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Cordyceps militaris
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Agaricus blazei
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Flammulina velutipes
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Pleurotus eryngii
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Grifola frondosa
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Tremella fuciformis
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Hericium erinaceus
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Inonotus obliquus
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Phellinus linteus
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Antrodia camphorata
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Pholiota microspora
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Morchella esculenta
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Polyporus umbellatus
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Auricularia auricula-judae
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Yellow Morel · 2012 · Journal Article · Ecology of food and nutrition
Metal concentrations of wild edible mushrooms from Turkey.
In the present study, the contents of Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, Co, Ni, Pb, Cd, Cr, Al, Ca, Mg, and K in Agaricus campestris, Agrocybe cylindracea, Collybia dryophila, Helvella leucopus, Russula delica, Tricholoma auratum, Amanita ovoidea, Melanoleuca excissa, Rhizopogon roseolus, Russula chloroides, Volvoriella gloiocephala,….
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
Performance and penetration of laccase and ABTS inks on various printing substrates.
Introduction of an enzyme and a colour-forming reagent into paper enables the development of an authenticity indicator. The purpose of this work was to study the performance of Trametes versicolor laccase, TvL, and ABTS, 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) diammonium salt, in various printing….
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
Phytochemicals from Cunninghamia konishii Hayata act as antifungal agents.
The aims of the present study were to isolate and identify the antifungal compounds from the ethanolic extract of Cunninghamia konishii wood and to evaluate their antifungal activities against wood decay fungi. The results showed that the n-Hex soluble fraction of the ethanolic extract from C..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · International journal of oncology
Polysaccharide-K augments docetaxel-induced tumor suppression and antitumor immune response in an immunocompetent murine model of human prostate cancer.
Advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer has high mortality rates and limited treatment options. Novel therapies are needed to better contend with this disease.
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Biotechnology letters
Pre-treatment of Pinus radiata substrates by basidiomycetes fungi to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis
Pre-treatment is important step prior to enzymatic hydrolysis of ligno-cellulosic biomass in order to obtain renewable carbon source ca. glucose.
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Biotechnology letters
Pre-treatment of Pinus radiata substrates by basidiomycetes fungi to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis.
Pre-treatment is important step prior to enzymatic hydrolysis of ligno-cellulosic biomass in order to obtain renewable carbon source ca. glucose.
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Applied microbiology and biotechnology
Prolongation of electrode lifetime in biofuel cells by periodic enzyme renewal.
Enzymatically catalyzed biofuel cells show unique specificity and promise high power densities, but suffer from a limited lifetime due to enzyme deactivation. In the present work, we demonstrate a novel concept to extend the lifetime of a laccase-catalyzed oxygen reduction cathode in which we decouple the electrode….
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Applied and environmental microbiology
Protection of wood from microorganisms by laccase-catalyzed iodination.
In the present work, Norway spruce wood (Picea abies L.) was reacted with a commercial Trametes versicolor laccase in the presence of potassium iodide salt or the phenolic compounds thymol and isoeugenol to impart an antimicrobial property to the wood surface..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Journal of the American Chemical Society
Spectroscopic and crystallographic characterization of "alternative resting" and "resting oxidized" enzyme forms of bilirubin oxidase: implications for activity and electrochemical behavior of multicopper oxidases.
While there is broad agreement on the catalytic mechanism of multicopper oxidases (MCOs), the geometric and electronic structures of the resting trinuclear Cu cluster have been variable, and their relevance to catalysis has been debated..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Research Article · Iranian journal of environmental health science & engineering
Synthetic dye decolorization by three sources of fungal laccase.
Decolorization of six synthetic dyes using three sources of fungal laccase with the origin of Aspergillus oryzae, Trametes versicolor, and Paraconiothyrium variabile was investigated. Among them, the enzyme from P..
Niu-Chang-Chih · 2012 · Journal Article · Journal of cancer research and therapeutics
The in vivo antitumor effects on human COLO 205 cancer cells of the 4,7-dimethoxy-5-(2-propen-1-yl)-1,3-benzodioxole (apiole) derivative of 5-substituted 4,7-dimethoxy-5-methyl-l,3-benzodioxole (SY-1) isolated from the fruiting body of Antrodia camphorate.
CONTEXT: The compound 4,7-dimethoxy-5-(2-propen-1-yl)-1,3-benzodioxole (apiole) has been isolated from several different plant species, including Petroselinum sativum..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Research Article · AMB Express
The influence of moisture content variation on fungal pigment formation in spalted wood.
Eight fungal species known to produce wood pigmentation were tested for reaction to various moisture contents in two hardwood species. Fungal pigmentation by Trametes versicolor and Xylaria polymorpha was stimulated at low water concentrations in both Acer saccharum (sugar maple) and Fagus grandifolia (American….
