To examine poorly resolved relationships and assess progress toward a genome-scale phylogeny of the fungal kingdom, we compiled a phylogenomic data matrix of 290 genes from the genomes of 1,644 species that includes representatives from most major fungal lineages. We also compiled 11 data matrices...
The human vagina harbours diverse microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and fungi—with profound implications for women’s health. Genome-level analysis of the vaginal microbiome across multiple kingdoms remains limited. Here we utilize metagenomic sequencing data and fungal cultivation to establish the Vaginal...
with estimates ranging between four and six for the whole Holomycota32. Improving taxon sampling with new, divergent zoosporic fungi can help resolving these deep nodes. One of such lineages is the sanchytrids, a group of chytrid-like parasites of algae with uncertain ...
Even though a transcriptomics study revealed some genes coding for cellulolytic enzymes [11], a comprehensive genomic analysis of A. aegerita and its lignocellulose-degrading enzymes is still missing. Thus, it was the aim of the present study to sequence and annotate the genome of the dikaryotic...
We quantified the taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of fungi associated with dead moss tissues and conifer needles in a forest-tundra ecotone in a sub-Arctic region, Quebec, Canada. We detected 615 operational taxonomic units, in total, of fungi in 84 families with 97% sequence ...
Fungi have the ability to transform organic materials into a rich and diverse set of useful products and provide distinct opportunities for tackling the urgent challenges before all humans. Fungal biotechnology can advance the transition from our petrole
Fusarium oxysporum is a cross-kingdom fungal pathogen that infects plants and humans. Horizontally transferred lineage-specific (LS) chromosomes were reported to determine host-specific pathogenicity among phytopathogenic F. oxysporum. However, the exist
Molecular phylogenetics of microbial eukaryotes has reshaped the tree of life by establishing broad taxonomic divisions, termed supergroups, that supersede the traditional kingdoms of animals, fungi and plants, and encompass a much greater breadth of eukaryotic diversity1. The vast majority of newly di...
Indeed, the only taxonomic groups whose diversities are thought to substantially exceed that of land plants are the largely plant-dependent fungi (1.5–5.1 m; Hawksworth, 2012) and beetles (ca. 1.5 m; Stork et al., 2015). 3. Where are they? Pimm and Joppa (2015) estimated that two-...
the population structure ofH. suramericanumin South America. We find evidence for strong population structure and little admixture within the species. Genome-level phylogenetic trees indicate the existence of at least three different discrete populations. We recovered the existence of a previously ...