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| 2 | Current challenges of research on filamentous fungi in relation to human welfare and a sustainable bio-economy: a white paper | Fungal Biology and Biotechnology | 2016 | 264 |
| 3 | Regulators of plant biomass degradation in ascomycetous fungi | Biotechnology for Biofuels | 2017 | 228 |
| 4 | Investigation of inter- and intraspecies variation through genome sequencing of Aspergillus section Nigri | Nature Genetics | 2018 | 203 |
| 5 | Expansion of Signal Transduction Pathways in Fungi by Extensive Genome Duplication | Current Biology | 2016 | 194 |
| 6 | A comparative genomics study of 23 Aspergillus species from section Flavi | Nature Communications | 2020 | 184 |
| 7 | Diversity of fungal feruloyl esterases: updated phylogenetic classification, properties, and industrial applications | Biotechnology for Biofuels | 2016 | 163 |
| 8 | Closely related fungi employ diverse enzymatic strategies to degrade plant biomass | Biotechnology for Biofuels | 2015 | 131 |
| 9 | Bacillus subtilis attachment to Aspergillus niger hyphae results in mutually altered metabolism | Environmental Microbiology | 2015 | 126 |
| 10 | A comparison between the homocyclic aromatic metabolic pathways from plant-derived compounds by bacteria and fungi | Biotechnology Advances | 2019 | 124 |
| 11 | Protease and lipase activities of fungal and bacterial strains derived from an artisanal raw ewe's milk cheese | International Journal of Food Microbiology | 2016 | 90 |
| 12 | Selective Cleavage of Lignin β-O-4 Aryl Ether Bond by β-Etherase of the White-Rot Fungus Dichomitus squalens | ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering | 2018 | 90 |
| 13 | Combinatorial control of gene expression in Aspergillus niger grown on sugar beet pectin | Scientific Reports | 2017 | 76 |
| 14 | The transcriptional activator GaaR of Aspergillus niger is required for release and utilization of d‐galacturonic acid from pectin | FEBS Letters | 2016 | 75 |
| 15 | Occurrence and function of enzymes for lignocellulose degradation in commercial Agaricus bisporus cultivation | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 2017 | 73 |
| 16 | From lignocellulose to plastics: Knowledge transfer on the degradation approaches by fungi | Biotechnology Advances | 2021 | 73 |
| 17 | Developments and opportunities in fungal strain engineering for the production of novel enzymes and enzyme cocktails for plant biomass degradation | Biotechnology Advances | 2019 | 62 |
| 18 | Heterologous protein production in filamentous fungi | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 2023 | 62 |
| 19 | Expanding the feruloyl esterase gene family of Aspergillus niger by characterization of a feruloyl esterase, FaeC | New Biotechnology | 2017 | 60 |
| 20 | The molecular response of the white‐rot fungus Dichomitus squalens to wood and non‐woody biomass as examined by transcriptome and exoproteome analyses | Environmental Microbiology | 2017 | 60 |
| 21 | Sugar Catabolism in Aspergillus and Other Fungi Related to the Utilization of Plant Biomass | Advances in Applied Microbiology | 2015 | 59 |
| 22 | In Silico Analysis of Putative Sugar Transporter Genes in Aspergillus niger Using Phylogeny and Comparative Transcriptomics | Frontiers in Microbiology | 2018 | 59 |
| 23 | Uncovering the abilities of Agaricus bisporus to degrade plant biomass throughout its life cycle | Environmental Microbiology | 2015 | 54 |
| 24 | Fungal xylanolytic enzymes: Diversity and applications | Bioresource Technology | 2022 | 54 |
| 25 | Genomic and Postgenomic Diversity of Fungal Plant Biomass Degradation Approaches | Trends in Microbiology | 2020 | 51 |
| 26 | Engineering of primary carbon metabolism in filamentous fungi | Biotechnology Advances | 2020 | 51 |