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · PLoS pathogens
A permeable cuticle is associated with the release of reactive oxygen species and induction of innate immunity.
Wounded leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana show transient immunity to Botrytis cinerea, the causal agent of grey mould. Using a fluorescent probe, histological staining and a luminol assay, we now show that reactive oxygen species (ROS), including H(2)O(2) and O(2) (-), are produced within minutes after wounding..
Enoki · 2011 · Journal Article · Subtropical Plant Science
Amino acid and fatty acid compositions of Agrocybe chaxingu, an edible mushroom
The amino acid profiles and fatty acid composition of Agrocybe chaxingu were studied to evaluate the nutritional value of this species. The most abundant essential amino acid and non-essential amino acid were leucine and glutamate, respectively.
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Enzyme and microbial technology
Azo dye decolorization by a laccase/mediator system in a membrane reactor: enzyme and mediator reusability.
This paper presents the use of a membrane-integrated reactor system with recycling of laccase and mediator for azo dye decolorization. From initial screening of different laccases and mediators, Trametes versicolor laccase and syringaldehyde provided the best system for decolorization..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Bioresource technology
Biodegradation of tetrabromobisphenol A by oxidases in basidiomycetous fungi and estrogenic activity of the biotransformation products.
Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) degradation was investigated using white rot fungi and their oxidative enzymes. Strains of the Trametes, Pleurotus, Bjerkandera and Dichomitus genera eliminated almost 1 mM TBBPA within 4 days..
Maitake · 2011 · Research Article · Journal of ginseng research
Changes of ginsenoside content by mushroom mycelial fermentation in red ginseng extract.
To obtain microorganisms for the microbial conversion of ginsenosides in red ginseng extract (RGE), mushroom mycelia were used for the fermentation of RGE. After fermentation, total sugar contents and polyohenol contents of the RGEs fermented with various mushrooms were not a significant increase between RGE and the….
Enoki · 2011 · Journal Article · Food chemistry
Chemical composition and non-volatile components of Croatian wild edible mushrooms
The chemical composition (dry matter, crude protein, crude fat, total carbohydrates, and ash) and non-volatile components content (soluble sugars, free amino acids, and 5′-nucleotides) of 10 popular Croatian wild edible mushroom species (Agaricus campestris, Boletus edulis, Calocybe gambosa, Cantharellus cibarius,….
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Natural product communications
Composition and antifungal activities of the leaf essential oil of Neolitsea parvigemma from Taiwan.
The hydrodistillated leaf essential oil of Neolitsea parvigemma was analyzed to determine its composition and yield. Sixty-two compounds were identified, the main components being beta-caryophyllene (14.2%), beta-eudesmol (12.9%), alpha-cadinol (10.2%) and tau-cadinol (8.8%)..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Bioresource technology
Degradation of the antibiotics norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin by a white-rot fungus and identification of degradation products.
More than 90% of the antibiotics ciprofloxacin (CIPRO) and norfloxacin (NOR) at 2 mg L(-1) were degraded by Trametes versicolor after 7 days of incubation in malt extract liquid medium..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Journal of the American Chemical Society
Design parameters for tuning the type 1 Cu multicopper oxidase redox potential: insight from a combination of first principles and empirical molecular dynamics simulations.
The redox potentials and reorganization energies of the type 1 (T1) Cu site in four multicopper oxidases were calculated by combining first principles density functional theory (QM) and QM/MM molecular dynamics (MD) simulations..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Bioresource technology
Fungal solid state fermentation on agro-industrial wastes for acid wastewater decolorization in a continuous flow packed-bed bioreactor.
This study was aimed at developing a process of solid state fermentation (SSF) with the fungi Pleurotus ostreatus and Trametes versicolor on apple processing residues for wastewater decolorization. Both fungi were able to colonize apple residues without any addition of nutrients, material support or water.
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Applied microbiology and biotechnology
How is the reactivity of laccase affected by single-point mutations? Engineering laccase for improved activity towards sterically demanding substrates.
In spite of its broad specificity among phenols, Trametes versicolor laccase hardly succeeds in oxidizing hindered substrates. To improve the oxidation ability of this laccase towards bulky phenolic substrates, we designed a series of single-point mutants on the basis of the amino-acid layout inside the reducing….
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Talanta
Immobilization of laccase on polymer grafted polytetrafluoroethylene membranes for biosensor construction.
In this study, Trametes versicolor laccase was immobilized on polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membranes using two different techniques, entrapment to gelatin and covalent immobilization to the surface..
Maitake · 2011 · Journal Article · Food chemistry
Immunomodulatory effect of mushrooms on cytotoxic activity and cytokine production of intestinal lamina propria leukocytes does not necessarily depend on β-glucan contents.
