Plant biomass degradation by fungi is a widely studied and applied field of science, due to its relevance for the global carbon cycle and many biotechnological applications. Before the genome era, many of the in-depth studies focused on a relatively small number of species, whereas now, many species can be addressed in detail, revealing the large variety in the approach used by fungi to degrade plant biomass. This variation is found at many levels and includes genomic adaptation to the preferred biomass component, but also different approaches to degrade this component by diverse sets of activities encoded in the genome. Even larger differences have been observed using transcriptome and proteome studies, even between closely related species, suggesting a high level of adaptation in individual species. A better understanding of the drivers of this diversity could be highly valuable in developing more efficient biotechnology approaches for the enzymatic conversion of plant biomass.

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真菌植物生物量降解方法的基因组和基因组多样性。

由于真菌与全球碳循环和许多生物技术应用有关，因此真菌对植物生物量的降解是一个广泛研究和应用的科学领域。在基因组时代之前，许多深入的研究都集中在相对较少的物种上，而现在，许多物种都可以详细研究，从而揭示了真菌降解植物生物量所用方法的多样性。在许多水平上都发现了这种变异，包括对优选生物质组分的基因组适应性，以及通过基因组中编码的各种活性而降解该组分的不同方法。使用转录组和蛋白质组学研究甚至在密切相关的物种之间也观察到了更大的差异，这表明单个物种的适应水平很高。