Anaerobic fungi: effective warriors in lignocellulosic biomass degradation and fermentation

Kovács, Etelka and Szűcs, Csilla and Juhász-Erdélyi, Annabella and Bagi, Zoltán and Kovács, Kornél Lajos (2025) Anaerobic fungi: effective warriors in lignocellulosic biomass degradation and fermentation. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY, 101 (11). No. fiaf108. ISSN 0168-6496

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Abstract

The significant advancements in understanding the roles of anaerobic fungi within microbial ecology have opened numerous avenues for biotechnological exploitation, particularly in enhancing the productivity of livestock. The efficient, unique, and complex enzyme systems of anaerobic fungi play a determining role in the metabolic conversion of lignocellulosic plant matter into animal products such as milk and meat by mammalian herbivores. Mitigation of methane emissions through microbial or dietary strategies in ruminants is a major environmental climate change issue. In turn, controlled management of the inter-kingdom syntrophic interactions among the eukaryotic anaerobic fungi, prokaryotic bacteria and archaea can lead to the production of valuable biofuels, (biomethane, biohydrogen, bioethanol), and organic acids. These products can also serve as building blocks in numerous processes to generate high value chemicals in circular bioeconomy.

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