Lignocellulose is a promising feedstock for biofuel production as a renewable, carbohydrate-
rich and globally abundant source of biomass. However, challenges faced include …

Anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota) are promising lignocellulose-degrading
microorganisms that can be exploited by the biofuel industry. While natural production of …

The urgent need for better disposal and recycling of plastics has motivated a search for
microbes with the ability to degrade synthetic polymers. While microbes capable of …

Anaerobic gut fungi in the phylum Neocallimastigomycota typically inhabit the digestive
tracts of large mammalian herbivores, where they play an integral role in the decomposition …

Microbiomes are complex and ubiquitous networks of microorganisms whose seemingly
limitless chemical transformations could be harnessed to benefit agriculture, medicine, and …

Marine fungi remain poorly covered in global genome sequencing campaigns; the 1000
fungal genomes (1KFG) project attempts to shed light on the diversity, ecology and potential …

Anaerobic fungi and methanogenic archaea are two classes of microorganisms found in the
rumen microbiome that metabolically interact during lignocellulose breakdown. Here, stable …

Lignocellulose forms plant cell walls, and its three constituent polymers, cellulose,
hemicellulose and lignin, represent the largest renewable organic carbon pool in the …

Lignocellulosic biorefineries require innovative solutions to realize their full potential, and
the discovery of novel lignocellulose-active enzymes could improve biorefinery …

Anaerobic fungi are powerful platforms for biotechnology that remain unexploited due to a
lack of genetic tools. These gut fungi encode the largest number of lignocellulolytic …