The kingdom Fungi comprises species that inhabit nearly all ecosystems. Fungi exist as both
free-living and symbiotic unicellular and multicellular organisms with diverse morphologies …

The last decade has witnessed a revolution in the genomics of the fungal kingdom. Since
the sequencing of the first fungus in 1996, the number of available fungal genome …

Background The number of sequenced fungal genomes is ever increasing, with about 200
genomes already fully sequenced or in progress. Only a small percentage of those genomes …

In 1996 the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was published and marked the beginning
of a new era in fungal biology (1). Since then, rapid advancements in both sequencing …

Diversity within the fungal kingdom is evident from the wide range of morphologies fungi
display as well as the various ecological roles and industrial purposes they serve …

Since 1995, the genomes of dozens of bacteria and several model eukaryotes have been
completely sequenced and these data have been deposited in public databases. With the …

In phylogenomics the evolutionary relationship of organisms is studied by their genomic
information. A common approach to phylogenomics is to extract related genes from each …

In the past decade, advances in next-generation sequencing technologies and bioinformatic
pipelines for phylogenomic analysis have led to remarkable progress in fungal systematics …

The 140 000 or so fungal species reported so far are heterogeneously defined based on
varying criteria such as morphological, physiological, mating, and (or) molecular features …

Fungal genomes vary considerably in size and organization. The genome of Microsporidium
contains less than 3 Mb while the genomes of several Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes …