Filamentous fungi owe powerful abilities for decomposition of the extensive plant material,
lignocellulose, and thereby are indispensable for the Earth's carbon cycle, generation of soil …

Filamentous fungi are widely used in biotechnology as cell factories for the production of
chemicals, pharmaceuticals and enzymes. In order to improve their productivities, genetic …

Because pure cultures and a stable transformation system are not available for arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi, the role of their phosphate transporters for the symbiotic interaction with …

Fungi are often inconspicuous in nature and this means it is all too easy to overlook their
importance. Often referred to as the “Forgotten Kingdom”, fungi are key components of life …

Filamentous fungi have a long-standing tradition as industrial producers of primary and
secondary metabolites. Initially, industrial scientists selected production strains from natural …

The genome sequences of the basidiomycete Agaricomycetes species Coprinopsis cinerea,
Laccaria bicolor, Schizophyllum commune, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, and Postia …

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

Woody plants convert the energy of the sun into lignocellulosic biomass, which is an
abundant substrate for bioenergy production. Fungi, especially wood decayers from the …

The discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) has been the major recent breakthrough in
biology. Only a few years after its discovery, RNAi has rapidly become a powerful reverse …

Ganoderma lucidum is one of the most important medicinal mushrooms; however, molecular
genetics research on this species has been limited due to a lack of reliable reverse genetic …