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Benjamin W Held

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Floudas D, Held B, Riley R, Nagy L, Koehler G, Ransdell A, et al.
Fungal Genet Biol . 2015 Feb; 76:78-92. PMID: 25683379
Wood decay mechanisms in Agaricomycotina have been traditionally separated in two categories termed white and brown rot. Recently the accuracy of such a dichotomy has been questioned. Here, we present...
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Riley R, Salamov A, Brown D, Nagy L, Floudas D, Held B, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2014 Jun; 111(27):9923-8. PMID: 24958869
Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes) make up 32% of the described fungi and include most wood-decaying species, as well as pathogens and mutualistic symbionts. Wood-decaying basidiomycetes have typically been classified as either white...
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Ortiz R, Parraga M, Navarrete J, Carrasco I, de la Vega E, Ortiz M, et al.
Microb Ecol . 2014 Jan; 67(3):568-75. PMID: 24407313
The use of wood in construction has had a long history and Chile has a rich cultural heritage of using native woods for building churches and other important structures. In...
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Fernandez-Fueyo E, Ruiz-Duenas F, Ferreira P, Floudas D, Hibbett D, Canessa P, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2012 Mar; 109(14):5458-63. PMID: 22434909
Efficient lignin depolymerization is unique to the wood decay basidiomycetes, collectively referred to as white rot fungi. Phanerochaete chrysosporium simultaneously degrades lignin and cellulose, whereas the closely related species, Ceriporiopsis...
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Blanchette R, Held B, Arenz B, Jurgens J, Baltes N, Duncan S, et al.
Microb Ecol . 2010 Apr; 60(1):29-38. PMID: 20386896
The historic expedition huts located in the Ross Sea Region of the Antarctic and the thousands of artifacts left behind by the early explorers represent important cultural heritage from the...
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Duncan S, Farrell R, Thwaites J, Held B, Arenz B, Jurgens J, et al.
Environ Microbiol . 2006 Jul; 8(7):1212-9. PMID: 16817929
Early explorers of Antarctica's Heroic Era erected wooden buildings and brought large quantities of supplies to survive in Antarctica. The introduction of wood and other organic materials provided nutrient sources...
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Blanchette R, Held B, Jurgens J, Mcnew D, Harrington T, Duncan S, et al.
Appl Environ Microbiol . 2004 Mar; 70(3):1328-35. PMID: 15006750
Three expedition huts in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica, built between 1901 and 1911 by Robert F. Scott and Ernest Shackleton, sheltered and stored the supplies for up to...