This invention relates to novel Penicillium strains, the production of novel Penicillium strains, and the use of novel Penicillium strains in various end applications.

Provided are methods and yeast cultures for producing polyol lipids and polyol lipid compositions.

The present invention relates to phospholipase D-inactivated filamentous fungal cells secreting a polypeptide of interest and methods of producing a secreted polypeptide of interest in said cells as well as methods of producing said cells.

The present invention relates to a method for restoring sexual reproduction between two sterile, female strains of Trichoderma reesei using a helper strain ΔMAT, said helper strain being a fertile female strain of Trichoderma reesei in which the sexual-type locus MAT has been eliminated.

Methods are provided for cultivating fungi for scaled-up production of microbe-based products. Specifically, cultures of fungi, such as, e.g., Pisolithus tinctorius, are grown by aerobic submerged fermentation in liquid medium containing a particulate anchoring carrier to increase mycelial biomass.

The present invention includes modified and unmodified microbes, compositions comprising these microbes, and methods of using these microbes and/or compositions for enhancing plant health, plant growth plant yield and/or drought tolerance. This disclosure also provides non-naturally occurring plant varieties that are artificially infected with microbes descried herein, as well as seed, reproductive tissue, vegetative tissue, regenerative tissues, plant parts, or progeny thereof.

The present invention relates to a mutant fungal strain of Penicillium funiculosum ‘MRJ-16’ characterized by the ability to produce high titer of enzyme mixture comprising FPase, CMCase, Cellobiase, β-glucosidase, endoglucanase, α-L arabinofuranosidase, β-xylosidase, xylanase, pectinase, cellobiohydrase and oxidases and produce enzymes in the presence of a catabolite repressor molecule like glucose and/or xylose. The titer of enzyme mixture produced using mutant fungal strain MRJ-16 is at least two fold higher than naive Penicillium funiculosum strain NCIM 1228, when used in a fermentation process. The mutant strain ‘MRJ-16’ with high hydrolytic activity and catabolite derepressed character is having application in the method of degrading or saccharifying biomass to produce valuable products for example-bioethanol.

The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing vanillin by fermentation with eugenol as a substrate, preparing vanillin by a mixed fermentation of Penicillium simplicissimum OMK-68 and Bacillus sp. OMK-69, its potency reached 35 g/L, the mass conversion rate of eugenol reaches 83.3%. Penicillium simplicissimum OMK-68 in the present disclosure can use eugenol as a substrate for fermentation to prepare coniferyl alcohol, and its fermentation effect and substrate utilization rate are far better than wild-type Penicillium simplicissimum. The Bacillus sp. OMK-69 in the present disclosure can use coniferyl alcohol as a substrate for fermentation to prepare vanillin, and its fermentation effect and substrate utilization rate are far better than wild-type Bacillus sp.

A fungus having manganese oxidation capacity is provided. The fungus can oxidize Mn.sup.2+ in a water body into a water-insoluble manganese oxide; and the Mn.sup.2+ oxidizing fungus is Cladosporium sp. XM01 strain with the accession number of CGMCC NO. 21083. The Cladosporium sp. XM01 strain is used to oxidize Mn.sup.2+ in a natural water body, and has stable operation within a range of room temperature (15-30° C.) and a range of neutral pH (6.0-7.5) and high Mn.sup.2+ oxidation efficiency; moreover, the XM01 strain may oxidize Mn.sup.2+ cyclically, thereby achieving the in-situ remediation of water bodies or soils polluted by heavy metals or trace organic substances. The manganese oxides generated through oxidization in the growth process of the strain have a good application potential in sewage treatment, water environment restoration, soils and other fields.

Entomopathogenic fungal strains, compositions, and methods and compositions of producing and using the strains for reducing overall insect damage.