▪ Abstract Class I and class II hydrophobins are small secreted fungal proteins that play a
role in a broad range of processes in the growth and development of filamentous fungi. For …

Mushroom cultivation presents an economically important biotechnological industry that has
markedly expanded all over the world in the past few decades. Mushrooms serve as …

In response to certain environmental signals, bacteria will differentiate from an independent
free-living mode of growth and take up an interdependent surface-attached existence. These …

Hydrophobins are among the most surface active molecules and self-assemble at any
hydrophilic–hydrophobic interface into an amphipathic film. These small secreted proteins of …

Amyloids are filamentous protein structures∼ 10 nm wide and 0.1–10 μm long that share a
structural motif, the cross-β structure. These fibrils are usually associated with degenerative …

The evolution of complex multicellularity has been one of the major transitions in the history
of life. In contrast to simple multicellular aggregates of cells, it has evolved only in a handful …

Mechanisms of soil organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stabilization are of great interest,
due to the potential for increased CO 2 release from soil organic matter (SOM) to the …

Hydrophobins are a remarkable class of small cysteine-rich proteins found exclusively in
fungi. They self-assemble to form robust polymeric monolayers that are highly amphipathic …

Complex multicellularity represents the most advanced level of biological organization and it
has evolved only a few times: in metazoans, green plants, brown and red algae and fungi …

Mushrooms represent the most conspicuous structures of fungi. Their development is being
studied in the model basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune. The genome of S. commune …