Fungal secondary metabolism: regulation, function and drug discovery

NP Keller - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
One of the exciting movements in microbial sciences has been a refocusing and
revitalization of efforts to mine the fungal secondary metabolome. The magnitude of …

Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper

V Meyer, EY Basenko, JP Benz, GH Braus… - Fungal biology and …, 2020 - Springer
Fungi have the ability to transform organic materials into a rich and diverse set of useful
products and provide distinct opportunities for tackling the urgent challenges before all …

Mycotoxins in conversation with bacteria and fungi

N Venkatesh, NP Keller - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
An important goal of the mycotoxin research community is to develop comprehensive
strategies for mycotoxin control and detoxification. Although significant progress has been …

On top of biosynthetic gene clusters: How epigenetic machinery influences secondary metabolism in fungi

BT Pfannenstiel, NP Keller - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Fungi produce an abundance of bioactive secondary metabolites which can be utilized as
antibiotics and pharmaceutical drugs. The genes encoding secondary metabolites are …

Biosynthetic gene clusters and the evolution of fungal chemodiversity

A Rokas, ME Mead, JL Steenwyk, HA Raja… - Natural product …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2019 Fungi produce a remarkable diversity of secondary metabolites: small,
bioactive molecules not required for growth but which are essential to their ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Wood decay fungi and their bacterial interaction partners in the built environment–A systematic review on fungal bacteria interactions in dead wood and …

J Embacher, S Zeilinger, M Kirchmair… - Fungal Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial biodeterioration of timber and woody material in buildings can cause costly
restoration procedures. Here, we focus on Serpula lacrymans (commonly known as dry-rot) …

Unlocking the magic in mycelium: Using synthetic biology to optimize filamentous fungi for biomanufacturing and sustainability

C Jo, J Zhang, JM Tam, GM Church, AS Khalil… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Filamentous fungi drive carbon and nutrient cycling across our global ecosystems, through
its interactions with growing and decaying flora and their constituent microbiomes. The …

Bacterial–fungal interactions revealed by genome-wide analysis of bacterial mutant fitness

EC Pierce, M Morin, JC Little, RB Liu, J Tannous… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Microbial interactions are expected to be major determinants of microbiome structure and
function. Although fungi are found in diverse microbiomes, their interactions with bacteria …

Expanding the chemical diversity through microorganisms co-culture: Current status and outlook

D Arora, P Gupta, S Jaglan, C Roullier, O Grovel… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural products (NPs) are considered as a cornerstone for the generation of bioactive leads
in drug discovery programs. However, one of the major limitations of NP drug discovery …

Bacterial hitchhikers derive benefits from fungal housing

N Venkatesh, C Greco, MT Drott, MJ Koss, I Ludwikoski… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Fungi and bacteria are ubiquitous constituents of all microbiomes, yet mechanisms of
microbial persistence in polymicrobial communities remain obscure. Here, we examined the …