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Category Archives: Fungi

8 Tips on Handling Microbial Cultures

28 October 2012by antoni1707 Leave a comment

Regardless of the assigned biosafety level, caution should be used when working with any microbial culture. Below we describe eight expert tips on how to handle microbial strains to prevent […]

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Cultivation, Fungi, Protocols

‘Zombie-ant’ fungus is under attack, research reveals

18 May 2012by antoni1707 Leave a comment

A parasite that fights the zombie-ant fungus has yielded some of its secrets to an international research team led by Penn State’s David Hughes. The research reveals, for the first […]

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Curiosities, Fungi, Research

Mushroom pharming: David Hartley considers whether mushrooms will be the new challenger for biomanufacturing

18 May 2012by antoni1707 1 Comment

by David Hartley An explosive growth in the requirement for recombinant protein drugs has been apparent since the turn of the millennium, and there has been much analysis and speculation […]

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Biofactories, Fungi

Spawn Preparation

18 May 2012by antoni1707 Leave a comment

Penn State Spawn Lab Procedures for Making Spawn In the spawn-production process, mycelium from a mushroom culture is placed onto steam-sterilized grain, and in time the mycelium completely grows through […]

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Cultivation, Fungi

Transgenic Mushrooms as Drug Biofactories

18 May 2012by antoni1707 Leave a comment

Genetically engineered mushrooms may serve as biofactories for the production of various drugs beneficial to humans. Dr. Charles Peter Romaine and colleagues at Penn State have been able to develop […]

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Biofactories, Fungi, Research

PDYA: POTATO DEXTROSE YEAST EXTRACT AGAR

18 May 2012by antoni1707 Leave a comment

Media Preparation Penn State Spawn Lab Procedure for Making PDYA PDYA: POTATO DEXTROSE YEAST EXTRACT AGAR To Make 1 Liter: 250 grams potatoes; Do not peel. Scrub clean, cutting out […]

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Cultivation, Fungi

Descobreixen al sud de Xile fongs que produeixen combustible dièsel

7 April 2012by antoni1707 Leave a comment

Científics nord-americans van descobrir a l’extrem austral d’Amèrica del Sud un fong que produeix combustible dièsel,  l’estudi fou divulgat en 2008 per la revista Microbiology. Els científics de la Universitat […]

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Applications, Fungi, Research

Genetically modified fungi kill malaria-causing parasites in mosquitoes

23 February 2012by antoni1707 Leave a comment

NIH-funded study finds way to reduce transmission of malaria to humans (2011) Spraying malaria-transmitting mosquitoes with a genetically modified fungus can kill the malaria parasite without harming the mosquito, potentially […]

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Applications, Biotechnology, Fungi

Gene transfer technology for mushrooms

23 January 2012by antoni1707 Leave a comment

By C. Peter Romaine (2003) Department of Plant Pathology The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Birth of Recombinant DNA Technology In the early 1970’s, California scientists first succeeded […]

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Applications, Biofactories, Fungi, Protocols

Senyal divina xD

5 November 2009by fungicultura Leave a comment

Avui en classe una companya m’explicava que gairebé la totalitat dels estudiants de la Llicenciatura de Biotecnologia eren allà per dedicar-se a la biomedicina humana, una possibilitat que mai havia […]

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Curiosities, Fungi

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