How fungi make nutrients available to the world
Like most of us, trees don't want to be eaten alive.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 1, 2018
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News tagged with brown rot fungi
How the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat
By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers have gained insights on why the dry rot (Serpula lacrymans) is so destructive in houses. A study involving six brown rot fungi reveals the genomic changes ...
Biotechnology
Jan 9, 2018
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Fungi that evolved to eat wood offer new biomass conversion tool
Twenty years ago, microbiologist Barry Goodell, now a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and colleagues discovered a unique system that some microorganisms use to digest and recycle wood. Three orders of ...
Biotechnology
Jul 24, 2017
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Understanding how brown rot fungi degrade wood could lead to new tools for more efficient biofuel production
Wood's complex structure makes it highly resistant to biological or chemical decomposition. The structure includes cellulose, long chains of linked sugar molecules, embedded in a scaffolding of a chemical known as lignin. ...
Biotechnology
Feb 28, 2017
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Genome sequences of early-diverging fungi help track origins of white rot fungi
Researchers utilized draft genome sequences of 10 white rot and brown rot fungi representing early-diverging groups to help refine the timeline that dates the enzymatic origins of lignocellulose decomposition.
Biotechnology
May 4, 2016
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Key genes for symbiosis between mycorrhiza fungi and trees evolved several times
This news release is available in German.
Biotechnology
Feb 24, 2015
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Retracing the roots of fungal symbioses
With apologies to the poet John Donne, and based on recent work from the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, it can be said that no plant is an island, entire ...
Biotechnology
Feb 23, 2015
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Treading into a gray area along the spectrum of wood decay fungi
One of the most basic rules for playing the game "Twenty Questions" is that all of the questions must be definitively answered by either "yes" or "no." The exchange of information allows the players to correctly guess the ...
Biotechnology
Jun 23, 2014
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