Soil organic matter is the dominant carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems, and its
management is of increasing policy relevance. Soil microbes are the main drivers of soil …

Chitin is the second most abundant natural biopolymer and the main structural component of
invertebrate exoskeletons and cell walls of filamentous fungi. Fungal chitinases have …

Soil ecological stoichiometry provides powerful theories to integrate the complex interplay of
element cycling and microbial communities into biogeochemical models. One essential …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) induce the synthesis of a myriad of secondary metabolites,
including aflatoxins. It raises significant concern as it is a potent environmental contaminant …

Background Filamentous fungi are confronted with changes and limitations of their carbon
source during growth in their natural habitats and during industrial applications. To survive …

Aim The accumulation of microbial necromass carbon has gained increasing attention due
to its slow decomposition. However, it remains unclear what induces the accumulation of …

The abundances of fungi and bacteria in soil are used as simple predictors for carbon
dynamics, and represent widely available microbial traits. Soil biomarkers serve as …

The aim of the study was to demonstrate that the bZIP-type transcription factor AtfA regulates
different types of stress responses in Aspergillus nidulans similarly to Atf1, the orthologous …

Knowledge of the mechanisms underlying cell wall biosynthesis in Aspergillus spp. is of
high relevance to medicine and food safety, and for biotechnological applications. The cell …

In terms of cell physiology, autolysis is the centerpiece of carbon-starving fungal cultures. In
the filamentous fungus model organism Aspergillus nidulans, the last step of carbon …