Current insights into fungal species diversity and perspective on naming the environmental DNA sequences of fungi

B Wu, M Hussain, W Zhang, M Stadler, X Liu, M Xiang - Mycology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The global bio-diversity of fungi has been extensively investigated and their species number
has been estimated. Notably, the development of molecular phylogeny has revealed an …

Indoor fungi: companions and contaminants

A Nevalainen, M Täubel, A Hyvärinen - Indoor air, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This review discusses the role of fungi and fungal products in indoor environments,
especially as agents of human exposure. Fungi are present everywhere, and knowledge for …

Microbiota of the indoor environment: a meta-analysis

RI Adams, AC Bateman, HM Bik, JF Meadow - Microbiome, 2015 - Springer
Background As modern humans, we spend the majority of our time in indoor environments.
Consequently, environmental exposure to microorganisms has important implications for …

[HTML][HTML] Ten questions concerning the microbiomes of buildings

RI Adams, S Bhangar, KC Dannemiller, JA Eisen… - Building and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Buildings represent habitats for microorganisms that can have direct or indirect effects on the
quality of our living spaces, health, and well-being. Over the last ten years, new research …

Redefining the Human Oral Mycobiome with Improved Practices in Amplicon-based Taxonomy: Discovery of Malassezia as a Prominent Commensal

AK Dupuy, MS David, L Li, TN Heider, JD Peterson… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Fungi are a large, complex group, increasingly recognized as emerging threats. Their roles
as modifiers of health mandate accurate portrayals of fungal communities in humans. As an …

The mycobiome in health and disease: emerging concepts, methodologies and challenges

PY Tiew, M Mac Aogain, NABM Ali, KX Thng, K Goh… - Mycopathologia, 2020 - Springer
Fungal disease is an increasingly recognised global clinical challenge associated with high
mortality. Early diagnosis of fungal infection remains problematic due to the poor sensitivity …

The diversity and distribution of fungi on residential surfaces

RI Adams, M Miletto, JW Taylor, TD Bruns - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The predominant hypothesis regarding the composition of microbial assemblages in indoor
environments is that fungal assemblages are structured by outdoor air with a moderate …

Optimal eukaryotic 18S and universal 16S/18S ribosomal RNA primers and their application in a study of symbiosis

Y Wang, RM Tian, ZM Gao, S Bougouffa, PY Qian - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Eukaryotic 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene primers that feature a wide coverage are critical
in detecting the composition of eukaryotic microscopic organisms in ecosystems. Here, we …

The roles of the outdoors and occupants in contributing to a potential pan-microbiome of the built environment: a review

MHY Leung, PKH Lee - Microbiome, 2016 - Springer
Recent high-throughput sequencing technology has led to an expansion of knowledge
regarding the microbial communities (microbiome) across various built environments (BEs) …

Key determinants of the fungal and bacterial microbiomes in homes

EM Kettleson, A Adhikari, S Vesper, K Coombs… - Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The microbiome of the home is of great interest because of its possible impact
on health. Our goal was to identify some of the factors that determine the richness, evenness …