Heliyon,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(6), P. e27885 - e27885
Published: March 1, 2024
Yeasts
are
single-celled
fungi
that
widespread
around
the
globe.
They
part
of
a
community
microorganisms
use
wide
variety
habitats,
including
fruit
surfaces.
This
study
aimed
to
characterise
culturable
epiphytic
yeasts
associated
with
apple
fruits.
The
isolated
yeast
strains
were
identified
by
sequencing
5.8S-ITS
region
and
D1/D2
large
subunit
ribosomal
RNA
gene
maintained
for
long-term
storage.
A
total
230
isolates
belonging
33
species
recovered.
Most
collected
belonged
phylum
Basidiomycota.
Members
genera
Fungal Diversity,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
125(1), P. 1 - 71
Published: March 20, 2024
Abstract
The
field
of
mycology
has
grown
from
an
underappreciated
subset
botany,
to
a
valuable,
modern
scientific
discipline.
As
this
study
grown,
there
have
been
significant
contributions
science,
technology,
and
industry,
highlighting
the
value
fungi
in
era.
This
paper
looks
at
current
research,
along
with
existing
limitations,
suggests
future
areas
where
scientists
can
focus
their
efforts,
mycology.
We
show
how
become
important
emerging
diseases
medical
discuss
trends
potential
drug
novel
compound
discovery.
explore
phylogenomics,
its
potential,
outcomes
address
question
phylogenomics
be
applied
fungal
ecology.
In
addition,
functional
genomics
studies
are
discussed
importance
unravelling
intricate
mechanisms
underlying
behaviour,
interactions,
adaptations,
paving
way
for
comprehensive
understanding
biology.
look
research
building
materials,
they
used
as
carbon
sinks,
biocircular
economies.
numbers
always
great
interest
often
written
about
estimates
varied
greatly.
Thus,
we
needs
order
obtain
more
reliable
estimates.
aspects
machine
learning
(AI)
it
mycological
research.
Plant
pathogens
affecting
food
production
systems
on
global
scale,
such,
needed
area,
particularly
disease
detection.
latest
data
High
Throughput
Sequencing
if
still
gaining
new
knowledge
same
rate
before.
A
review
nanotechnology
is
provided
addressed.
Arbuscular
Mycorrhizal
Fungi
addressed
acknowledged.
Fungal
databases
becoming
important,
therefore
provide
major
databases.
Edible
medicinal
huge
medicines,
especially
Asia
prospects
discussed.
Lifestyle
changes
(e.g.,
endophytes,
pathogens,
and/or
saprobes)
also
extremely
trend
special
issue
Diversity.
Microorganisms,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
10(4), P. 794 - 794
Published: April 9, 2022
Yeasts
are
microscopic
fungi
inhabiting
all
Earth
environments,
including
those
inhospitable
for
most
life
forms,
considered
extreme
environments.
According
to
their
habitats,
yeasts
could
be
extremotolerant
or
extremophiles.
Some
polyextremophiles,
depending
on
growth
capacity,
tolerance,
and
survival
in
the
face
of
habitat’s
physical
chemical
constitution.
The
relevant
industrial
production
value-added
compounds,
such
as
biofuels,
lipids,
carotenoids,
recombinant
proteins,
enzymes,
among
others.
This
review
calls
attention
importance
metabolic
adaptive
aspects
tolerate
conditions
cold,
heat,
water
availability,
pH,
salinity,
osmolarity,
UV
radiation,
metal
toxicity,
which
biotechnological
applications.
We
explore
habitats
yeasts,
highlighting
key
species,
physiology,
adaptations,
molecular
identification.
Finally,
we
summarize
several
findings
related
industrially-important
extremophilic
describe
current
trends
applications
that
will
impact
bioeconomy.
Biotechnology Advances,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
59, P. 107981 - 107981
Published: May 14, 2022
Microbes
and
their
carbohydrate-active
enzymes
are
central
for
depolymerization
of
complex
lignocellulosic
polysaccharides
in
the
global
carbon
cycle.
