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The termite fungal cultivar Termitomyces combines diverse enzymes and oxidative reactions for plant biomass conversion
Felix Schalk, View ORCID ProfileCene Gostinčar, Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Benjamin H. Conlon, Elisabeth Sommerwerk, Patrick Rabe, Immo Burkhardt, View ORCID ProfileThomas Krüger, Olaf Kniemeyer, View ORCID ProfileAxel A. Brakhage, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Jeroen S. Dickschat, View ORCID ProfileMichael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.13.426627
Felix Schalk
1Group of Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host Interactions, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Beutenbergstraße 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany, E-mail:
Cene Gostinčar
2Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3Lars Bolund Institute of Regenerative Medicine, BGI-Qingdao, Qingdao 266555, China
Nina B. Kreuzenbeck
1Group of Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host Interactions, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Beutenbergstraße 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany, E-mail:
Benjamin H. Conlon
4Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Elisabeth Sommerwerk
1Group of Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host Interactions, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Beutenbergstraße 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany, E-mail:
Patrick Rabe
5Kekulé-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Immo Burkhardt
5Kekulé-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Thomas Krüger
6Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Beutenbergstraße 11a, 07745 Jena
Olaf Kniemeyer
6Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Beutenbergstraße 11a, 07745 Jena
Axel A. Brakhage
6Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Beutenbergstraße 11a, 07745 Jena
Nina Gunde-Cimerman
2Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Z. Wilhelm de Beer
7Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0002, Pretoria, South Africa
Jeroen S. Dickschat
5Kekulé-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Straße 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Michael Poulsen
4Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Christine Beemelmanns
1Group of Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host Interactions, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Beutenbergstraße 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany, E-mail:

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Posted January 15, 2021.
The termite fungal cultivar Termitomyces combines diverse enzymes and oxidative reactions for plant biomass conversion
Felix Schalk, Cene Gostinčar, Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Benjamin H. Conlon, Elisabeth Sommerwerk, Patrick Rabe, Immo Burkhardt, Thomas Krüger, Olaf Kniemeyer, Axel A. Brakhage, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Jeroen S. Dickschat, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns
bioRxiv 2021.01.13.426627; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.13.426627
The termite fungal cultivar Termitomyces combines diverse enzymes and oxidative reactions for plant biomass conversion
Felix Schalk, Cene Gostinčar, Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Benjamin H. Conlon, Elisabeth Sommerwerk, Patrick Rabe, Immo Burkhardt, Thomas Krüger, Olaf Kniemeyer, Axel A. Brakhage, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Jeroen S. Dickschat, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns
bioRxiv 2021.01.13.426627; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.13.426627
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