Safety of the fungal workhorses of industrial biotechnology: update on the mycotoxin and secondary metabolite potential of Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus oryzae, and …

JC Frisvad, LLH Møller, TO Larsen, R Kumar… - Applied Microbiology …, 2018 - Springer
This review presents an update on the current knowledge of the secondary metabolite
potential of the major fungal species used in industrial biotechnology, ie, Aspergillus niger …

How a fungus shapes biotechnology: 100 years of Aspergillus niger research

TC Cairns, C Nai, V Meyer - Fungal biology and biotechnology, 2018 - Springer
In 1917, a food chemist named James Currie made a promising discovery: any strain of the
filamentous mould Aspergillus niger would produce high concentrations of citric acid when …

Improved prediction of fungal effector proteins from secretomes with EffectorP 2.0

J Sperschneider, PN Dodds… - Molecular plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Plant‐pathogenic fungi secrete effector proteins to facilitate infection. We describe extensive
improvements to EffectorP, the first machine learning classifier for fungal effector prediction …

EffectorP: predicting fungal effector proteins from secretomes using machine learning

J Sperschneider, DM Gardiner, PN Dodds… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Eukaryotic filamentous plant pathogens secrete effector proteins that modulate the host cell
to facilitate infection. Computational effector candidate identification and subsequent …

Plant-polysaccharide-degrading enzymes from basidiomycetes

J Rytioja, K Hildén, J Yuzon, A Hatakka… - Microbiology and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Basidiomycete fungi subsist on various types of plant material in diverse environments, from
living and dead trees and forest litter to crops and grasses and to decaying plant matter in …

Develo** Aspergillus niger as a cell factory for food enzyme production

C Li, J Zhou, G Du, J Chen, S Takahashi, S Liu - Biotechnology Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Aspergillus niger has become one of the most important hosts for food enzyme production
due to its unique food safety characteristics and excellent protein secretion systems. A series …

A comparative genomics study of 23 Aspergillus species from section Flavi

I Kjærbølling, T Vesth, JC Frisvad, JL Nybo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Section Flavi encompasses both harmful and beneficial Aspergillus species, such as
Aspergillus oryzae, used in food fermentation and enzyme production, and Aspergillus …

Investigation of inter- and intraspecies variation through genome sequencing of Aspergillus section Nigri

TC Vesth, JL Nybo, S Theobald, JC Frisvad… - Nature Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Aspergillus section Nigri comprises filamentous fungi relevant to biomedicine, bioenergy,
health, and biotechnology. To learn more about what genetically sets these species apart …

Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

RP De Vries, R Riley, A Wiebenga, G Aguilar-Osorio… - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The fungal genus Aspergillus is of critical importance to humankind.
Species include those with industrial applications, important pathogens of humans, animals …

Drivers of genetic diversity in secondary metabolic gene clusters within a fungal species

AL Lind, JH Wisecaver, C Lameiras, P Wiemann… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Filamentous fungi produce a diverse array of secondary metabolites (SMs) critical for
defense, virulence, and communication. The metabolic pathways that produce SMs are …