We evaluated the effects of seven mushroom extracts (Grifola frondosa, Pholiota nameko, Panellus serotinus, Hypsizygus marmoreus, Pleurotus cornucopiae, Armillaria mellea, and Flammulina velutipes) on cytotoxic activity and cytokine production of lamina propria leukocytes (LPLs) isolated from rat small (S) and large….
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Journal of microbiological methods
Improved molecular methods to characterise Serpula lacrymans and other Basidiomycetes involved in wood decay.
Early detection of indoor wood-decay fungi is crucial to prevent building deterioration and thereby avoid considerable economic loss. Due to their increased sensitivity, two reliable DNA-based fingerprinting techniques, capillary electrophoresis single-strand conformation polymorphism (CE-SSCP) and denaturing….
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · The Analyst
In situ encapsulation of laccase in nanofibers by electrospinning for development of enzyme biosensors for chlorophenol monitoring.
A biosensor based on Trametes versicolor laccase (Lac) was developed for the determination of phenolic compounds. The biosensor was prepared by in situ electrospinning of a mixture of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), Lac, PEO-PPO-PEO (F108) and gold nanoparticles (Au NPs), where F108 was used as an enzyme stabilizing additive….
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Applied microbiology and biotechnology
Influence of growth regulators and elicitors on cell growth and α-tocopherol and pigment productions in cell cultures of Carthamus tinctorius L.
The present study examined the effects of plant growth hormones, incubation period, biotic (Trametes versicolor, Mucor sp., Penicillium notatum, Rhizopus stolonifer, and Fusarium oxysporum) and abiotic (NaCl, MgSO(4), FeSO(4), ZnSO(4), and FeCl(3)) elicitors on cell growth and α-tocopherol and pigment (red and yellow)….
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea)
Isolation and evaluation of terrestrial fungi with algicidal ability from Zijin Mountain, Nanjing, China.
Approximately 60 fungal isolates from Zijin Mountain (Nanjing, China) were screened to determine their algicidal ability. The results show that 8 fungi belonging to Ascomycota and 5 belonging to Basidiomycota have algicidal ability..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Enzyme and microbial technology
Laccase chloride inhibition reduction by an anthraquinonic substrate.
Due to their low substrate specificity, fungal laccases have a great potential in industrial applications, including the bioremediation of colored wastewaters from textile industry. However, the presence of halides in these effluents (up to 1M NaCl) which inhibit laccases is a drawback for bioremediation processes..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · World journal of microbiology & biotechnology
Lignin biodegradation and ligninolytic enzyme studies during biopulping of Acacia mangium wood chips by tropical white rot fungi.
White rot fungi are good lignin degraders and have the potential to be used in industry. In the present work, Phellinus sp., Daedalea sp., Trametes versicolor and Pycnoporus coccineus were selected due to their relatively high ligninolytic enzyme activity, and grown on Acacia mangium wood chips under solid state….
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · ACS applied materials & interfaces
Mild and highly flexible enzyme-catalyzed modification of poly(ethersulfone) membranes.
Poly(ethersulfone) (PES) membranes are widely used in industry for separation and purification purposes. However, the drawback of this type of membranes is fouling by proteins.
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Journal of biotechnology
Oxidation of galactomannan by laccase plus TEMPO yields an elastic gel.
Chemical modifications of galactomannans are applied to improve and/or modify their solubility, rheological and functional properties, but have limited specificity and are often difficult to control..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Applied microbiology and biotechnology
Oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by the bacterial laccase CueO from E. coli.
Laccases produced by white rot fungi are capable of rapidly oxidizing benzo[a]pyrene. We hypothesize that the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading bacteria producing laccase can enhance the degree of benzo[a]pyrene mineralization..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Biodegradation
Potential for bioremediation of agro-industrial effluents with high loads of pesticides by selected fungi.
Wastewaters from the fruit packaging industry contain a high pesticide load and require treatment before their environmental discharge. We provide first evidence for the potential bioremediation of these wastewaters..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Biomacromolecules
Printing of polymer microcapsules for enzyme immobilization on paper substrate.
Poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) microcapsules containing laccase from Trametes hirsuta (ThL) and Trametes versicolor (TvL) were printed onto paper substrate by three different methods: screen printing, rod coating, and flexo printing..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Systems and synthetic biology
Pushing the limits of automatic computational protein design: design, expression, and characterization of a large synthetic protein based on a fungal laccase scaffold.
UNLABELLED: The de novo engineering of new proteins will allow the design of complex systems in synthetic biology. But the design of large proteins is very challenging due to the large combinatorial sequence space to be explored and the lack of a suitable selection system to guide the evolution and optimization..
Maitake · 2011 · Journal Article · Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Sequencing Lys-N proteolytic peptides by ESI and MALDI tandem mass spectrometry.
