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Category: Facts

August 14, 2018April 6, 2023 Joan Edwards Facts, Publications

Feramyces austinii – new genus!

The previously uncultured AL6 clade has now been isolated and named Feramyces. More details can be found in the associated published article, which you can find here.

June 7, 2017April 6, 2023 Joan Edwards Facts, Publications

And then there was nine…..

A new anaerobic fungal genus - Pecoramyces - has just been described, and the corresponding paper can be found here. The type strain, Pecoramyces ruminantium C1A (formerly known as Orpinomyces sp. C1A), has already had its genome and transcriptome sequenced.

January 27, 2015April 6, 2023 Joan Edwards Facts

What they do best…

Anaerobic fungi are very effective at breaking down complex lignocellulosic substrates, using both physical penetration and enzymatic degradation. Their enzymes are some of the most potent in the known biological world!

January 27, 2015April 6, 2023 Joan Edwards Facts, Publications

How many genera?

Six genera of anaerobic fungi are currently recognised, but recent studies have shown there is at least ten more that are likely to exist! One of the latest papers on this topic is: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0091928  

November 27, 2014April 6, 2023 Joan Edwards Facts

A case of mistaken identity…..

Did you know that despite the discovery of anaerobic fungal zoospores in the rumen being first reported back in 1910, it wasn't until the ground breaking work of Colin Orpin in the 1970's that they were recognised as fungi. They had been mistakenly identified as flagellated protozoa for over 60 years!

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  • Joan Edwards collecting faeces at the Donkey Sanctuary (Sidmouth, UK) for hindgut microbiota analysis as part of her Marie Curie funded EQUIANFUN project.
  • Wantanasak Suksong picking up faecal samples at Alpenzoo, Austria for culturing anaerobic fungi.
  • Lokesh S. Mane, a project trainee with Dr Sumit Singh Dagar growing the anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces at the Agharkar Research Institute (Pune, India) for bioaugmentation in rice straw fed anaerobic digester.
  • Liren Huang and Sophia Strobl marvel at anaerobic fungi through microscopes.
  • Xiaojing Liu is analyzing the sequencing data at Nanjing Agricultural University, China.
  • Rob Gruninger busy processing rumen samples for a research project.
  • Bachelor students isolating anaerobic fungi in their practical course at ZHAW (Switzerland).
  • Hongjian Dai is reading the literature related to fiber degrading enzymes at Nanjing Agricultural University, China.
  • Lona Mosberger and Joshi Akshay from Zurich University of Applied Sciences on a trip to collect wild animal faeces for analysis.
  • Post experimental clean up by Leonie Sonderegger & Julia Vinzelj at University of Innsbruck.
  • Purification of heterologously expressed cellulase protein of anaerobic fungi by Zhenxiang Meng, Nanjing Agricultural University, China.
  • Colour mix swirling around in flasks during anaerobic medium preparation captured by Sophia Strobl & Julia Vinzelj (University of Innsbruck, HiPoAF project).
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