a, Phylogenetic placement ofA. crateriformeamong extremophilic fungi denoted in blue branches, highlighting its association with known acidophiles. All nodes have a 100% bootstrap support. The number next toA. crateriformedenotes the number of lost OGs inferred by DOLLOP.b, Genome description and ...
Viruses are not considered living beings because they lack the ability to reproduce on their own – one of the seven characteristics of life (for a refresher on viruses and other microbes, please visit myprevious post). Instead, viruses are essentially capsules containing genetic information, or w...
Concatenation analysis of multi-locus DNA sequence data represents a powerful and commonly used approach to recognizing evolutionary independent lineages in fungi. It is however possible to mask the discordance between individual gene trees, thus the speciation events might be erroneously estimated if one...
Pathogenic fungi of the genusCryptococcuscan undergo two sexual cycles, involving either bisexual diploidization (after fusion of haploid cells of different mating type) or unisexual diploidization (by autodiploidization of a single cell). Here, we construct a gene-deletion library for 111 transcript...
We have reviewed the description of our method, as well as we introduced some changes to the method itself (see “Data classification” section), and we have defined exact classification criteria to remove ambiguities. We introduce two thresholds (T and M) and we analyse the method’s ...
Classification and description:Family,Togaviridae; genus,Pestivirus;species,Equine arteritis virus. Infrequently causes anepizooticdisease (3) affecting the small arteries of less than 0.5 mm in diameter, resulting in fever, edema of legs, swelling around eyes, stiff gait, and sometimes abortion.Subcl...
Concatenation analysis of multi-locus DNA sequence data represents a powerful and commonly used approach to recognizing evolutionary independent lineages in fungi. It is however possible to mask the discordance between individual gene trees, thus the speciation events might be erroneously estimated if one...
Yeast is asingle-celled microorganismthat has been used in the preparation of bread, beer, and wine for thousands of years. Although it’s commonly referred to as a fungus, yeast is classified as a member of the kingdom Protista. Like all fungi, yeast is eukaryotic, meaning that it has ...
The influence of moisture is defined through the coefficients of water-stress (χa), tortuosity (χt), osmotic stress (χoss), osmotic regulation (χosr), and drought-legacy on soils (Γs) and or microorganisms (Γm). SymbolDescriptionUnitsDependence of rates and rate modifiers on: Soil ...
Microbial aromatic catabolism offers a promising approach to convert lignin, a vast source of renewable carbon, into useful products. Aryl-O-demethylation is an essential biochemical reaction to ultimately catabolize coniferyl and sinapyl lignin-derived