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Open AccessCompatible solutes determine the heat resistance of conidia
Asexually developed fungal spores (conidia) are key for the massive proliferation and dispersal of filamentous fungi. Germination of conidia and subsequent formation of a mycelium network give rise to many soc...
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Open AccessPreservation stress resistance of melanin deficient conidia from Paecilomyces variotii and Penicillium roqueforti mutants generated via CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing
The filamentous fungi Paecilomyces variotii and Penicillium roqueforti are prevalent food spoilers and are of interest as potential future cell factories. A functional CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system would be b...
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Open AccessFungal mycelium classified in different material families based on glycerol treatment
Fungal mycelium is an emerging bio-based material. Here, mycelium films are produced from liquid shaken cultures that have a Young’s modulus of 0.47 GPa, an ultimate tensile strength of 5.0 MPa and a strain at...
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Open AccessHydrophobin gene deletion and environmental growth conditions impact mechanical properties of mycelium by affecting the density of the material
Filamentous fungi colonize substrates by forming a mycelium. This network of hyphae can be used as a bio-based material. Here, we assessed the impact of environmental growth conditions and deletion of the hydr...
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Fungal stress biology: a preface to the Fungal Stress Responses special edition
There is currently an urgent need to increase global food security, reverse the trends of increasing cancer rates, protect environmental health, and mitigate climate change. Toward these ends, it is imperative...
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The International Symposium on Fungal Stress: ISFUS
Fungi play central roles in many biological processes, influencing soil fertility, decomposition, cycling of minerals, and organic matter, plant health, and nutrition. They produce a wide spectrum of molecules...
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VeA of Aspergillus niger increases spore dispersing capacity by impacting conidiophore architecture
Aspergillus species are highly abundant fungi worldwide. Their conidia are among the most dominant fungal spores in the air. Conidia are formed in chains on the vesicle of the asexual reproductiv...
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Open AccessTrehalose synthesis in Aspergillus niger: characterization of six homologous genes, all with conserved orthologs in related species
The disaccharide trehalose is a major component of fungal spores and is released upon germination. Moreover, the sugar is well known for is protective functions, e.g. against thermal stress and dehydration. Th...
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Hoffmannoscypha, a novel genus of brightly coloured, cupulate Pyronemataceae closely related to Tricharina and Geopora
The rare apothecial, cupulate fungus Geopora pellita (Pyronemataceae) is characterized by a uniquely bright yellow-orange excipulum. We here re-examine its affiliations by use of morphological, molecular phylogen...
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Open AccessMicrocolonial Fungi on Rocks: A Life in Constant Drought?
Black microcolonial fungi (MCF) and black yeasts are among the most stress-resistant eukaryotic organisms known on Earth. They mainly inhabit bare rock surfaces in hot and cold deserts of all regions of the Ea...
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Vesicle trafficking via the Spitzenkörper during hyphal tip growth in Rhizoctonia solani
Growing hyphae of Rhizoctonia solani were stained with the endocytic marker dye FM4-64 and imaged by confocal microscopy. Staining of the plasma membrane was followed by labeling of organelles in the cytoplasm (a...
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2 Fungal Spoilage of Crops and Food
Food products are a rich nutrient source that will attract both bacterial and fungal colonizers. Food spoilage is a major threat for our food stock and is responsible for enormous losses worldwide, which makes...
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Open AccessEffects of Seven Fungicides on Non-Target Aquatic Fungi
Aquatic risk assessments for fungicides are carried out without information on their toxicity to non-target aquatic fungi. This might cause an underestimation of the toxic effects to the aquatic fungal communi...
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The fungal cell
Fungal problems arise when there are water problems. This will be the case after calamities such as floods and also when condensation of water occurs inside the house due to a cold bridge. However, even when t...
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Activation of ascospores by novel food preservation techniques
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Trehalose degradation and glucose efflux precede cell ejection during germination of heat-resistant ascospores of Talaromyces macrosporus
Talaromyces macrosporus forms ascospores that survive pasteurization treatments. Ascospores were dense (1.3 g ml–1), relatively dry [0.6 g H2O (g dry weight)–1] and packed with trehalose (9–17% fresh weight). Tre...
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Food and Crop Spoilage on Storage
As all places where organisms develop, the food product can be regarded as an ecological resource. When fungi colonise such environments, spoilage of food and crops is the result. The interactions between spoilag...
