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An insect herbivore microbiome with high plant biomass-degrading capacity. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2010
Herbivores can gain indirect access to recalcitrant carbon present in plant cell walls through symbiotic associations with lignocellulolytic microbes. A paradigmatic example is the leaf-cutter ant (Tribe: Attini), which uses fresh leaves to cultivate a ...
Garret Suen, Jarrod J Scott, Frank O Aylward, Sandra M Adams, Susannah G Tringe, Adrián A Pinto-Tomás, Clifton E Foster, Markus Pauly, Paul J Weimer, Kerrie W Barry, Lynne A Goodwin, Pascal Bouffard, Lewyn Li, Jolene Osterberger, Timothy T Harkins, Steven C Slater, Timothy J Donohue, Cameron R Currie   +17 more
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Genomic and exoproteomic diversity in plant biomass degradation approaches among Aspergilli. [PDF]

Stud Mycol, 2018
We classified the genes encoding carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in 17 sequenced genomes representing 16 evolutionarily diverse Aspergillus species. We performed a phylogenetic analysis of the encoding enzymes, along with experimentally characterized CAZymes, to assign molecular function to the Aspergilli CAZyme families and subfamilies.
Mäkelä MR, DiFalco M, McDonnell E, Nguyen TTM, Wiebenga A, Hildén K, Peng M, Grigoriev IV, Tsang A, de Vries RP.   +9 more
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Genomic and Postgenomic Diversity of Fungal Plant Biomass Degradation Approaches [PDF]

Trends in Microbiology, 2020
Plant biomass degradation by fungi is a widely studied and applied field of science, due to its relevance for the global carbon cycle and many biotechnological applications. Before the genome era, many of the in-depth studies focused on a relatively small number of species, whereas now, many species can be addressed in detail, revealing the large ...
Ronald P. de Vries, Miia R. Mäkelä
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Efficient Plant Biomass Degradation by Thermophilic Fungus Myceliophthora heterothallica [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2013
ABSTRACT Rapid and efficient enzymatic degradation of plant biomass into fermentable sugars is a major challenge for the sustainable production of biochemicals and biofuels. Enzymes that are more thermostable (up to 70°C) use shorter reaction times for the complete saccharification of plant polysaccharides compared to hydrolytic ...
van den Brink, J., van Muiswinkel, G.C., Theelen, B., Hinz, S.W., de Vries, R.P.   +4 more
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Glucuronoyl esterase facilitates biomass degradation in Neurospora crassa by upregulating the expression of plant biomass-degrading enzymes.

The Journal of general and applied microbiology, 2023
Glucuronoyl esterase (GE) is a promising agent for the delignification of plant biomass since it has been shown to cleave the linkage between xylan and lignin in vitro. In this study, we demonstrate that NcGE, a GE from Neurospora crassa, stimulates plant biomass degradation.
Ruijie, Wang, Manabu, Arioka
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Ecological Insights into the Dynamics of Plant Biomass-Degrading Microbial Consortia [PDF]

Trends in Microbiology, 2017
Plant biomass (PB) is an important resource for biofuel production. However, the frequent lack of efficiency of PB saccharification is still an industrial bottleneck. The use of enzyme cocktails produced from PB-degrading microbial consortia (PB-dmc) is a promising approach to optimize this process.
Diego Javier, Jiménez, Francisco, Dini-Andreote, Kristen M, DeAngelis, Steven W, Singer, Joana Falcão, Salles, Jan Dirk, van Elsas   +5 more
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De novo prediction of the genomic components and capabilities for microbial plant biomass degradation from (meta-)genomes

Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2013
Background Understanding the biological mechanisms used by microorganisms for plant biomass degradation is of considerable biotechnological interest. Despite of the growing number of sequenced (meta)genomes of plant biomass-degrading microbes, there is ...
Weimann Aaron, Trukhina Yulia, Pope Phillip B, Konietzny Sebastian GA, McHardy Alice C   +4 more
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Transcriptome analysis of Aspergillus niger xlnR and xkiA mutants grown on corn Stover and soybean hulls reveals a highly complex regulatory network

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Enzymatic plant biomass degradation by fungi is a highly complex process and one of the leading challenges in developing a biobased economy. Some industrial fungi (e.g.
Claire Khosravi, Joanna E. Kowalczyk, Tania Chroumpi, Evy Battaglia, Maria-Victoria Aguilar Pontes, Mao Peng, Ad Wiebenga, Vivian Ng, Anna Lipzen, Guifen He, Diane Bauer, Igor V. Grigoriev, Ronald P. de Vries   +12 more
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Effects of Land Use Changes on the Plant Community Characteristics in the Wetlands of the Semi-Arid Regions

Diversity, 2022
Human disturbance is the main driving factor of wetland vegetation degradation, and plant community changes can directly characterize the process of wetland degradation.
Le Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Yu An, Tiejun Song, Shouzheng Tong, Xuan Wang   +5 more
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Closely related fungi employ diverse enzymatic strategies to degrade plant biomass [PDF]

Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2015
Plant biomass is the major substrate for the production of biofuels and biochemicals, as well as food, textiles and other products. It is also the major carbon source for many fungi and enzymes of these fungi are essential for the depolymerization of plant polysaccharides in industrial processes.
Benoit, Isabelle, Culleton, Helena, Zhou, Miaomiao, Difalco, Marcos, Aguilar‑osorio, Guillermo, Battaglia, Evy, Bouzid, Ourdia, Brouwer, Carlo P J M, El‑bushari, Hala B O, Coutinho, Pedro, M, Gruben, Birgit S, Hildén, Kristiina S, Houbraken, Jos, Jiménez Barboza, Luis Alexis, Levasseur, Anthony, Majoor, Eline, Mäkelä, Miia R, Narang, Hari‑mander, Trejo‑aguilar, Blanca, van den Brink, Joost, Vankuyk, Patricia A, Wiebenga, Ad, Mckie, Vincent, Mccleary, Barry, Tsang, Adrian, Henrissat, Bernard, de Vries, Ronald P   +26 more
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