Simple Summary Lignocellulosic material and substrate formulations affect mushroom
productivity. The microbial community in cultivation substrates affects the quality of the …

Metagenomics is defined as the study of the genome of the total microbiota found in nature
and is often referred to as microbial environmental genomics because it entails the …

Lung cancer is the primary cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Recently, although
the microbiome has emerged as the key modulator of the carcinogenesis, it has not been …

Cordyceps militaris is a traditional Chinese medicinal food that is challenging to quality
maintaining while mass cultivation. Many studies have found that abundant microbes inhabit …

Soil microorganisms are an indispensable component of natural ecosystems and play an
important role in agro-management ecosystems. However, the function of soil microbial …

Background The fungal communities inhabiting natural Ophiocordyceps sinensis play
critical ecological roles in alpine meadow ecosystem, contribute to infect host insect …

The parasitoid fungus Cordyceps cicadae, whose fruiting bodies are known in China as
“chan hua,” literally “cicada flower,” has been used as a traditional Chinese medicinal …

Abstract Background The genus Ophiocordyceps, which includes Ophiocordyceps sinensis,
has been demonstrated to be one of the most valuable medicinal taxa. The low rate of larval …

Abstract Cordyceps cicadae (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) is a renowned
entomopathogenic fungus used as herbal medicine in China. However, wild C. cicadae …

Abstract Background The barn owl Tyto alba is a medium-sized nocturnal raptor, predator of
small mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects, distributed all over the world. Environmentally …