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Early-branching gut fungi possess a large, comprehensive array of biomass-degrading enzymes by Solomon, Kevin V., Haitjema, Charles H., Henske, John K., Gilmore, Sean P., Borges-Rivera, Diego, Lipzen, Anna, Brewer, Heather M., Purvine, Samuel O., Wright, Aaron T., Theodorou, Michael K., Grigoriev, Igor V., Regev, Aviv, Thompson, Dawn A., O'Malley, Michelle A.

“…The fungal kingdom is the source of almost all industrial enzymes in use for lignocellulose bioprocessing. We developed a systems-level approach that…”
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Anaerobic gut fungi: Advances in isolation, culture, and cellulolytic enzyme discovery for biofuel production by Haitjema, Charles H., Solomon, Kevin V., Henske, John K., Theodorou, Michael K., O'Malley, Michelle A.

“…ABSTRACT Anaerobic gut fungi are an early branching family of fungi that are commonly found in the digestive tract of ruminants and monogastric herbivores. It…”
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The Anaerobic Fungi: Challenges and Opportunities for Industrial Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production by Saye, Luke M G, Navaratna, Tejas A, Chong, James P J, O'Malley, Michelle A, Theodorou, Michael K, Reilly, Matthew

“…Lignocellulose is a promising feedstock for biofuel production as a renewable, carbohydrate-rich and globally abundant source of biomass. However, challenges…”
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Diversity and activity of enriched ruminal cultures of anaerobic fungi and methanogens grown together on lignocellulose in consecutive batch culture by Cheng, Yan Fen, Edwards, Joan E., Allison, Gordon G., Zhu, Wei-Yun, Theodorou, Michael K.

“…Consecutive batch cultures (CBC), involving nine serial transfers at 3, 5 and 7 d intervals (21, 45 and 63 d, respectively) were established to enrich for…”
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Evaluation of pyrolysis chars derived from marine macroalgae silage as soil amendments by Adams, Jessica M. M., Turner, Lesley B., Toop, Trisha A., Kirby, Marie E., Rolin, Christine, Judd, Emma, Inkster, Rhiannon, McEvoy, Lesley, Mirza, Waseem M., Theodorou, Michael K., Gallagher, Joseph

“…Pyrolysis char residues from ensiled macroalgae were examined to determine their potential as growth promoters on germinating and transplanted seedlings…”
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Temporal Metagenomic and Metabolomic Characterization of Fresh Perennial Ryegrass Degradation by Rumen Bacteria by Mayorga, Olga L, Kingston-Smith, Alison H, Kim, Eun J, Allison, Gordon G, Wilkinson, Toby J, Hegarty, Matthew J, Theodorou, Michael K, Newbold, Charles J, Huws, Sharon A

“…Understanding the relationship between ingested plant material and the attached microbiome is essential for developing methodologies to improve ruminant…”
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Experimentally Validated Reconstruction and Analysis of a Genome-Scale Metabolic Model of an Anaerobic Neocallimastigomycota Fungus by Wilken, St Elmo, Monk, Jonathan M, Leggieri, Patrick A, Lawson, Christopher E, Lankiewicz, Thomas S, Seppälä, Susanna, Daum, Chris G, Jenkins, Jerry, Lipzen, Anna M, Mondo, Stephen J, Barry, Kerrie W, Grigoriev, Igor V, Henske, John K, Theodorou, Michael K, Palsson, Bernhard O, Petzold, Linda R, O'Malley, Michelle A

“…Anaerobic gut fungi in the phylum Neocallimastigomycota typically inhabit the digestive tracts of large mammalian herbivores, where they play an integral role…”
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Dynamics of initial colonization of nonconserved perennial ryegrass by anaerobic fungi in the bovine rumen by Edwards, Joan E, Kingston-Smith, Alison H, Jimenez, Hugo R, Huws, Sharon A, Skøt, Kirsten P, Griffith, Gareth W, McEwan, Neil R, Theodorou, Michael K

“…Anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigales) are active degraders of fibrous plant material in the rumen. However, only limited information is available relating to…”
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Cut-Lengths of Perennial Ryegrass Leaf-Blades Influences In Vitro Fermentation by the Anaerobic Fungus Neocallimastix frontalis by Jimenez, Hugo R., Edwards, Joan E., Sanderson, Ruth, Kingston-Smith, Alison H., McEwan, Neil R., Theodorou, Michael K.

“…Anaerobic fungi in the gut of domesticated and wild mammalian herbivores play a key role in the host’s ability to utilize plant biomass. Due to their highly…”
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Bioaugmentation protocols involving Methanobrevibacter thaueri and Pecoramyces ruminantium for investigating lignocellulose degradation and methane production from alfalfa stalks by Li, Yuqi, Guo, Ziqi, Liu, Xin, Xu, Li, Zhu, Weiyun, Cheng, Yanfen, Longland, Annette C., Theodorou, Michael K.

