Shigekazu Yano

TL;DR: The results suggest that α-1,3-glucan protected the fungal cell wall from degradative enzymes secreted by plants even from the pre-penetration stage and interfered with the release of PAMPs to delay innate immune defense responses.

TL;DR: A dynamic change of composition of cell wall polysaccharides occurs during plant infection in M. grisea, which spatially and functionally masks β‐1,3‐glucan and chitin in the cell wall of infectious hyphae.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the two AGS genes are dispensable in A. nidulans, but that AgsB is required for normal growth characteristics under liquid culture conditions and is the major AGS in this species.

TL;DR: The utilization of shrimp shellfish waste as a substrate for solid-state cultivation of a filamentous fungus, Aspergillus sp.

TL;DR: In a model reaction of Japanese soy sauce fermentation, glutaminase from S. maltophilia exhibited high ability in the production of glutamic acid compared with glutaminases from Aspergillus oryzae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas citronellolis, and Micrococcus luteus, indicating that this enzyme is suitable for application in Japanese soy sauces fermentation.