Their
unique
abilities
to
degrade
ferment
carbohydrates
also
utilized
many
industrial
processes
such
as
baking,
brewing
production
biofuels
drugs.
Effective
degradation
utilization
cellulose
hemicelluloses
is
important
shift
towards
green
bioeconomy,
requires
microbes
equipped
with
proper
sets
(CAZymes).
Knowledge
cellulolytic
xylanolytic
CAZymes
has
mainly
been
generated
from
bacteria
filamentous
fungi,
while
yeasts
have
largely
overlooked
may
represent
an
untapped
resource
natural
relevance.
Cellulose
xylan-degrading
ability
saccharides
promising
candidates
consolidated
bioprocesses
(CBPs),
they
can
lignocellulose
utilize
its
constituents
produce
desired
products
at
same
time.
Cellulolytic
able
insoluble
crystalline
rare
rather
widespread
nature.
The
lack
particular
be
remediated
by
introducing
missing
into
strains
having
outstanding
product-forming
attributes.
In
this
review,
we
provide
a
comprehensive
overview
cellulose-
ascomycetous
basidiomycetous
known
date.
We
describe
how
these
identified
through
bioprospecting
bioinformatic
approaches
summarize
available
growth
enzymatic
assays
strain
characterization.
Known
predicted
extensively
analyzed,
both
individual
species
phylogenetic
perspective.
strategies
used
construction
recombinant
well
current
applications
polysaccharide-degrading
yeasts.
Finally,
discuss
great
potential
cell
factories,
identify
open
research
questions
suggestions
future
investigations.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
9(48)
Published: Nov. 29, 2023
How
the
multiple
facets
of
soil
fungal
diversity
vary
worldwide
remains
virtually
unknown,
hindering
management
this
essential
species-rich
group.
By
sequencing
high-resolution
DNA
markers
in
over
4000
topsoil
samples
from
natural
and
human-altered
ecosystems
across
all
continents,
we
illustrate
distributions
drivers
different
levels
taxonomic
phylogenetic
fungi
their
ecological
groups.
We
show
impact
precipitation
temperature
interactions
on
local
species
richness
(alpha
diversity)
climates.
Our
findings
reveal
how
drives
compositional
turnover
(beta
diversity,
linking
them
with
regional
(gamma
diversity).
integrate
into
principles
global
biodiversity
distribution
present
detailed
maps
for
conservation
modeling
processes.
npj Biodiversity,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3(1)
Published: Sept. 17, 2024
A
genomic
database
of
all
Earth's
eukaryotic
species
could
contribute
to
many
scientific
discoveries;
however,
only
a
tiny
fraction
have
information
available.
In
2018,
scientists
across
the
world
united
under
Earth
BioGenome
Project
(EBP),
aiming
produce
high-quality
reference
genomes
containing
~1.5
million
recognized
species.
As
European
node
EBP,
Reference
Genome
Atlas
(ERGA)
sought
implement
new
decentralised,
equitable
and
inclusive
model
for
producing
genomes.
For
this,
ERGA
launched
Pilot
establishing
first
distributed
genome
production
infrastructure
testing
it
on
98
from
33
countries.
Here
we
outline
explore
its
effectiveness
scaling
production,
whilst
considering
equity
inclusion.
The
outcomes
lessons
learned
provide
solid
foundation
while
offering
key
learnings
other
transnational,
national
resource
projects
EBP.
MycoKeys,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
113, P. 57 - 72
Published: Jan. 28, 2025
A
study
on
yeast
species
from
the
genera
Geotrichum
and
Magnusiomyces
in
southwest
central
China
was
conducted
based
morphological
molecular
phylogenetic
analyses
using
ITS
region
D1/D2
domain
of
LSU
rRNA
gene.
The
research
identified
two
new
species:
hubeiense
pitmudophilus
.
contributed
to
understanding
arthroconidial
diversity
fermentation
natural
environments
paved
way
for
future
taxonomic
ecological
studies.
Descriptions,
illustrations,
analysis
results
taxa
are
provided.