Filamentous fungi drive carbon and nutrient cycling across our global ecosystems, through
its interactions with growing and decaying flora and their constituent microbiomes. The …

Highlights•Fungi can be used as a cell factory and for production of mycelium
materials.•Monofungal and mixed fungal cultures produce different profiles of secreted …

Understanding the genetic, molecular and evolutionary basis of cysteine-stabilized
antifungal proteins (AFPs) from fungi is important for understanding whether their function is …

Aspergillus niger secretes proteins throughout the colony except for the zone that forms
asexual spores called conidia. Inactivation of flbA that encodes a regulator of G-protein …

FlbA of Aspergillus niger (indirectly) regulates 36 transcription factor (TF) genes. As a result,
it promotes sporulation and represses vegetative growth, protein secretion and lysis. In this …

Inactivation of flbA in Aspergillus niger results in thinner cell walls, increased cell lysis,
abolished sporulation, and an increased secretome complexity. A total of 36 transcription …

Colonies of Aspergillus niger are characterized by zonal heterogeneity in growth,
sporulation, gene expression and secretion. For instance, the glucoamylase gene glaA is …

Proteins are secreted throughout the mycelium of Aspergillus niger except for the
sporulating zone. A link between sporulation and repression of protein secretion was …

The Neurospora crassa nuclear aod-1 gene encodes an alternative oxidase that functions in
mitochondria. The enzyme provides a branch from the standard electron transport chain by …

Fungi often experience oxidative stress in response to the environment during growth. In this
study, Aspergillus niger HY2, whose presence easily results in paddy mildew, was used to …