| 27 | Discovery of Novel p-Hydroxybenzoate-m-hydroxylase, Protocatechuate 3,4 Ring-Cleavage Dioxygenase, and Hydroxyquinol 1,2 Ring-Cleavage Dioxygenase from the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus niger | ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering | 2019 | 50 |
| 28 | CRISPR/Cas9 technology enables the development of the filamentous ascomycete fungus Penicillium subrubescens as a new industrial enzyme producer | Enzyme and Microbial Technology | 2020 | 50 |
| 29 | Feruloyl Esterases for Biorefineries: Subfamily Classified Specificity for Natural Substrates | Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology | 2020 | 49 |
| 30 | Volatile compound profiling of Turkish Divle Cave cheese during production and ripening | Journal of Dairy Science | 2016 | 48 |
| 31 | Comparative analysis of basidiomycete transcriptomes reveals a core set of expressed genes encoding plant biomass degrading enzymes | Fungal Genetics and Biology | 2018 | 48 |
| 32 | Strategies for the Development of Industrial Fungal Producing Strains | Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland) | 2023 | 47 |
| 33 | Genomic and Genetic Insights Into a Cosmopolitan Fungus, Paecilomyces variotii (Eurotiales) | Frontiers in Microbiology | 2018 | 45 |
| 34 | ARA1 regulates not only l‐arabinose but also d‐galactose catabolism in Trichoderma reesei | FEBS Letters | 2018 | 44 |
| 35 | Genetic Interaction of Aspergillus nidulans galR, xlnR and araR in Regulating D-Galactose and L-Arabinose Release and Catabolism Gene Expression | PLoS ONE | 2015 | 44 |
| 36 | The fungus Aspergillus niger consumes sugars in a sequential manner that is not mediated by the carbon catabolite repressor CreA | Scientific Reports | 2018 | 43 |
| 37 | Vanillic acid and methoxyhydroquinone production from guaiacyl units and related aromatic compounds using Aspergillus niger cell factories | Microbial Cell Factories | 2021 | 43 |
| 38 | Dichomitus squalens partially tailors its molecular responses to the composition of solid wood | Environmental Microbiology | 2018 | 42 |
| 39 | The draft genome sequence of the ascomycete fungus Penicillium subrubescens reveals a highly enriched content of plant biomass related CAZymes compared to related fungi | Journal of Biotechnology | 2017 | 41 |
| 40 | On the origin of vanillyl alcohol oxidases | Fungal Genetics and Biology | 2018 | 41 |
| 41 | Conserved white-rot enzymatic mechanism for wood decay in the Basidiomycota genus Pycnoporus | DNA Research | 2020 | 41 |
| 42 | Characterization and biotechnological application of recombinant xylanases from Aspergillus nidulans | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 2016 | 39 |
| 43 | Characterization of a feruloyl esterase from Aspergillus terreus facilitates the division of fungal enzymes from Carbohydrate Esterase family 1 of the carbohydrate‐active enzymes (CAZy) database | Microbial Biotechnology | 2018 | 39 |
| 44 | CRISPR/Cas9 facilitates rapid generation of constitutive forms of transcription factors in Aspergillus niger through specific on-site genomic mutations resulting in increased saccharification of plant biomass | Enzyme and Microbial Technology | 2020 | 39 |
| 45 | N -acetylglucosamine, the building block of chitin, inhibits growth of Neurospora crassa | Fungal Genetics and Biology | 2017 | 38 |
| 46 | From
13
C-lignin to
13
C-mycelium:
Agaricus bisporus
uses polymeric lignin as a carbon source | Science Advances | 2024 | 37 |
| 47 | Fungal feruloyl esterases: Functional validation of genome mining based enzyme discovery including uncharacterized subfamilies | New Biotechnology | 2018 | 36 |
| 48 | Macroalgae Derived Fungi Have High Abilities to Degrade Algal Polymers | Microorganisms | 2020 | 36 |
| 49 | Xylitol production from plant biomass by Aspergillus niger through metabolic engineering | Bioresource Technology | 2022 | 35 |
| 50 | Penicillium subrubescens is a promising alternative for Aspergillus niger in enzymatic plant biomass saccharification | New Biotechnology | 2016 | 33 |
