Journal article
Current challenges of research on filamentous fungi in relation to human welfare and a sustainable bio-economy: a white paper
Technical University of Berlin1
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg2
Department of Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark3
Eukaryotic Molecular Cell Biology, Section for Synthetic Biology, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark4
Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas5
Leiden University6
Ceratium Ltd.7
Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark8
Network Engineering of Eukaryotic Cell factories, Section for Synthetic Biology, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark9
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute10
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen11
University of Liverpool12
Utrecht University13
AB Enzymes GmbH14
Novozymes A/S15
...and 5 moreThe EUROFUNG network is a virtual centre of multidisciplinary expertise in the field of fungal biotechnology. The first academic-industry Think Tank was hosted by EUROFUNG to summarise the state of the art and future challenges in fungal biology and biotechnology in the coming decade. Currently, fungal cell factories are important for bulk manufacturing of organic acids, proteins, enzymes, secondary metabolites and active pharmaceutical ingredients in white and red biotechnology.
In contrast, fungal pathogens of humans kill more people than malaria or tuberculosis. Fungi are significantly impacting on global food security, damaging global crop production, causing disease in domesticated animals, and spoiling an estimated 10 % of harvested crops. A number of challenges now need to be addressed to improve our strategies to control fungal pathogenicity and to optimise the use of fungi as sources for novel compounds and as cell factories for large scale manufacture of bio-based products.
This white paper reports on the discussions of the Think Tank meeting and the suggestions made for moving fungal bio(techno)logy forward.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Year: | 2016 |
Pages: | 6 |
ISSN: | 20543085 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1186/s40694-016-0024-8 |
ORCIDs: | Andersen, Mikael Rørdam and Mortensen, Uffe Hasbro |