Temporal and spatial dynamics within the fungal microbiome of grape fermentation

CA Onetto, CM Ward, S Van Den Heuvel… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over 6 years, we conducted an extensive survey of spontaneous grape fermentations,
examining 3105 fungal microbiomes across 14 distinct grape‐growing regions. Our …

PCR-based gene targeting in Hanseniaspora uvarum

J Badura, N Van Wyk, K Zimmer… - FEMS Yeast …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Lack of gene-function analyses tools limits studying the biology of Hanseniaspora uvarum,
one of the most abundant yeasts on grapes and in must. We investigated a rapid PCR …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative genomics of Ascetosporea gives new insight into the evolutionary basis for animal parasitism in Rhizaria

M Hiltunen Thorén, I Onuț-Brännström, A Alfjorden… - BMC biology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Ascetosporea (Endomyxa, Rhizaria) is a group of unicellular parasites
infecting aquatic invertebrates. They are increasingly being recognized as widespread and …

Examination of gene loss in the DNA mismatch repair pathway and its mutational consequences in a fungal phylum

MA Phillips, JL Steenwyk, XX Shen… - Genome Biology and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The DNA mismatch repair (MMR) pathway corrects mismatched bases produced during
DNA replication and is highly conserved across the tree of life, reflecting its fundamental …

[HTML][HTML] Novakomyces olei sp. nov., the First Member of a Novel Taphrinomycotina Lineage

N Čadež, D Dlauchy, M Tome, G Péter - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Taphrinomycotina is the smallest subphylum of the phylum Ascomycota. It is an assemblage
of distantly related early diverging lineages of the phylum, comprising organisms with …

The cell morphological diversity of Saccharomycotina yeasts

CM Chavez, M Groenewald, AB Hulfachor… - FEMS Yeast …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The∼ 1 200 known species in subphylum Saccharomycotina are a highly diverse clade of
unicellular fungi. During its lifecycle, a typical yeast exhibits multiple cell types with various …

[HTML][HTML] Snails as taxis for a large yeast biodiversity

M Akan, F Michling, K Matti, S Krause, J Muno-Bender… - Fermentation, 2020 - mdpi.com
Yeasts are unicellular fungi that harbour a large biodiversity of thousands of species, of
which particularly ascomycetous yeasts are instrumental to human food and beverage …

Evolutionary divergence in DNA damage responses among fungi

JL Steenwyk - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair pathways contribute to maintaining genome integrity
and are thought to be evolutionarily ancient and broadly conserved. For example, in the …

Barcoded reciprocal hemizygosity analysis via sequencing illuminates the complex genetic basis of yeast thermotolerance

MB Abrams, JN Chuong, F AlZaben, CA Dubin… - G3, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Decades of successes in statistical genetics have revealed the molecular underpinnings of
traits as they vary across individuals of a given species. But standard methods in the field …

Hanseniaspora menglaensis fa, sp. nov., a novel apiculate yeast species isolated from rotting wood

X Chen, YZ Qiao, FL Hui - International Journal of …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Two apiculate strains (NYNU 181072 and NYNU 181083) of a bipolar budding yeast
species were isolated from rotting wood samples collected in Xishuangbanna Tropical …