Fungal infection of insects: molecular insights and prospects

S Hong, J Shang, Y Sun, G Tang, C Wang - Trends in Microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) distribute in different fungal phyla with variable host ranges
and play essential role in regulating insect populations by infecting hosts via cuticle …

Genome evolution in plants and the origins of innovation

JW Clark - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plant evolution has been characterised by a series of major novelties in their vegetative and
reproductive traits that have led to greater complexity. Underpinning this diversification has …

ATAD3 proteins: unique mitochondrial proteins essential for life in diverse eukaryotic lineages

ER Waters, M Bezanilla, E Vierling - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ATPase family AAA domain–containing 3 (ATAD3) proteins are unique mitochondrial
proteins that arose deep in the eukaryotic lineage but that are surprisingly absent in Fungi …

Phylogenetic and functional analyses of N6-methyladenosine RNA methylation factors in the wheat scab fungus Fusarium graminearum

H Kim, J Hu, H Kang, W Kim - Msphere, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT In eukaryotes, N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification plays a crucial
role in governing the fate of RNA molecules and has been linked to various developmental …

Retracing the evolution of Pneumocystis species, with a focus on the human pathogen Pneumocystis jirovecii

OH Cissé, L Ma, JA Kovacs - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Every human being is presumed to be infected by the fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii at least
once in his or her lifetime. This fungus belongs to a large group of species that appear to …

Nonadaptive onset of complex multicellularity

E Szathmáry - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Many bacteria and eukaryotes (the latter having a nucleus and organelles in their cells) are
exclusively or predominantly unicellular, but a considerable fraction of both empires show …

A minimal Fanconi Anemia complex in early diverging fungi

D Barua, M Płecha, A Muszewska - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Fanconi Anemia (FA) pathway resolves DNA interstrand cross links (ICL). The FA pathway
was initially recognized in vertebrates, but was later confirmed in other animals and …

Genomic insights into the evolution and adaptation of secondary metabolite gene clusters in fungicolous species Cladobotryum mycophilum ATHUM6906

AC Christinaki, AI Myridakis… - G3: Genes, Genomes …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Mycophilic or fungicolous fungi can be found wherever fungi exist since they are able to
colonize other fungi, which occupy a diverse range of habitats. Some fungicolous species …

Snowball: a novel gene family required for developmental patterning of fruiting bodies of mushroom-forming fungi (Agaricomycetes)

C Földi, Z Merényi, B Balázs, Á Csernetics… - Msystems, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The morphogenesis of sexual fruiting bodies of fungi is a complex process determined by a
genetically encoded program. Fruiting bodies reached the highest complexity levels in the …

Extreme overall mushroom genome expansion in Mycena ss irrespective of plant hosts or substrate specializations

CB Harder, S Miyauchi, M Virágh, A Kuo, E Thoen… - Cell Genomics, 2024 - cell.com
Mycena ss is a ubiquitous mushroom genus whose members degrade multiple dead plant
substrates and opportunistically invade living plant roots. Having sequenced the nuclear …