A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.

A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.

Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.

This application describes consortium between fungi and algae, where the algae are incorporated within hyphae of the fungi. The fungi, the algae, or both can be modified to express heterologous lipid synthesizing enzymes. Incorporation of algae into fungi facilitates harvesting of the algae and products produced by the consortia. Such consortia are robust. For example, the fungi and algae can symbiotically provide nutrients to each other and are tolerant of environmental stresses.

A mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector and a construction method and an application thereof are provided. A nucleotide sequence of the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector is shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and construction method for the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector includes: (1) connecting three single-stranded circular DNA molecules DNA-A, DNA-B and DNA-C of the mycovirus FgGMTV1/HB58 in series and introducing them into a same vector to construct a recombinant vector; and (2) carrying out a deletion mutation on a coding protein p26 of the DNA-C molecule in the recombinant vector to obtain the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector.

A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.

The present invention provides isolated acidophilic Fusarium oxysporum strains, such as MK7, and their progeny, compositions comprising such strains and their progeny, methods of producing such strains and their progeny, and methods of using such strains and their progeny.

A mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector and a construction method and an application thereof are provided. A nucleotide sequence of the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector is shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and construction method for the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector includes: (1) connecting three single-stranded circular DNA molecules DNA-A, DNA-B and DNA-C of the mycovirus FgGMTV1/HB58 in series and introducing them into a same vector to construct a recombinant vector; and (2) carrying out a deletion mutation on a coding protein p26 of the DNA-C molecule in the recombinant vector to obtain the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector.

A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.

A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.