Oxalate production by fungi: significance in geomycology, biodeterioration and bioremediation

GM Gadd, J Bahri-Esfahani, Q Li, YJ Rhee, Z Wei… - Fungal Biology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Oxalate is a key metabolite that plays a significant role in many metal and mineral
transformations mediated by fungi. Metal and mineral transformations are central to …

Plant biomass degradation by fungi

MR Mäkelä, N Donofrio, RP de Vries - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Plant biomass degradation by fungi has implications for several fields of science. The
enzyme systems employed by fungi for this are broadly used in various industrial sectors …

Genomes and secretomes of Ascomycota fungi reveal diverse functions in plant biomass decomposition and pathogenesis

JF Challacombe, CN Hesse, LM Bramer, LA McCue… - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background The dominant fungi in arid grasslands and shrublands are members of the
Ascomycota phylum. Ascomycota fungi are important drivers in carbon and nitrogen cycling …

Metabolomics highlights different life history strategies of white and brown rot wood-degrading fungi

JD Castaño, N Muñoz-Muñoz, YM Kim, J Liu, L Yang… - Msphere, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
White and brown rot fungi efficiently deconstruct lignocellulose in wood, Earth's largest pool
of aboveground biotic carbon and an important natural resource. Despite its vital …

Combining Desirable Traits for a Good Biocontrol Strategy against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

D Albert, T Dumonceaux, O Carisse, C Beaulieu… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) causes white
mold, a disease that leads to substantial losses on a wide variety of hosts throughout the …

Oxalic acid degradation in wood-rotting fungi. Searching for a new source of oxalate oxidase

M Grąz, M Ruminowicz-Stefaniuk… - World Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Oxalate oxidase (EC 1.2. 3.4) is an oxalate-decomposing enzyme predominantly
found in plants but also described in basidiomycete fungi. In this study, we investigated 23 …

Manipulation of oxalate metabolism in plants for improving food quality and productivity

V Kumar, M Irfan, A Datta - Phytochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Oxalic acid is a naturally occurring metabolite in plants and a common constituent of all plant-
derived human diets. Oxalic acid has diverse unrelated roles in plant metabolism, including …

Physiological mechanisms by which gypsum increases the growth and yield of Lentinula edodes

J Li, Y Duan, Z Hu, F Yang, X Wu, R Zhang - Applied Microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Lentinula edodes is one of the most important commercially cultivated edible mushrooms. It
is well known that gypsum (CaSO4· 2H2O) supplementation in sawdust medium increases …

Fungal oxalate decarboxylase activity contributes to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum early infection by affecting both compound appressoria development and function

X Liang, EW Moomaw, JA Rollins - Molecular plant pathology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
S clerotinia sclerotiorum pathogenesis requires the accumulation of high levels of oxalic
acid (OA). To better understand the factors affecting OA accumulation, two putative oxalate …

Single-step, single-organism bioethanol production and bioconversion of lignocellulose waste materials by phlebioid fungal species

H Mattila, J Kuuskeri, T Lundell - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Ethanol production from non-pretreated lignocellulose was carried out in a consolidated
bioprocess with wood-decay fungi of phlebioid Polyporales. Ethanol production was …