Fungal Biodegradation: Strategies, Current Understanding, and Future Prospects, 3rd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

The bioremediation of hazardous pollutants has been extensively studied in recent decades, including the potential use of different microorganisms for this purpose, and environmental studies have revealed that fungi are some of the most important players in polluted environments. They can remove a myriad of chemical compounds, including some of the more recalcitrant xenobiotics such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), dyes, plastics, pharmaceutical active compounds, or heavy metals. Paradoxically, despite their key involvement, fungi are often treated as a black box, and their roles in the transformation of xenobiotics and catabolic pathways remains poorly understood.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on “Fungal Biodegradation: Strategies: Current Understanding and Future Prospects”. In this Special Issue, original research articles, reviews, minireviews, method articles, and short communications are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, describing advances in research on fungi with the capability to transform recalcitrant and emerging pollutants, including: studies of fungal diversity in polluted habitats; fungal ecology and physiology during biotransformation of environmental pollutants; genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics studies to understand the molecular basis of mycoremediation processes; the potential applicability of fungi to implement bioremediation strategies at different scales; fungal treatment of wastewaters and solids wastes; and biotechnological applications focused on the biotransformation, removal, and biosorption of pollutants by fungi.

This Special Issue will publish work that contributes to a fuller understanding of the mechanisms of xenobiotic fungal degradation at different levels, from a genetic, transcriptomic, and proteomic point of view. These findings will contribute to the tailoring and design of bioremediation strategies toward a clean and healthy environment.

Dr. Ramón Alberto Batista-García
Dr. Elisabet Aranda
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Fungi is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• mycoremediation
• fungal bioremediation
• fungi-mediated biotransformation
• fungi
• Ascomycota, Basidiomycota
• xenobiotics
• emerging pollutants
• biotechnological applications
• omics approaches