“…[Display omitted] •M. thaueri can survive in co-cultures including only key fungal metabolites.•Low proportions of methanogenic co-cultures significantly…”
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The rapid assignment of ruminal fungi to presumptive genera using ITS1 and ITS2 RNA secondary structures to produce group-specific fingerprints by Tuckwell, Danny S, Nicholson, Matthew J, McSweeney, Christopher S, Theodorou, Michael K, Brookman, Jayne L

“…1 F2G Ltd, Lankro Way, Eccles, Manchester M30 0BH, UK 2 Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3EB,…”
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Responses of Lotus corniculatus to environmental change 3: The sensitivity of phenolic accumulation to growth temperature and light intensity and effects on tissue digestibility by Morris, Phillip, Carter, Eunice B., Hauck, Barbara, Lanot, Alexandra, Theodorou, Michael K., Allison, Gordon

“…Main Conclusion Growth temperature and light intensity are major drivers of phenolic accumulation in Lotus corniculatus resulting in major changes in carbon…”
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High-Throughput Metabolic Fingerprinting of Legume Silage Fermentations via Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics by JOHNSON, Helen E, BROADHURST, David, KELL, Douglas B, THEODOROU, T. Michael K, MERRY, Roger J, GRIFFITH, Gareth W

“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Genomic and functional analyses of fungal and bacterial consortia that enable lignocellulose breakdown in goat gut microbiomes by Peng, Xuefeng, Wilken, St. Elmo, Lankiewicz, Thomas S., Gilmore, Sean P., Brown, Jennifer L., Henske, John K., Swift, Candice L., Salamov, Asaf, Barry, Kerrie, Grigoriev, Igor V., Theodorou, Michael K., Valentine, David L., O’Malley, Michelle A.

“…The herbivore digestive tract is home to a complex community of anaerobic microbes that work together to break down lignocellulose. These microbiota are an…”
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Transcriptomic characterization of Caecomyces churrovis : a novel, non-rhizoid-forming lignocellulolytic anaerobic fungus by Henske, John K, Gilmore, Sean P, Knop, Doriv, Cunningham, Francis J, Sexton, Jessica A, Smallwood, Chuck R, Shutthanandan, Vaithiyalingam, Evans, James E, Theodorou, Michael K, O'Malley, Michelle A

“…Anaerobic gut fungi are the primary colonizers of plant material in the rumen microbiome, but are poorly studied due to a lack of characterized isolates. While…”
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Metabolic characterization of anaerobic fungi provides a path forward for bioprocessing of crude lignocellulose by Henske, John K., Wilken, St. Elmo, Solomon, Kevin V., Smallwood, Chuck R., Shutthanandan, Vaithiyalingam, Evans, James E., Theodorou, Michael K., O'Malley, Michelle A.

“…The conversion of lignocellulose‐rich biomass to bio‐based chemicals and higher order fuels remains a grand challenge, as single‐microbe approaches often…”
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Correction to: Responses of Lotus corniculatus to environmental change 3: The sensitivity of phenolic accumulation to growth temperature and light intensity and effects on tissue digestibility by Morris, Phillip, Carter, Eunice B., Hauck, Barbara, Lanot, Alexandra, Theodorou, Michael K., Allison, Gordon

“…A correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-021-03593-5…”
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Correction to: Responses of Lotus corniculatus to environmental change. 4: Root carbohydrate levels at defoliation and regrowth climatic conditions are major drivers of phenolic content and forage quality by Morris, Phillip, Carter, Eunice B., Hauck, Barbara, Hughes, John-Wayne, Allison, Gordon, Theodorou, Michael K.

“…A correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-021-03594-4…”
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An Arduino based automatic pressure evaluation system to quantify growth of non‐model anaerobes in culture by Wilken, St. Elmo, Leggieri, Patrick A., Kerdman‐Andrade, Corey, Reilly, Matthew, Theodorou, Michael K., O'Malley, Michelle A.

“…Measuring the growth rate of non‐model anaerobic microbes typically requires the use of time‐consuming and often destructive manual measurements. Here, an…”
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Dewatering treatments to increase dry matter content of the brown seaweed, kelp (Laminaria digitata ((Hudson) JV Lamouroux)) by Gallagher, Joe A., Turner, Lesley B., Adams, Jessica M.M., Dyer, Philip W., Theodorou, Michael K.

“…•Treatments to dewater seaweed in preparation for ensiling have been investigated.•Air drying gave the most reliable increase in final dry matter…”
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