White-rot fungi have the ability to naturally break down plastic waste, providing a long-term remedy for one of the most ...

White rot is an insidious fungus that can render soil unusable for garlic for decades. Also known as Sclerotica cepivorum , it occurs in many parts of the world, affecting alliums such as onions ...

The design uses two species of fungi: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (a type of yeast) and Trametes pubescens (a white-rot fungus). Inside the battery’s anode, the yeast breaks down sugar and releases ...

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White rot fungus D. tabescens was used to craft the material which aims to develop a multifunctional and sustainable light source to address societal needs.

The fuel cell's yeast fungus anode (top) and white rot fungus-colonized cathode (bottom) EMPA The three-year-long project also involved figuring out how to manufacture the cell's components using ...

The complete genome sequence of a white rot fungus, reported in the May 2 Nature Biotechnology, reveals an impressive array of enzymes with potential for biotechnological exploitation, according to ...

But unlike other brown-rot or even white-rot fungi, the house-eating fungus doesn’t just destroy wood that’s damp because of plumbing leaks or contact with soil.

It is complemented by a white rot fungus on the positive (cathode) side which produces a special enzyme, allowing the electrons to be caught and conducted out of the cell. The fungi feed on simple ...

Commonly known as white-rot fungus, R. bicolor is a scourge on Douglas fir trees — a farmed nonnative tree in New Zealand — but seems to provide Cooper’s black orchid seeds with the ...