One of the exciting movements in microbial sciences has been a refocusing and
revitalization of efforts to mine the fungal secondary metabolome. The magnitude of …

Fungi form a major and diverse component of most ecosystems on Earth. They are both
micro and macroorganisms with high and varying functional diversity as well as great …

Streptomyces bacteria are known for their prolific production of secondary metabolites, many
of which have been widely used in human medicine, agriculture and animal health. To guide …

Aspergillus flavus is saprophytic soil fungus that infects and contaminates preharvest and
postharvest seed crops with the carcinogenic secondary metabolite aflatoxin. The fungus is …

Fungi contain a remarkable diversity of both primary and secondary metabolic pathways
involved in ecologically specialized or accessory functions. Genes in these pathways are …

Filamentous fungi produce a diverse array of secondary metabolites (SMs) critical for
defense, virulence, and communication. The metabolic pathways that produce SMs are …

In bacteria, more than half of the genes in the genome are organized in operons. In contrast,
in eukaryotes, functionally related genes are usually dispersed across the genome. There …

The ascomycetous fungus Nectria haematococca,(asexual name Fusarium solani), is a
member of a group of> 50 species known as the “Fusarium solani species complex” …

Microbes and plants produce a huge array of secondary metabolites that have important
ecological functions. These molecules have long been exploited in medicine as antibiotics …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is frequently observed in prokaryotes and until recently was
assumed to be of limited importance to eukaryotes. However, there is an increasing body of …