanthin is a natural xanthophyll carotenoid that is widely produced by
plants, algae and microorganisms and plays a critical role in the prevention of age-related …

Lipids containing polyunsaturated fatty acids synthesized by Zygomycetes grown on glycerol

S Bellou, A Moustogianni, A Makri… - Applied Biochemistry and …, 2012 - Springer
Several strains of Zygomycetes cultivated on glycerol produced mycelia rich in lipids
containing higher amounts of neutral lipids (NL) than glycolipids plus sphingolipids and …

Comparative Analysis of Different Isolated Oleaginous Mucoromycota Fungi for Their γ‐Linolenic Acid and Carotenoid Production

H Mohamed, AR El-Shanawany… - BioMed Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
γ‐Linolenic acid (GLA) and carotenoids have attracted much interest due to their
nutraceutical and pharmaceutical importance. Mucoromycota, typical oleaginous …

Construction of new Pichia pastoris X-33 strains for production of lycopene and β-carotene

JM Araya-Garay, L Feijoo-Siota… - Applied Microbiology …, 2012 - Springer
In this study, we used the non-carotenogenic yeast Pichia pastoris X33 as a receptor for β-
carotene-encoding genes, in order to obtain new recombinant strains capable of producing …

Metabolic engineering for the microbial production of carotenoids and related products with a focus on the rare C50 carotenoids

SAE Heider, P Peters-Wendisch, VF Wendisch… - Applied microbiology …, 2014 - Springer
Carotenoids, a subfamily of terpenoids, are yellow-to red-colored pigments synthesized by
plants, fungi, algae, and bacteria. They are ubiquitous in nature and take over crucial roles …