Anaerobic gut fungi as biocatalysts: metabolic and physiological analysis of anaerobic gut fungi under diverse cultivation conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anaerobic gut fungi, known for their diverse carbohydrate-active enzymes and hydrogen production, have promising potential for the valorization of lignocellulosic materials. Despite being classified nearly 50 years ago and re-categorized into the phylum Neocallimastigomycota in 2007, their growth conditions and metabolism remain largely underexplored. This study investigates the metabolic responses of Aestipascuomyces dupliciliberans, Caecomyces churrovis, Khyollomyces ramosus, Orpinomyces joyonii, Pecoramyces ruminantium, and Neocallimastix cameroonii under various conditions, including different growth temperatures, wheat straw particle sizes, alternative carbon sources, and cultivation methods.

Results

Strain-specific differences were obser

SUBMITTER: Schulz KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12492954 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature