The EUROFUNG network is a virtual centre of multidisciplinary expertise in the field of
fungal biotechnology. The first academic-industry Think Tank was hosted by EUROFUNG to …

In 1917, a food chemist named James Currie made a promising discovery: any strain of the
filamentous mould Aspergillus niger would produce high concentrations of citric acid when …

Destruction of the pulmonary epithelium is a major feature of lung diseases caused by the
mould pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Although it is widely postulated that tissue invasion is …

The CRISPR/Cas9 system is a revolutionary genome editing tool. However, in eukaryotes,
search and optimization of a suitable promoter for guide RNA expression is a significant …

Filamentous fungi are harnessed as cell factories for the production of a diverse range of
organic acids, proteins, and secondary metabolites. Growth and morphology have critical …

Aspergillus fumigatus is a versatile fungus able to successfully exploit diverse environments
from mammalian lungs to agricultural waste products. Among its many fitness attributes are …

The implementation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a transformation tool revolutionized
approaches to discover and understand gene functions in a large number of fungal species. A. …

Some isolates of the opportunistic human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus are known
to be infected with mycoviruses. The dsRNA genomes of two of these mycoviruses, which …

A significant challenge in our understanding of biological systems is the high number of
genes with unknown function in many genomes. The fungal genus Aspergillus contains …

Background Fungal fermentation is used to produce a diverse repertoire of enzymes, chemicals,
and drugs for various industries. During submerged cultivation, filamentous fungi form a …