Search Results - "Hilden, Kristiina S."
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Uncovering the abilities of Agaricus bisporus to degrade plant biomass throughout its life cycle
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-08-2015)“…Summary The economically important edible basidiomycete mushroom Agaricus bisporus thrives on decaying plant material in forests and grasslands of North…”
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A comparison between the homocyclic aromatic metabolic pathways from plant-derived compounds by bacteria and fungi
Published in Biotechnology advances (15-11-2019)“…Aromatic compounds derived from lignin are of great interest for renewable biotechnical applications. They can serve in many industries e.g. as biochemical…”
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Developments and opportunities in fungal strain engineering for the production of novel enzymes and enzyme cocktails for plant biomass degradation
Published in Biotechnology advances (01-11-2019)“…Fungal strain engineering is commonly used in many areas of biotechnology, including the production of plant biomass degrading enzymes. Its aim varies from the…”
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Expanding the feruloyl esterase gene family of Aspergillus niger by characterization of a feruloyl esterase, FaeC
Published in New biotechnology (25-07-2017)“…[Display omitted] •New feruloyl esterase from Aspergillus niger (FaeC) was produced in Pichia pastoris.•FaeC possessed broad substrate specificity towards…”
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Discovery and Functional Analysis of a Salicylic Acid Hydroxylase from Aspergillus niger
Published in Applied and environmental microbiology (26-02-2021)“…Salicylic acid plays an important role in the plant immune response, and its degradation is therefore important for plant-pathogenic fungi. However, many…”
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Penicillium subrubescens adapts its enzyme production to the composition of plant biomass
Published in Bioresource technology (01-09-2020)“…[Display omitted] •P. subrubescens produces targeted sets of CAZymes for each plant biomass.•P. subrubescens uses a sequential approach to degrade different…”
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Discovery of Novel p‑Hydroxybenzoate‑m‑hydroxylase, Protocatechuate 3,4 Ring-Cleavage Dioxygenase, and Hydroxyquinol 1,2 Ring-Cleavage Dioxygenase from the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus niger
Published in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering (02-12-2019)“…The aromatic compound benzoic acid and its derivatives are frequently used preservatives in food and beverages due to their strong antimicrobial properties…”
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Dichomitus squalens partially tailors its molecular responses to the composition of solid wood
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-11-2018)“…Summary White‐rot fungi, such as Dichomitus squalens, degrade all wood components and inhabit mixed‐wood forests containing both soft‐ and hardwood species. In…”
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Carbohydrate esterase family 16 contains fungal hemicellulose acetyl esterases (HAEs) with varying specificity
Published in New biotechnology (25-09-2022)“…Acetyl esterases are an important component of the enzymatic machinery fungi use to degrade plant biomass and are classified in several Carbohydrate Esterase…”
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Fungal feruloyl esterases: Functional validation of genome mining based enzyme discovery including uncharacterized subfamilies
Published in New biotechnology (25-03-2018)“…[Display omitted] •New ascomycete and basidiomycete candidate FAEs were produced in Pichia pastoris.•Most of the candidate FAEs showed comparable activity to…”
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Aromatic metabolism of filamentous fungi in relation to the presence of aromatic compounds in plant biomass
Published in Advances in applied microbiology (2015)“…The biological conversion of plant lignocellulose plays an essential role not only in carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems but also is an important part of…”
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Fungal glucuronoyl esterases: Genome mining based enzyme discovery and biochemical characterization
Published in New biotechnology (25-01-2018)“…[Display omitted] •Over 150 putative fungal GEs were identified by genome mining.•Putative fungal GEs were classified into 8 phylogenetic sub-groups.•New…”
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Genetic transformation of the white-rot fungus Dichomitus squalens using a new commercial protoplasting cocktail
Published in Journal of microbiological methods (01-12-2017)“…D. squalens, a white-rot fungus that efficiently degrades lignocellulose in nature, can be used in various biotechnological applications and has several…”
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Colonies of the fungus Aspergillus niger are highly differentiated to adapt to local carbon source variation
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-03-2020)“…Summary Saprobic fungi, such as Aspergillus niger, grow as colonies consisting of a network of branching and fusing hyphae that are often considered to be…”
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Conserved white-rot enzymatic mechanism for wood decay in the Basidiomycota genus Pycnoporus
Published in DNA research (01-04-2020)“…Abstract White-rot (WR) fungi are pivotal decomposers of dead organic matter in forest ecosystems and typically use a large array of hydrolytic and oxidative…”
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Penicillium subrubescens is a promising alternative for Aspergillus niger in enzymatic plant biomass saccharification
Published in New biotechnology (25-12-2016)“…•Penicillium subrubescens FBCC1632 is a new potential producer of (hemi-)cellulases.•P. subrubescens is able to grow on a broad substrate spectrum.•P…”
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An improved and reproducible protocol for the extraction of high quality fungal RNA from plant biomass substrates
Published in Fungal genetics and biology (01-11-2014)“…•A method was developed to isolate high quality RNA from plant biomass cultures.•The extraction was highly reproducible.•The methods allowed extraction even…”
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Impacts of holmium and lithium to the growth of selected basidiomycetous fungi and their ability to degrade textile dyes
Published in 3 Biotech (01-08-2020)“…The impacts of Ho and Li (0, 10, 50, 200 mg/L) were tested towards the growth of four basidiomycetous fungal species, their ability to decolorise synthetic…”
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Cinnamic Acid and Sorbic acid Conversion Are Mediated by the Same Transcriptional Regulator in Aspergillus niger
Published in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology (27-09-2019)“…Cinnamic acid is an aromatic compound commonly found in plants and functions as a central intermediate in lignin synthesis. Filamentous fungi are able to…”
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The Synthetic Potential of Fungal Feruloyl Esterases: A Correlation with Current Classification Systems and Predicted Structural Properties
Published in Catalysts (01-06-2018)“…Twenty-eight fungal feruloyl esterases (FAEs) were evaluated for their synthetic abilities in a ternary system of n-hexane: t-butanol: 100 mM MOPS-NaOH pH 6.0…”
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