Covering: 2005 to 2020 Phenol coupling is a key reaction in the biosynthesis of important
biopolymers such as lignin and melanin and of a plethora of biarylic secondary metabolites …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Endophytic fungi stimulate the production of an enormous number of bioactive metabolites
in medicinal plants and affect the different steps of biosynthetic pathways of these secondary …

Pollution, accidents, and misinformation have earned the pharmaceutical and chemical
industry a poor public reputation, despite their undisputable importance to society …

The horizontal transfer of large gene clusters by mobile elements is a key driver of
prokaryotic adaptation in response to environmental stresses. Eukaryotic microbes face …

Understanding the biosynthetic pathways of fungal pigments can help elucidate their roles in
fungal growth processes. Trichodimerol is a unique cage-like dimeric sorbicillinoids pigment …

Spent brewery grains (BSG) are the main by-product of beer production and are
incorporated in rations of food-delivering animals, mainly dairy cows. Like other agricultural …

Abstract Background The filamentous fungi Paecilomyces variotii and Penicillium roqueforti
are prevalent food spoilers and are of interest as potential future cell factories. A functional …

Sphingofungins are sphinganine analog mycotoxins acting as inhibitors of serine palmitoyl
transferases, enzymes responsible for the first step in the sphingolipid biosynthesis …

Fungal specialized metabolites play an important role in the environment and have
impacted human health and survival significantly. These specialized metabolites are often …