In this study, we explored the MS/MS behavior of various synthetic peptides that possess a lysine residue at the N-terminal position. These peptides were designed to mimic peptides produced upon proteolysis by the Lys-N enzyme, a metalloendopeptidase issued from a Japanese fungus Grifola frondosa that was recently….
Mesima · 2011 · Research Article · Laboratory animal research
Single- and repeated-dose toxicities of aloe fermentation products in rats.
In this study, aloe fermentation products were derived from mycelia from 3 mushrooms: Ganoderma lucidum (AG), Hericium erinaceum (AH), and Phellinus linteus (AP). Levels of aloin A and B increased with fermentation time.
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Bioresource technology
The effects of fungi pre-treatment of poplar chips on the kraft fiber properties.
Poplar chips were pre-treated by Trametes versicolor for 1, 2 and 3 weeks. Pre-treated chips, after washing, have been air dried for kraft pulping to achieve pulp kappa number of about 20.
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
TLR2 agonist PSK activates human NK cells and enhances the antitumor effect of HER2-targeted monoclonal antibody therapy.
PURPOSE: The therapeutic effect of trastuzumab monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy has been shown to be partially dependent on functional natural killer (NK) cells. Novel agents that enhance NK cell function could potentially improve the antitumor effect of trastuzumab..
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Biodegradation
White-rot fungal conversion of wheat straw to energy rich cattle feed.
In order to improve the digestibility and nutrient availability in rumen, wheat straw was subjected to solid state fermentation (SSF) with white-rot fungi (i.e. Pleurotus ostreatus and Trametes versicolor) and the fermented biomass (called myco-straw) was evaluated for biochemical, enzymatic and nutritional….
Turkey Tail · 2011 · Journal Article · Mycologia
Wood decomposing abilities of diverse lignicolous fungi on nondecayed and decayed beech wood.
We tested the decay abilities of 28 isolates from 28 lignicolous fungal species (Basidiomycota, Ascomycota and Zygomycota) with the pure culture test. We used beech wood powder in varying moisture conditions and decay stages (nondecayed, intermediately decayed and well decayed) as substrates..
Turkey Tail · 2010 · Journal Article · Revista iberoamericana de micologia
[Development of a laminar bioadsorbent with hypertolerant Phanerochaete chrysosporium to Cd, Ni and Pb for wastewater treatment].
BACKGROUND: The use of basidiomycetes for metal removal is an alternative to traditional methods. In this, the biomass acts as a natural ionic exchanger removing metals from solution.
Turkey Tail · 2010 · Journal Article · Talanta
Amperometric biosensor based on a high resolution photopolymer deposited onto a screen-printed electrode for phenolic compounds monitoring in tea infusions.
An amperometric biosensor based on laccase, from Trametes versicolor (LTV), was developed and optimized for monitoring the phenolic compounds content in tea infusions..
Maitake · 2010 · Journal Article · Nihon Ishinkin Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of medical mycology
Anti-fungal Cell Wall β-glucan Antibody in Animal Sera
beta-Glucan is a major component of the cell walls and pathogen-associated microbial patterns of fungi. We previously reported the presence of an antibody which reacts to beta-glucan, anti-beta-glucan (BG) antibody, in human sera..
Turkey Tail · 2010 · Journal Article · Journal of chemical ecology
Antifungal abietane-type diterpenes from the cones of Taxodium distichum Rich.
The chemical composition of Taxodium distichum cones and the antifungal activities of twelve diterpenoids against two wood decay fungi, Trametes versicolor (white-rot) and Fomitopsis palustris (brown-rot) were examined..
Turkey Tail · 2010 · Journal Article · Chemico-biological interactions
Application of laccase-mediator system (LMS) for the degradation of organophosphorus compounds.
Degradation of organophosphorus compounds was achieved in the presence of purified fungal laccase from Trametes versicolor and a small molecular weight redox mediator (ABTS). This laccase-mediator system (LMS) catalyzed degradation of VX, PhX and VR while had no apparent effect on CVX, ecothiophate or demeton..
Turkey Tail · 2010 · Journal Article · Biosensors & bioelectronics
Carbon electrodes for direct electron transfer type laccase cathodes investigated by current density-cathode potential behavior.
Direct electron transfer from carbon electrodes to adsorbed laccase (EC 1.10.3.2) from Trametes versicolor is widely used to enable mediatorless enzymatic biofuel cell cathodes. However, data published so far are poorly comparable in terms of oxygen reduction performance..
Turkey Tail · 2010 · Journal Article · Environmental science and pollution research international
Degradation of phenols in olive oil mill wastewater by biological, enzymatic, and photo-Fenton oxidation.
BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE: Olive oil mill wastewater (OOMW) environmental impacts minimization have been attempted by developing more effective processes, but no chemical or biological treatments were found to be totally effective to mitigate their impact on receiving systems..