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  1. Secretion of Iron(III)-Reducing Metabolites during Protein Acquisition by the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Paxillus involutus

    Article • Microorganisms, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Firoz Shah

  2. Polyporales Brown Rot Species Fomitopsis pinicola: Enzyme Activity Profiles, Oxalic Acid Production, and Fe3+-Reducing Metabolite Secretion

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2018, ASM Journals

    Taina Lundell, Dr Firoz Shah

  3. Interactions affect hyphal growth and enzyme profiles in combinations of coniferous wood-decaying fungi of Agaricomycetes

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2017, PLOS

    Dr Firoz Shah

  4. Comparative genomics and expression levels of hydrophobins from eight mycorrhizal genomes

    Article • Mycorrhiza, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Firoz Shah

  5. Ectomycorrhizal fungi decompose soil organic matter using oxidative mechanisms adapted from saprotrophic ancestors

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Firoz Shah

  6. Involutin Is an Fe3+Reductant Secreted by the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Paxillus involutus during Fenton-Based Decomposition of Organic Matter

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Firoz Shah

  7. Three Redundant Synthetases Secure Redox-Active Pigment Production in the Basidiomycete Paxillus involutus

    Article • Chemistry & Biology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Firoz Shah

  8. The carbon starvation response of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, March 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Firoz Shah

  9. Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists

    Article • Nature Genetics, February 2015, Nature

    Dr Firoz Shah

  10. The molecular components of the extracellular protein-degradation pathways of the ectomycorrhizal fungusPaxillus involutus

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Firoz Shah

  11. Carbon availability triggers the decomposition of plant litter and assimilation of nitrogen by an ectomycorrhizal fungus

    Article • The ISME Journal, June 2013, Nature

    Dr Firoz Shah

  12. The ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus converts organic matter in plant litter using a trimmed brown-rot mechanism involving Fenton chemistry

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Firoz Shah