Project description:Pleurotus ostreatus, also known as the oyster mushroom, is an active lignin decomposer in the forests. The genomes of the monokaryotic strains PC15 and PC9 have been used to characterize the content and distribution of transposable elements. This study analyzes the impact of transposable element insertions on the global transcriptome of P. ostreatus. The transcriptome of PC15 and PC9 has been analyzed in exponential growth during submerged fermentation in malt-yeast extract-sucrose medium RNAseq of two P. ostreatus strains: PC15 and PC9
Project description:Pleurotus ostreatus, also known as the oyster mushroom, is an active lignin decomposer in the forests. The genomes of the monokaryotic strains PC15 and PC9 have been used to characterize the content and distribution of transposable elements. This study analyzes the impact of transposable element insertions on the global transcriptome of P. ostreatus. The transcriptome of PC15 and PC9 has been analyzed in exponential growth during submerged fermentation in malt-yeast extract-sucrose medium
Project description:To elucidate the mechanisms of fruit body development in Pleurotus ostreatus, the transcriptomes of four different development stages including mycelium, primordium, young fruit body, and mature fruit body were obtained by RNA-seq.
Project description:Pleurotus tuoliensis is a precious edible fungus with extremely high nutritive and medicinal value. The cultivation period of P. tuoliensis is longer than those of other Pleurotus species, which is mainly due to a longer mycelium physiological maturation period (30-60 days). Currently, the molecular processes underlying physiological maturation of the mycelium remain unclear. We performed a comparative transcriptomic analysis of immature and mature mycelia using RNA-seq. De novo transcriptome assembly resulted in identification of 17,030 unigenes. 451 differentially expressed genes, including those encoding nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK), glycoside hydrolase family proteins, exopolygalacturonase, and versatile peroxidases, were identified. GO and KEGG analyses revealed that nucleotide synthesis and energy metabolism are highly active during the physiological maturation of mycelia, and genes related to these pathways were significantly up-regulated in mature mycelia. NDPK is predicted to be essential for mycelia maturation. Our findings contribute to a comprehensive understanding of mycelia maturation in a commercially important fungal species. Future efforts will focus on the function of NDPK and the mechanism by which it regulates mycelia maturation.
Project description:Despite the need to enhance feed production for monogastric farm animals, this challenge is complicated by the fact that natural resources are becoming increasingly limited and climate protection goals have to be considered. Thus, there is a need for alternative feed sources, which are produced in a resource-efficient and sustainable manner. Valorization of low-value agricultural sidestreams by edible fungi, such as Pleurotus sapidus (PSA), has been proposed as a strategy to utilize such sidestreams as a sustainable source of feed for monogastric farm animals, because P. spp. are capable of degrading a wide array of fiber-rich substrates. In a recent study, we have demonstrated that feeding a biotechnologically produced PSA mycelium to broilers does not affect growth performance and nutrient digestibility and causes only weak effects on the cecal microbiota community, the liver transcriptome and the plasma metabolome of broilers. In order to clarify if the effect of the mycelium differs from that of the fruiting bodies, the present study investigated the effect of PSA fruiting bodies on the performance, the gut microbiome and the transcriptome and the lipid metabolism in the liver of broilers.
