Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper
Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper
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DOI：
10.1186/s40694-020-00095-z
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发表时间：
2020-04-02
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Wosten, Han A. B.
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作者：
Meyer, Vera;Basenko, Evelina Y.;Wosten, Han A. B.
真菌有能力将有机材料转化为丰富多样的有用产品，并为应对所有人类面临的紧迫挑战提供独特的机会。真菌生物技术可以推动我们从石油经济向生物循环经济的转变，并有能力可持续地生产有弹性的食品、饲料、化学品、燃料、纺织品和建筑材料来源，汽车和运输行业，家具及其他行业。真菌生物技术为不断增长的人口提供了保障、稳定和提高粮食供应的解决方案，同时降低了温室气体排放。因此，真菌生物技术有可能通过合理改进新的和已建立的真菌细胞工厂，为减缓气候变化和实现联合国可持续发展目标作出重大贡献。本文介绍的白色文件是EUROFUNG联盟于2019年10月在柏林举行的第二届智库会议的成果。本文重点讨论了真菌生物技术当前的机遇和研究挑战，旨在向科学家、教育工作者、公众、行业利益相关者和政策制定者通报当前的真菌生物技术革命。
Fungi have the ability to transform organic materials into a rich and diverse set of useful products and provide distinct opportunities for tackling the urgent challenges before all humans. Fungal biotechnology can advance the transition from our petroleum-based economy into a bio-based circular economy and has the ability to sustainably produce resilient sources of food, feed, chemicals, fuels, textiles, and materials for construction, automotive and transportation industries, for furniture and beyond. Fungal biotechnology offers solutions for securing, stabilizing and enhancing the food supply for a growing human population, while simultaneously lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Fungal biotechnology has, thus, the potential to make a significant contribution to climate change mitigation and meeting the United Nation's sustainable development goals through the rational improvement of new and established fungal cell factories. The White Paper presented here is the result of the 2nd Think Tank meeting held by the EUROFUNG consortium in Berlin in October 2019. This paper highlights discussions on current opportunities and research challenges in fungal biotechnology and aims to inform scientists, educators, the general public, industrial stakeholders and policymakers about the current fungal biotech revolution.