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Hydrocarbon-Degrading Fungus Yields its Secrets

03:43 EST 15 Dec 2017 | Lab Bulletin

Molecular-biological analysis using state-of-the-art equipment at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna discovers gene transfer from bacteria – and the corresponding stress!

BOKUThanks to genes acquired from bacteria, a fungus can degrade an environmentally harmful hydrocarbon - and comes under considerable stress in the process. These remarkable research findings, which were published recently, were obtained by a group from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences.....

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