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Kollath-Leiß K, Yang Q, Winter H, Kempken F. Complementation of an Eisosomal Yeast pil1 Mutant and Characteristics of Eisosomal Distribution in Hyphae of Neurospora crassa Germinating from Two Different Spore Types. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:jof9020147. [PMID: 36836262 PMCID: PMC9964885 DOI: 10.3390/jof9020147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Eisosomes are plasma-membrane-associated protein complexes of fungi and algae involved in various cellular processes. The eisosome composition of the budding yeast is well described, but there is a limited number of studies only about eisosomes in filamentous fungi. In our study, we examined the Neurospora crassa LSP-1 protein (NcLSP1). By complementing a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Δpil1 mutant strain with nclsp1, we show the functional homology of the NcLSP1 to yeast PIL1 rather than to yeast LSP1 and hereby confirm that the NcLSP1 is an eisosomal core protein and suitable eisosomal marker. The subsequent cloning and expression of the nclsp1::trfp reporter gene construct in N. crassa allowed for a systematical investigation of the characteristics of eisosome formation and distribution in different developmental stages. In N. crassa, the hyphae germinating from sexual and asexual spores are morphologically identical and have been historically recognized as the same type of cells. Here, we demonstrate the structural differences on the cellular level between the hyphae germinating from sexual and asexual spores.
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Genomics- and Metabolomics-Based Investigation of the Deep-Sea Sediment-Derived Yeast, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa 50-3-19/20B. Mar Drugs 2020; 19:md19010014. [PMID: 33396687 PMCID: PMC7823890 DOI: 10.3390/md19010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Red yeasts of the genus Rhodotorula are of great interest to the biotechnological industry due to their ability to produce valuable natural products, such as lipids and carotenoids with potential applications as surfactants, food additives, and pharmaceuticals. Herein, we explored the biosynthetic potential of R. mucilaginosa 50-3-19/20B collected from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge using modern genomics and untargeted metabolomics tools. R. mucilaginosa 50-3-19/20B exhibited anticancer activity when grown on PDA medium, while antimicrobial activity was observed when cultured on WSP-30 medium. Applying the bioactive molecular networking approach, the anticancer activity was linked to glycolipids, namely polyol esters of fatty acid (PEFA) derivatives. We purified four PEFAs (1–4) and the known methyl-2-hydroxy-3-(1H-indol-2-yl)propanoate (5). Their structures were deduced from NMR and HR-MS/MS spectra, but 1–5 showed no anticancer activity in their pure form. Illumina-based genome sequencing, de novo assembly and standard biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) analyses were used to illustrate key components of the PEFA biosynthetic pathway. The fatty acid producing BGC3 was identified to be capable of producing precursors of PEFAs. Some Rhodotorula strains are able to convert inulin into high-yielding PEFA and cell lipid using a native exo-inulinase enzyme. The genomic locus for an exo-inulinase enzyme (g1629.t1), which plays an instrumental role in the PEFA production via the mannitol biosynthesis pathway, was identified. This is the first untargeted metabolomics study on R. mucilaginosa providing new genomic insights into PEFA biosynthesis.
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Yang Q, Kempken F. The Composition and the Structure of MCC/Eisosomes in Neurospora crassa. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:2115. [PMID: 33071997 PMCID: PMC7533531 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.02115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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MCC/eisosomes are protein-organized domains in the plasma membrane of fungi and algae. However, the composition and function(s) of MCC/eisosomes in the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa were previously unknown. To identify proteins that localize to MCC/eisosomes in N. crassa, we isolated proteins that co-purified with the core MCC/eisosome protein LSP-1, which was tagged with GFP. Proteins that co-fractionated with LSP-1:GFP were then identified by mass spectrometry. Eighteen proteins were GFP-tagged and used to identify six proteins that highly colocalized with the MCC/eisosome marker LSP-1:RFP, while five other proteins showed partial overlap with MCC/eisosomes. Seven of these proteins showed amino acid sequence homology with proteins known to localize to MCC/eisosomes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, homologs of three proteins known to localize to MCC/eisosomes in S. cerevisiae (Can1, Pkh1/2, and Fhn1) were not found to colocalize with MCC/eisosome proteins in N. crassa by fluorescence microscopy. Interestingly, one new eisosome protein (glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase, gene ID: NCU07366) was detected in our studies. These findings demonstrate that there are interspecies differences of the protein composition of MCC/eisosomes. To gain further insight, molecular modeling and bioinformatics analysis of the identified proteins were used to propose the organization of MCC/eisosomes in N. crassa. A model will be discussed for how the broad range of functions predicted for the proteins localized to MCC/eisosomes, including cell wall synthesis, response and signaling, transmembrane transport, and actin organization, suggests that MCC/eisosomes act as organizing centers in the plasma membrane.
