Fungi have evolved over millions of years and their species diversity is predicted to be the
second largest on the earth. Fungi have cross-kingdom interactions with many organisms …

The first genome sequenced of a eukaryotic organism was for Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
as reported in 1996, but it was more than 10 years before any of the zygomycete fungi …

Rhizopus oryzae is the primary cause of mucormycosis, an emerging, life-threatening
infection characterized by rapid angioinvasive growth with an overall mortality rate that …

Zygomycete fungi were classified as a single phylum, Zygomycota, based on sexual
reproduction by zygospores, frequent asexual reproduction by sporangia, absence of …

The zygomycetes (polyphyletic phylum Zygomycota Moreau) include the first terrestrial and
“primitive” fungi. The group is an assemblage of six lineages whose status, relative to each …

Basal lineages of the kingdom Fungi comprise terrestrial and aquatic fungi, which are
traditionally summarized to the Chytridiomycota and the Zygomycota in a colloquial sense …

Background The colonization of land and the diversification of terrestrial plants is intimately
linked to the evolutionary history of their symbiotic fungal partners. Extant representatives of …

Phylogenomic studies based on genome-scale amounts of data have greatly improved
understanding of the tree of life. Despite their diversity, ecological significance, and …

Morphological characters and nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) phylogenies have so far been
the basis of the current classifications of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. Improved …

Dothideomycetes is the most diverse fungal class in Ascomycota and includes species with
a wide range of lifestyles. Previous multilocus studies have investigated the taxonomic and …