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Fungal Interactions Lab
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A lab that explores how filamentous fungi (molds) interact with other organisms.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the unknown power of filamentous fungi (molds).
The Fungal Interactions Lab studies filamentous fungi, a group of molds, from the perspective of their interactions and mutual responses with other organisms.
Some filamentous fungi produce useful bioactive substances and enzymes, while others cause disease in plants and animals or contaminate crops with mycotoxins.
Through their relationships with other organisms, the lab aims to understand the latent physiological functions of filamentous fungi and the mechanisms behind them.
The lab was established as an endowed laboratory funded by a grant from the Institute for Fermentation, Osaka.
The lab's website ended operation in April 2025, and the description here is based on the website's content up to around 2023.
Key terms
- filamentous fungi
- A term for what are commonly called molds. It includes species that produce compounds such as antibiotics, as well as species that cause disease or mycotoxin contamination
- secondary metabolites
- Compounds produced by filamentous fungi, including antibiotics, immunosuppressants, and mycotoxins
- co-culture
- A culture method in which an organism is grown together with other microbes. It is used in contrast to pure culture, in which a single microbe is grown alone
ResearchResearch themes
Fungal genomes contain many genes involved in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites that can serve as sources of drugs, but only some of them are actually active. Using approaches such as co-culture, in which fungi are grown together with other microbes, the lab aims to draw out the dormant abilities of filamentous fungi and to investigate the mechanisms of interspecies interactions.
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The members of the Fungal Interactions Lab consist of faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, JSPS research fellows, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and technical assistants.As of 2022
- Assistant ProfessorSyunichi Urayama
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Mycelium (mushroom)” Світлана Шахнович, КНУТД, керівник Євгенія Романюк / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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