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- Qin Yang
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Botanical Institute and Botanic Garden, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Botanical Institute and Botanic Garden, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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Ma Y, Ji Y, Yang J, Li W, Li J, Cen W, Wang Y, Feng W. Deletion of bem46 retards spore germination and may be related to the polar growth of Aspergillus fumigatus. Med Mycol 2020; 58:690-697. [PMID: 31711175 DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myz108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bud emergence 46 (BEM46), a member of the α/β hydrolase superfamily, has been reported to be essential for polarized growth in Neurospora crassa. However, the role of BEM46 in aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) remains unclear. In this study, we constructed an A. fumigatus strain expressing BEM46 fused with enhanced green fluorescent protein, and a Δbem46 mutant, to explore the localization and the role of growth of BEM46 in A. fumigatus, respectively. Confocal laser scanning microscopy revealed that BEM46 was dominantly expressed in the sites where hyphae germinated from conidia in A. fumigatus. When compared with the control strain, the Δbem46 mutant exhibited insignificant morphological changes but delayed germination. No significant changes were found regarding the radial growth of both strains in response to various antifungal agents. These results suggest that BEM46 plays an essential role in timely germination in A. fumigatus. From the observation of fluorescence localization, we infer that that BEM46 might be involved in polarized growth in A. fumigatus.
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- Yan Ma
- Department of Dermatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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Zhang H, Wang R, Wang H, Liu B, Xu M, Guan Y, Yang Y, Qin L, Chen E, Li F, Huang R, Zhou Y. Heterogeneous root zone salinity mitigates salt injury to Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench in a split-root system. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0227020. [PMID: 31887166 PMCID: PMC6936808 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The heterogeneous distribution of soil salinity across the rhizosphere can moderate salt injury and improve sorghum growth. However, the essential molecular mechanisms used by sorghum to adapt to such environmental conditions remain uncharacterized. The present study evaluated physiological parameters such as the photosynthetic rate, antioxidative enzyme activities, leaf Na+ and K+ contents, and osmolyte contents and investigated gene expression patterns via RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis under various conditions of nonuniformly distributed salt. Totals of 5691 and 2047 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the leaves and roots, respectively, were identified by RNA-seq under nonuniform (NaCl-free and 200 mmol·L-1 NaCl) and uniform (100 mmol·L-1 and 100 mmol·L-1 NaCl) salinity conditions. The expression of genes related to photosynthesis, Na+ compartmentalization, phytohormone metabolism, antioxidative enzymes, and transcription factors (TFs) was enhanced in leaves under nonuniform salinity stress compared with uniform salinity stress. Similarly, the expression of the majority of aquaporins and essential mineral transporters was upregulated in the NaCl-free root side in the nonuniform salinity treatment, whereas abscisic acid (ABA)-related and salt stress-responsive TF transcripts were more abundant in the high-saline root side in the nonuniform salinity treatment. In contrast, the expression of the DEGs identified in the nonuniform salinity treatment remained virtually unaffected and was even downregulated in the uniform salinity treatment. The transcriptome findings might be supportive of the increased photosynthetic rate, reduced Na+ levels, increased antioxidative capability in the leaves and, consequently, the growth recovery of sorghum under nonuniform salinity stress as well as the inhibited sorghum growth under uniform salinity conditions. The increased expression of salt resistance genes activated in response to the nonuniform salinity distribution implied that the cross-talk between the nonsaline and high-saline sides of the roots exposed to nonuniform salt stress is potentially regulated.
