Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
I. Tezyapar Kara, K. Kremser, S. T. Wagland, F. Coulon
Summary: The global transition to a circular economy requires research and development of technologies for sustainable resource recovery. Bioleaching, using microorganisms to extract metals from unwanted materials, is an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative. Optimizing the process parameters can enhance yields and promote wider application of bioleaching.
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Bence Farkas, Marek Bujdos, Filip Polak, Michaela Matulova, Martin Cesnek, Eva Duborska, Ondrej Zverina, Hyunjung Kim, Martin Danko, Zuzana Kisova, Peter Matus, Martin Urik
Summary: This study found that the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger effectively disintegrated the crystal structure of selected mineral manganese phases and extracted manganese into the culture medium, sometimes transforming it into a new biogenic mineral. The Mn(II,III)-oxide was the most susceptible to fungal biodeterioration, with up to 26% of manganese content extracted into the medium. Variabilities in biogenic oxalate and gluconate accumulation in the medium may be related to fungal sensitivity to manganese.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sofie E. Svensson, Jorge A. Ferreira, Minna Hakkarainen, Karin H. Adolfsson, Akram Zamani
Summary: The study demonstrates the successful wet spinning of the cell wall of a zygomycetes fungus into monofilament yarns, which can be used as a novel resource for sustainable textile production. By cultivating the fungus on abundant food waste and collecting the fungal cell wall through alkali treatment, renewable fibers with high tensile strength and Young's modulus can be fabricated.
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Bence Farkas, Hana Vojtkova, Marek Bujdos, Marek Kolencik, Martin Sebesta, Michaela Matulova, Eva Duborska, Martin Danko, Hyunjung Kim, Katerina Kucova, Zuzana Kisova, Peter Matus, Martin Urik
Summary: The study investigated the leachability of selenium from the surfaces of ferric and manganese oxides and oxyhydroxides in the presence of filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger. The fungus showed exceptional ability to extract selenium from amorphous ferric oxyhydroxides and induce biodeterioration of hausmannite in the presence of selenium. The specific outcomes regarding selenium, iron, and manganese uptake by the fungus and residual selenium concentrations in mineral phases were discussed, along with the adverse effects of bioleaching on fungal growth.
Article
Microbiology
Andrew S. Urquhart, Donald M. Gardiner
Summary: Fungal spore killers are genetic elements that promote their own inheritance by killing non-inheriting gametes. However, little is known about how they kill other spores within the fungal ascus. In this study, we investigate the spore killer protein SPOK1 in Podospora anserina and demonstrate that it kills by targeting DNA. This finding provides insights into the mechanisms of spore killers and their potential applications.
Review
Agricultural Engineering
Lijian Leng, Wenting Li, Jie Chen, Songqi Leng, Jiefeng Chen, Liang Wei, Haoyi Peng, Jun Li, Wenguang Zhou, Huajun Huang
Summary: Fungi-assisted microalgae bio-flocculation is an effective and cost-efficient method for harvesting microalgae and treating wastewater, with great potential for industrial scale application in the future.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Paulina Leite, Isabel Belo, Jose Manuel Salgado
Summary: The co-processing of wastes from different agro-food industries through solid-state fermentation can produce lignocellulolytic enzymes and antioxidant compounds, achieving the valorization of these wastes. The fermentation of waste mixtures resulted in high enzymatic and antioxidant activities, allowing for the co-management of agro-industrial wastes.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Chemical
Roxana Madalina Stoica, Misu Moscovici, Elena Simina Lakatos, Lucian Ionel Cioca
Summary: Fungal exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are important bioactive compounds secreted by fungi. They have various biological activities, such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anti-diabetic, and anticoagulant effects, and can be used in pharmaceutical applications. This paper reviews the main fungal polysaccharides, highlighting their structures, producing strains, and usefulness as drug carriers and immunomodulating agents in cancer therapy.
Article
Electrochemistry
Charlotte Overgaard Wilhelmsen, Sebastian Birkedal Kristensen, Oliver Nolte, Ivan A. Volodin, Johan Vormsborg Christiansen, Thomas Isbrandt, Trine Sorensen, Celine Petersen, Teis Esben Sondergaard, Kare Lehmann Nielsen, Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen, Jens Christian Frisvad, Martin D. Hager, Ulrich S. Schubert, Jens Muff, Jens Laurids Sorensen
Summary: Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) are gaining interest as a potential solution for sustainable energy storage. In this study, a new electrolyte based on the fungal compound phoenicin was proposed and produced through biosynthesis, offering scalability. It was demonstrated that biologically produced phoenicin as a negative electrolyte showed promising performance in an RFB, and the stability of the active material was investigated.
BATTERIES & SUPERCAPS
(2022)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Camille Filiatrault-Chastel, Senta Heiss-Blanquet, Antoine Margeot, Jean-Guy Berrin
Summary: Bioeconomy is a way to reduce the carbon footprint of human activities by utilizing enzymes as biocatalysts, with fungal secretomes playing a crucial role in providing services and goods. The complex enzyme sets secreted by filamentous fungi can be utilized as enzyme cocktails to enhance the value of various bioresources.
BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Adriana Jazmin Legorreta-Castaneda, Carlos Alexander Lucho-Constantino, Claudia Coronel-Olivares, Rosa Icela Beltran-Hernandez, Gabriela A. Vazquez-Rodriguez
Summary: The research found that the biosorption of silver and gold by Aspergillus tabacinus and Cladosporium cladosporioides pellets differed, with the pseudo-second-order model adequately representing biosorption kinetics, which is significant for the recovery of precious metals from wastewater.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Kelly Menezes Macedo, Raquel Araujo Azevedo, Erik Galvao Paranhos da Silva, Thiago Pereira das Chagas, Luiz Carlos Salay, Ana Paula Trovatti Uetanabaro, Elizama Aguiar-Oliveira, Andrea Miura da Costa
Summary: Pectinases from Penicillium rolfsii CCMB 714 cultivated in jackfruit seed meal were evaluated for their potential in agroindustrial waste saccharification and orange juice clarification. The results showed that the crude extract of pectinase had optimal activity at pH 3.0-5.0 and 55 degrees C. The saccharification of cocoa husks, mangosteen husks, and passion fruit husks resulted in a significant increase in reducing sugars, and the pectinase also showed potential in clarifying orange juice.
FERMENTATION-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Miriam Van den Nest, Gernot Wagner, Martin Riesenhuber, Constantin Dolle, Elisabeth Presterl, Gerald Gartlehner, Deddo Moertl, Birgit Willinger
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology and clinical outcomes of patients with filamentous fungal infections at the University Hospital of Vienna, Austria. Among 129 patients included in the study, the 30-day and 90-day overall mortality rates for invasive fungal infections were found to be 30.2% and 42.7%, respectively. Prospective data collection in a nationwide registry is suggested for providing important information on surveillance to clinicians and decision-makers.
Review
Microbiology
Viorica Maria Corbu, Irina Gheorghe-Barbu, Andreea Stefania Dumbrava, Corneliu Ovidiu Vrancianu, Tatiana Eugenia Sesan
Summary: In addition to plants and animals, the Fungi kingdom encompasses diverse species with various forms and applications. They can be found in all types of habitats and play a crucial role in maintaining the ecosystem, such as decomposing plant material for carbon and nutrient cycling, as well as forming symbiotic relationships with plants. Fungi have been utilized for centuries in numerous sectors, including food, beverages, and medications. Recently, their importance has been recognized in environmental protection, agriculture, and various industrial applications. This article reviews the beneficial roles of fungi in enzyme and pigment production, applications in food and pharmaceutical industries, environmental and research domains, as well as the negative impacts of fungi as producers of secondary metabolites, causal agents of diseases in plants, animals, and humans, and deteriorating agents.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Abeer R. M. Abd El-Aziz, Monira R. Al-Othman, Sameh M. Hisham, Shereen M. Shehata
Summary: The use of potent fungal mixed cultures is a promising technique for biodegradation of crude oil, with a fungal consortium consisting of four isolates showing superior performance in degrading normal alkanes compared to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). This consortium exhibited high efficiency in degrading crude oil under various environmental factors, making it a powerful tool for biodegradation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ma. Remedios Mendoza-Lopez, Daniel Velez-Martinez, Rosalba Argumedo-Delira, Alejandro Alarcon, Oscar Garcia-Barradas, Gabriela Sanchez-Viveros, Ronald Ferrera-Cerrato
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2017)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maria Esther Diaz Martinez, Rosalba Argumedo-Delira, Gabriela Sanchez Viveros, Alejandro Alarcon, Libia Iris Trejo-Tellez
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eduardo Gonzalez-Valdez, Alejandro Alarcon, Ronald Ferrera-Cerrato, Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo, Maria Maldonado-Vega, Miguel Angel Salas-Luevano, Rosalba Argumedo-Delira
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2018)
Article
Microbiology
Maria E. Diaz-Martinez, Rosalba Argumedo-Delira, Gabriela Sanchez-Viveros, Alejandro Alarcon, Ma Remedios Mendoza-Lopez
CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY
(2019)
Review
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Rosalba Argumedo-Delira, Maria Esther Diaz-Martinez, Mario Javier Gomez-Martinez
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Rosalba Argumedo-Delira, Mario J. Gomez-Martinez, Ramiro Uribe-Kaffure
Summary: This study evaluated the removal efficiency of two dyes, Congo red and malachite green, using fresh or dry fungal biomass of two species of Trichoderma and activated carbon. Results showed that fresh biomass had higher removal efficiency for Congo red dye, while activated carbon was more suitable for removing malachite green dye.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Rosalba Argumedo-Delira, Mario J. Gomez-Martinez, Ramiro Uribe-Kaffure
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2020)
Review
Agronomy
Rosalba Argumedo-Delira, Mario J. Gomez-Martinez, Jairo Mora-Delgado
Summary: This article summarizes the methods and research progress in using fungi to promote plant growth, with a focus on fungal genera such as Trichoderma, Penicillum, and Aspergillus. In addition, it introduces a sustainable alternative method of using fungi to promote forage grass growth.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Deisy Y. Pineda-Mendoza, Apolinar Gonzalez-Mancilla, Juan J. Almaraz, Maria P. Rodriguez-Guzman, Oscar Garcia-Barradas, Rosalba Argumedo-Delira
SPANISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Microbiology
Jorge Enrique Madrigal-Arias, Rosalba Argumedo-Delira, Alejandro Alarcon, Ma Remedios Mendoza-Lopez, Oscar Garcia-Barradas, Jesus Samuel Cruz-Sanchez, Ronald Ferrera-Cerrato, Maribel Jimenez-Fernandez
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
(2015)