"You Are What You Eat" : How Fungal Adaptation Can Be Leveraged toward Myco-Material Properties

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Fungi adapt to their surroundings, modifying their behaviors and composition under different conditions like nutrient availability and environmental stress. This perspective examines how a basic understanding of fungal genetics and the different ways that fungi can be influenced by their surroundings can be leveraged toward the production of functional mycelium materials. Simply put, within the constraints of a given genetic script, both the quality and quantity of fungal mycelium are shaped by what they eat and where they grow. These two levers, encompassing their global growth environment, can be turned toward different materials outcomes. The final properties of myco-materials are thus intimately shaped by the conditions of their growth, enabling the design of new biobased and biodegradable material constructions for applications that have traditionally relied on petroleum-based chemicals.This perspective highlights aspects of fungal genetics and environmental adaptation that have potential materials science implications, along the way touching on key studies, both to situate the state of the art within the field and to punctuate the viewpoints of the authors. Finally, this work ends with future perspectives, reinforcing key topics deemed important to consider in emerging myco-materials research.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) - 8(2024), 3 vom: 25. März, Seite 2300140

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hernando, Alicia Vivas [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Wenjing [VerfasserIn]
Abitbol, Tiffany [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biocomposites
Environment
Fungi
Genetics
Journal Article
Mycelium
Myco‐materials

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Date Revised 16.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/gch2.202300140

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369766180