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- Huawen Zhang
- Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Featured Crops, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Featured Crops, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Featured Crops, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Featured Crops, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Featured Crops, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Featured Crops, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Featured Crops, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Featured Crops, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Featured Crops, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Featured Crops, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Yeast two-hybrid screening reveals a dual function for the histone acetyltransferase GcnE by controlling glutamine synthesis and development in Aspergillus fumigatus. Curr Genet 2018; 65:523-538. [DOI: 10.1007/s00294-018-0891-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Sardar P, Kempken F. Characterization of indole-3-pyruvic acid pathway-mediated biosynthesis of auxin in Neurospora crassa. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0192293. [PMID: 29420579 PMCID: PMC5805262 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Plants, bacteria and some fungi are known to produce indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) by employing various pathways. Among these pathways, the indole-3-pyruvic acid (IPA) pathway is the best studied in green plants and plant-associated beneficial microbes. While IAA production circuitry in plants has been studied for decades, little is known regarding the IAA biosynthesis pathway in fungal species. Here, we present the first data for IAA-producing genes and the associated biosynthesis pathway in a non-pathogenic fungus, Neurospora crassa. For this purpose, we used a computational approach to determine the genes and outlined the IAA production circuitry in N. crassa. We then validated these data with experimental evidence. Here, we describe the homologous genes that are present in the IPA pathway of IAA production in N. crassa. High-performance liquid chromatography and thin-layer chromatography unambiguously identified IAA, indole-3-lactic acid (ILA) and tryptophol (TOL) from cultures supplemented with tryptophan. Deletion of the gene (cfp) that encodes the enzyme indole-3-pyruvate decarboxylase, which converts IPA to indole-3-acetaldehyde (IAAld), results in an accumulation of higher levels of ILA in the N. crassa culture medium. A double knock-out strain (Δcbs-3;Δahd-2) for the enzyme IAAld dehydrogenase, which converts IAAld to IAA, shows a many fold decrease in IAA production compared with the wild type strain. The Δcbs-3;Δahd-2 strain also displays slower conidiation and produces many fewer conidiospores than the wild type strain.
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- Puspendu Sardar
- Abteilung Botanische Genetik und Molekularbiologie, Botanisches Institut und Botanischer Garten, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
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- Abteilung Botanische Genetik und Molekularbiologie, Botanisches Institut und Botanischer Garten, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
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An inducible tool for random mutagenesis in Aspergillus niger based on the transposon Vader. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:6309-6317. [PMID: 27003267 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7438-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The ascomycete Aspergillus niger is widely used in the biotechnology, for instance in producing most of the world's citric acid. It is also known as a major food and feed contaminant. While generation of gene knockouts for functional genomics has become feasible in ku70 mutants, analyzing gene functions or metabolic pathways remains a laborious task. An unbiased transposon-based mutagenesis approach may aid this process of analyzing gene functions by providing mutant libraries in a short time. The Vader transposon is a non-autonomous DNA-transposon, which is activated by the homologous tan1-transposase. However, in the most commonly used lab strain of A. niger (N400 strain and derivatives), we found that the transposase, encoded by the tan1 gene, is mutated and inactive. To establish a Vader transposon-based mutagenesis system in the N400 background, we expressed the functional transposase of A. niger strain CBS 513.88 under the control of an inducible promoter based on the Tet-on system, which is activated in the presence of the antibiotic doxycycline (DOX). Increasing amounts of doxycycline lead to higher Vader excision frequencies, whereas little to none activity of Vader was observed without addition of doxycycline. Hence, this system appears to be suitable for producing stable mutants in the A. niger N400 background.
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Kumar A, Henrissat B, Arvas M, Syed MF, Thieme N, Benz JP, Sørensen JL, Record E, Pöggeler S, Kempken F. De Novo Assembly and Genome Analyses of the Marine-Derived Scopulariopsis brevicaulis Strain LF580 Unravels Life-Style Traits and Anticancerous Scopularide Biosynthetic Gene Cluster. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0140398. [PMID: 26505484 PMCID: PMC4624724 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The marine-derived Scopulariopsis brevicaulis strain LF580 produces scopularides A and B, which have anticancerous properties. We carried out genome sequencing using three next-generation DNA sequencing methods. De novo hybrid assembly yielded 621 scaffolds with a total size of 32.2 Mb and 16298 putative gene models. We identified a large non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene (nrps1) and supporting pks2 gene in the same biosynthetic gene cluster. This cluster and the genes within the cluster are functionally active as confirmed by RNA-Seq. Characterization of carbohydrate-active enzymes and major facilitator superfamily (MFS)-type transporters lead to postulate S. brevicaulis originated from a soil fungus, which came into contact with the marine sponge Tethya aurantium. This marine sponge seems to provide shelter to this fungus and micro-environment suitable for its survival in the ocean. This study also builds the platform for further investigations of the role of life-style and secondary metabolites from S. brevicaulis.
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- Abhishek Kumar
- Department of Genetics & Molecular Biology in Botany, Institute of Botany, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Aix-Marseille Université, 13288 Marseille, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS UMR 7257, 13288 Marseille, France
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Tietotie 2, FI-02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Tietotie 2, FI-02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland
- Biocomputing Platforms Ltd, Tekniikantie 14, FI-02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Holzforschung München, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, Freising, Germany
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- Holzforschung München, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Niels Bohrs Vej 8, DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark
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- INRA, UMR1163 Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, Aix-Marseille Université, Polytech Marseille, 163 avenue de Luminy, CP 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, INRA, UMR1163 Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy-Polytech, CP 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Genetics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Genetics & Molecular Biology in Botany, Institute of Botany, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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