Aestipascuomyces was the 19th anaerobic fungal genus described by two different research teams. The genus name is derived from the Latin words for summer (aestas) and pasture, indicating the apparent enrichment from the feces of barbary sheep and alpaca grazing on summer pasture.
Real Science Gallery: New Post!
New Real Science Gallery pictures will be posted here as soon as they are available. Colour mix swirling around in flasks during anaerobic medium preparation captured by Sophia Strobl & Julia Vinzelj (University of Innsbruck, HiPoAF project).
Real Science Gallery: New Post!
New Real Science Gallery pictures will be posted here as soon as they are available. Alissa Tophinke giving an on-site presentation at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) conference 2022 in Copenhagen.
Real Science Gallery: New Post!
New Real Science Gallery pictures will be posted here as soon as they are available. Bachelor students performing cultivation and isolating of anaerobic fungi in their practical course at ZHAW (Switzerland).
Featured genus: Agriosomyces
Agriosomyces was identified in 2020 as a part of a collaborative isolation effort that targeted a wide range of wild and zoo-kept herbivores (Hanafy et al, 2020). Like several other genera that have been described to date, Agriosomyces has a monocentric sporangium, filamentous rhizomycelium and monoflagellated zoospores. The genus name, Agriosomyces, is derived from the Greek word for wild: Agrios. … Continue reading Featured genus: Agriosomyces
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New Real Science Gallery pictures will be posted here as soon as they are available. Post experimental clean up by Leonie Sonderegger & Julia Vinzelj at University of Innsbruck.
International Anaerobic Fungi Congress (IAFC) 2022
The first International Anaerobic Fungi Congress will take place on 14th September 2022 and will be held virtually. Register here for free For any enquiries related to IAFC 2022, please contact us at iafc2022@anaerobicfungi.org Read more about IAFC 2022 here
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New Real Science Gallery pictures will be posted here as soon as they are available. Purification of heterologously expressed cellulase protein of anaerobic fungi by Zhenxiang Meng, Nanjing Agricultural University, China.
Real Science Gallery update
New Real Science Gallery pictures will be posted here as soon as they are available. Julia Vinzelj (PhD student, UIBK) is processing the Marmot faecal sample for enriching the anaerobic fungi.
Next featured genus: Liebetanzomyces
Liebetanzomyces was the eleventh anaerobic fungal genus to be described. Liebetanzomyces is morphologically similar to Piromyces, Buwchfawromyces, Pecoramyces and Oontomyces due to it having a monocentric thallus and monoflagellated zoospores. In contrast, on the molecular level, it is similar to the polycentric genus Anaeromyces. The genus Liebetanzomyces was named by Joshi et al in 2018 … Continue reading Next featured genus: Liebetanzomyces