Fungal CAZyme Genomics and Bioinformatics
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2023) | Viewed by 3066
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant-associated fungi are among the most efficient plant lignocellulosic biomass degraders. Fungal CAZymes play a critical role in global carbon recycling in forest and grassland, plant diseases in agriculture, and biofuel and biomaterial production in biotechnology. All these are attributed to the numerous CAZymes encoded in the fungal genomes. Over 2000 fungal genomes have been sequenced, and many more are in the pipeline. This is an exciting time for fungal genomics and bioinformatics to discover new CAZymes and study their functional divergence by comparative and evolutionary genomics, as well as develop new fungal CAZyme bioinformatics tools.
This Special Issue aims to publish research and review papers focusing on all aspects of fungal CAZyme genomics and bioinformatics. The topics may include but not be limited to the following as long as the focus is on CAZymes:
- New fungal genomes and metagenomes;
- Comparative and evolutionary genomics;
- Experimental characterization of new CAZyme families and subfamilies;
- New bioinformatics tools (computer programs, databases, and servers).
Dr. Yanbin Yin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- CAZyme
- carbohydrate
- lignin
- lignocellulose
- plant cell wall
- genomics
- bioinformatics
- mycobiome
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