Scientists have translated the genetic code that explains the complex biochemical machinery making brown-rot fungi uniquely destructive to wood. The same processes that provide easier access to the ...

A fungus that can break down all the components of plant cell walls is considered a white rot fungus. If it can only break down cellulose and hemicellulose, it's a brown rot fungus. A research team ...

Biomass is a vital source of energy used by people and myriad other organisms. Two decades ago, microbiologist Barry Goodell discovered that some microbes have a special mechanism for the breakdown ...

ALTHOUGH most wood-destroying fungi of the white- and brown-rot type may be differentiated by the Bavendamm test, which depends on the oxidative browning of tannic and gallic acid agar by fungi of the ...

The University of Minnesota recently received a $1.5-million grant to study a potential alternative energy source: fungi. The approximately $1.5 million grant was awarded in September by the U.S.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—An international team led by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Forest ...

One of the most basic rules for playing the game "Twenty Questions" is that all of the questions must be definitively answered by either "yes" or "no." The exchange of information allows the players ...