Genomics of wood-degrading fungi

Robin A. Ohm; Robert Riley; Asaf Salamov; Byoungnam Min; In Geol Choi; Igor V. Grigoriev

doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2014.05.001

Genomics of wood-degrading fungi

Robin A. Ohm^*
, Robert Riley
, Asaf Salamov
, Byoungnam Min
, In Geol Choi
, Igor V. Grigoriev

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Woody plants convert the energy of the sun into lignocellulosic biomass, which is an abundant substrate for bioenergy production. Fungi, especially wood decayers from the class Agaricomycetes, have evolved ways to degrade lignocellulose into its monomeric constituents, and understanding this process may facilitate the development of biofuels. Over the past decade genomics has become a powerful tool to study the Agaricomycetes. In 2004 the first sequenced genome of the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium revealed a rich catalog of lignocellulolytic enzymes. In the decade that followed the number of genomes of Agaricomycetes grew to more than 75 and revealed a diversity of wood-decaying strategies. New technologies for high-throughput functional genomics are now needed to further study these organisms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	82-90
Number of pages	9
Journal	Fungal Genetics and Biology
Volume	72
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2014.05.001
Publication status	Published - 2014 Nov 1

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Funding Information:
The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 .

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© 2014 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

Agaricomycetes
Comparative genomics
Fungal genomics
Lignocellulose degradation
Sequencing
Wood decay

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Microbiology
Genetics

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