Francisco Kuhar

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Is it possible to design a factorial mixture experiment with numerous factors (more than three)?

I normally use the Plackett Burman design to evaluate the importance of each component, but in this case, I'm using a mixture of substrates for solid-state fermentation and the amount of each of...

06 February 2023 8,091 0 View

Are edible species more common among white rot fungi than in brown rot decayers?

It seems like edible wood decayers are predominantly white rot. Moreover, the list of cultivated brown rots for food is definitely shorter. Is this related to the number of species in each...

23 October 2019 7,937 0 View

Succesful large scale examples of biobased processes in paper or textile industry?

Are there experiences of bio based technologies as biopolish (textile industry), biopulping or biobleaching (paper industry). Hundreds of papers show promising results using fungal enzymes but it...

02 May 2019 7,605 2 View

What is the reason there is so much research on fungal laccases and only a few industrial suppliers?

What is the reason there is so much research on fungal laccases and only a few industrial suppliers? are they really used in the industry? or they have been replaced by something else? it seems...

06 February 2019 7,202 6 View

Does sequestration of heavy metals by the extracellular EPS matrix also count as uptake?

while working with a white-rot species we found that the (in vitro) retention of these elements was linked to the presence of guaiacol derivatives. However, we belive that heavy metals (among...

22 March 2017 1,582 2 View

Why no effective mushroom-based treatments against cancer and other pathologies are prescribed in occidental medicine?

Hundreds of papers suggest that mushroom species such as those in the genera Ganoderma and Inonotus (among others) have in vitro and in vivo effects against cancer. However, none of those...

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