One of the exciting movements in microbial sciences has been a refocusing and
revitalization of efforts to mine the fungal secondary metabolome. The magnitude of …

Fungi are a highly diverse group of heterotrophic eukaryotes characterized by the absence
of phagotrophy and the presence of a chitinous cell wall. While unicellular fungi are far from …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Yeasts affiliated with the Metschnikowia pulcherrima clade (subclade) of the large
ascomycetous genus Metschnikowia frequently turn out to produce the characteristic …

To maintain iron homeostasis, fungi have to balance iron acquisition, storage, and utilization
to ensure sufficient supply and to avoid toxic excess of this essential trace element. As …

Covering: up to 2019 Fungi produce a remarkable diversity of secondary metabolites: small,
bioactive molecules not required for growth but which are essential to their ecological …

Finding alternatives to the use of chemical inputs to preserve the sanitary and organoleptic
quality of food and beverages is essential to meet public health requirements and consumer …

Organisms exhibit extensive variation in ecological niche breadth, from very narrow
(specialists) to very broad (generalists). Two general paradigms have been proposed to …

The question of how phenotypic and genomic complexity are inter‐related and how they are
shaped through evolution is a central question in biology that historically has been …

Biofilms are structured communities of tightly associated cells that constitute the
predominant state of bacterial growth in natural and human-made environments. Although …