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Genomic Analysis of Aspergillus Section Terrei Reveals a High Potential in Secondary Metabolite Production and Plant Biomass Degradation (2024)
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Theobald, S., Vesth, T. C., Geib, E., Nybo, J. L., Frisvad, J. C., Larsen, T. O., Kuo, A., LaButti, K., Lyhne, E. K., Kjærbølling, I., Ledsgaard, L., Barry, K., Clum, A., Chen, C., Nolan, M., Sandor, L., Lipzen, A., Mondo, S., Pangilinan, J., Salamov, A., …Andersen, M. R. (2024). Genomic Analysis of Aspergillus Section Terrei Reveals a High Potential in Secondary Metabolite Production and Plant Biomass Degradation. Journal of Fungi, 10(7), Article 507. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10070507

Aspergillus terreus has attracted interest due to its application in industrial biotechnology, particularly for the production of itaconic acid and bioactive secondary metabolites. As related species also seem to possess a prosperous secondary metabo... Read More about Genomic Analysis of Aspergillus Section Terrei Reveals a High Potential in Secondary Metabolite Production and Plant Biomass Degradation.

The chemotrophic behaviour of Aspergillus niger: Mapping hyphal filaments during chemo-sensing; the first step towards directed materials formation (2024)
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Sadaf, A., Brock, M., & Perry, C. C. (2024). The chemotrophic behaviour of Aspergillus niger: Mapping hyphal filaments during chemo-sensing; the first step towards directed materials formation. Fungal Biology, 128(4), 1868-1875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2024.05.010

In the development of fungal based materials for applications in construction through to biomedical materials and fashion, understanding how to regulate and direct growth is key for gaining control over the form of material generated. Here, we show h... Read More about The chemotrophic behaviour of Aspergillus niger: Mapping hyphal filaments during chemo-sensing; the first step towards directed materials formation.

Two novel species of arctic-alpine lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from the Deosai Plains, Pakistan (2024)
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Usman, M., Dyer, P. S., Brock, M., Wade, C. M., & Khalid, A. N. (2024). Two novel species of arctic-alpine lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from the Deosai Plains, Pakistan. MycoKeys, 102, 285-299. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.102.113310

Members of the lichen-forming fungal genus Oxneriaria are known to occur in cold polar and high altitudinal environments. Two new species, Oxneriaria crittendenii and O. deosaiensis, are now described from the high altitude Deosai Plains, Pakistan, b... Read More about Two novel species of arctic-alpine lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from the Deosai Plains, Pakistan.

New colours for old in the blue-cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti (2024)
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Cleere, M. M., Novodvorska, M., Geib, E., Whittaker, J., Dalton, H., Salih, N., Hewitt, S., Kokolski, M., Brock, M., & Dyer, P. S. (2024). New colours for old in the blue-cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti. npj Science of Food, 8(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-023-00244-9

Penicillium roqueforti is used worldwide in the production of blue-veined cheese. The blue-green colour derives from pigmented spores formed by fungal growth. Using a combination of bioinformatics, targeted gene deletions, and heterologous gene expre... Read More about New colours for old in the blue-cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti.