Rathnayaka, Marc StadlerĬontribution by Thatsanee Luangharn, Marc StadlerĬontribution by Anuruddha Karunarathna, Marc StadlerĬontribution by Allan Patrick G. Fungi have provided the world with penicillin, lovastatin, and other globally significant medicines, and they remain an untapped resource with enormous industrial potential.įrom basic to applied research, prototypes and productsĬontribution by Birthe Sandargo, Marc StadlerĬontribution by Clara Chepkirui, Benjarong Thongbai, Marc Stadler,Ĭontribution by Benjarong Thongbai, Marc StadlerĬontribution by Chayanard Phukhamsakda, Marc StadlerĬontribution by Achala R. We also provide a flow chart that can be used to convince funding bodies of the importance of fungi for biotechnological research and as potential products. We provide notes and examples for each potential exploitation and give examples from our own work and the work of other notable researchers. This manuscript reviews fifty ways in which fungi can potentially be utilized as biotechnology. The search for fungal biodiversity, and the construction of a living fungi collection, both have incredible economic potential in locating organisms with novel industrial uses that will lead to novel products. Moreover, fungi can be grown with relative ease, making production at scale viable.

The unique attributes of fungi thus herald great promise for their application in biotechnology and industry. The immense range of habitats that fungi inhabit, and the consequent need to compete against a diverse array of other fungi, bacteria, and animals, fungi have developed numerous survival mechanisms. The amazing potential of fungi: 50 ways we can exploit fungi industriallyįungal Diversity volume 97, pages 1–136 ( 2019) Cite this articleįungi are an understudied, biotechnologically valuable group of organisms.

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