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Daniel Cullen is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing a total of 18 publications across these disciplines.

The main subfields of study for their work include Plant Science, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, and Automotive Engineering. Their research contributions cover diverse scientific topics such as enzyme-mediated dye degradation, fungal biology and applications, microbial metabolism and applications, plant and fungal interactions research, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Cullen's recent notable papers include:

  • Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages, 2022, Cell
  • Genomic Analysis Enlightens Agaricales Lifestyle Evolution and Increasing Peroxidase Diversity, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Conserved white-rot enzymatic mechanism for wood decay in the Basidiomycota genus Pycnoporus, 2020, DNA Research
  • The characteristics of insoluble softwood substrates affect fungal morphology, secretome composition, and hydrolytic efficiency of enzymes produced by Trichoderma reesei, 2021, Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • Omics analyses and biochemical study of Phlebiopsis gigantea elucidate its degradation strategy of wood extractives, 2021, Scientific Reports

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Igor V. Grigoriev
  • Anna Lipzen
  • David S. Hibbett
  • Steven Ahrendt
  • Grzegorz Sabat

Daniel Cullen's research has appeared in multiple scientific journals, among which the most frequent publication venues are:

  • Cell
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • DNA Research
  • Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Best Publications

  • The paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

    Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Robert Riley;Kerrie Barry

  • Genome sequence of the lignocellulose degrading fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium strain RP78

    Diego Martinez;Luis F Larrondo;Nik Putnam;Nik Putnam;Maarten D Sollewijn Gelpke

  • Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm for wood decay fungi

    Robert Riley;Asaf A. Salamov;Daren W. Brown;Laszlo G. Nagy

  • Genome, transcriptome, and secretome analysis of wood decay fungus Postia placenta supports unique mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion

    Diego Martinez;Diego Martinez;Jean Challacombe;Ingo Morgenstern;David Hibbett

  • The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

    Daniel C. Eastwood;Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Andrzej Majcherczyk

  • Genome sequence of the button mushroom Agaricus bisporus reveals mechanisms governing adaptation to a humic-rich ecological niche

    Emmanuelle Morin;Annegret Kohler;Adam R. Baker;Marie Foulongne-Oriol

  • Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis

    Elena Fernandez-Fueyo;Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Patricia Ferreira;Dimitrios Floudas

  • Comparative Transcriptome and Secretome Analysis of Wood Decay Fungi Postia placenta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium

    Amber J. Vanden Wymelenberg;Jill Gaskell;Michael Mozuch;Grzegorz Sabat

  • Insight into trade‐off between wood decay and parasitism from the genome of a fungal forest pathogen

    Åke Olson;Andrea Aerts;Fred Asiegbu;Lassaad Belbahri

  • Transformation of Aspergillus nidulans with the hygromycin-resistance gene, hph.

    D. Cullen;S.A. Leong;L.J. Wilson;D.J. Henner

  • Fueling the future with fungal genomics

    Igor.V. Grigoriev;Daniel Cullen;Stephen B. Goodwin;David Hibbett

  • Controlled Expression and Secretion of Bovine Chymosin in Aspergillus Nidulans

    Daniel Cullen;Gregory L. Gray;Lori J. Wilson;Kirk J. Hayenga

  • Recent advances on the molecular genetics of ligninolytic fungi.

    Daniel Cullen

  • Computational analysis of the Phanerochaete chrysosporium v2.0 genome database and mass spectrometry identification of peptides in ligninolytic cultures reveal complex mixtures of secreted proteins.

    Amber Vanden Wymelenberg;Patrick Minges;Grzegorz Sabat;Diego Martinez

  • Isoenzymes of manganese-dependent peroxidase and laccase produced by the lignin-degrading basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora.

    Sergio Lobos;Juan Larraín;Loreto Salas;Daniel Cullen

  • Transcriptome and Secretome Analyses of Phanerochaete chrysosporium Reveal Complex Patterns of Gene Expression

    Amber J. Vanden Wymelenberg;Jill A. Gaskell;Michael D. Mozuch;Philip J. Kersten

  • The Phanerochaete chrysosporium secretome: database predictions and initial mass spectrometry peptide identifications in cellulose-grown medium.

    Amber J. Vanden Wymelenberg;Grzegorz Sabat;Diego Martinez;Alex S. Rajangam

  • Ligninolytic enzymes of the white rot basidiomycetes Phlebia brevispora and Ceriporiopsis subvermispora

    C. Ruttimann;E. Schwember;L. Salas;D. Cullen

  • Manganese peroxidase mRNA and enzyme activity levels during bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil with Phanerochaete chrysosporium.

    B W Bogan;B Schoenike;R T Lamar;D Cullen

  • Corrigendum: Genome sequencing and analysis of the biomass-degrading fungus Trichoderma reesei (syn. Hypocrea jecorina)

    Diego Martinez;Randy M Berka;Bernard Henrissat;Markku Saloheimo

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
David S. Hibbett
David S. Hibbett Clark University
Robert A. Blanchette
Robert A. Blanchette University of Minnesota
Scott E. Baker
Scott E. Baker Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Kurt LaButti
Kurt LaButti United States Department of Energy
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine
Ronald P. de Vries
Ronald P. de Vries Utrecht University
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy
Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas
Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas Spanish National Research Council

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