What are fungal species and how to delineate them?

KWT Chethana, IS Manawasinghe, VG Hurdeal… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
This is the opening paper in the special issue of Fungal Diversity, which collates the data on
defining species. Defining and recognizing species has long been a controversial issue …

Yarrowia lipolytica: Safety assessment of an oleaginous yeast with a great industrial potential

M Groenewald, T Boekhout, C Neuvéglise… - Critical reviews in …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Yarrowia lipolytica has been developed as a production host for a large variety of
biotechnological applications. Efficacy and safety studies have demonstrated the safe use of …

[HTML][HTML] The Colletotrichum gloeosporioides species complex

BS Weir, PR Johnston, U Damm - Studies in mycology, 2012 - Elsevier
The limit of the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides species complex is defined genetically,
based on a strongly supported clade within the Colletotrichum ITS gene tree. All taxa …

Inferring ancient divergences requires genes with strong phylogenetic signals

L Salichos, A Rokas - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
To tackle incongruence, the topological conflict between different gene trees, phylogenomic
studies couple concatenation with practices such as rogue taxon removal or the use of …

SMURF: genomic mapping of fungal secondary metabolite clusters

N Khaldi, FT Seifuddin, G Turner, D Haft… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Fungi produce an impressive array of secondary metabolites (SMs) including mycotoxins,
antibiotics and pharmaceuticals. The genes responsible for their biosynthesis, export, and …

The Candida pathogenic species complex

SA Turner, G Butler - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2014 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Candida species are the most common causes of fungal infection. Approximately 90% of
infections are caused by five species: Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida …

[HTML][HTML] Many, but not all, lineage-specific genes can be explained by homology detection failure

CM Weisman, AW Murray, SR Eddy - PLoS biology, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Genes for which homologs can be detected only in a limited group of evolutionarily related
species, called “lineage-specific genes,” are pervasive: Essentially every lineage has them …

The Ascomycota tree of life: a phylum-wide phylogeny clarifies the origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits

CL Schoch, GH Sung, F López-Giráldez… - Systematic …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract We present a 6-gene, 420-species maximum-likelihood phylogeny of Ascomycota,
the largest phylum of Fungi. This analysis is the most taxonomically complete to date with …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging and emerged pathogenic Candida species: beyond the Candida albicans paradigm

N Papon, V Courdavault, M Clastre, RJ Bennett - PLoS pathogens, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Emerging and Emerged Pathogenic Candida Species: Beyond the Candida albicans Paradigm
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RNAi in budding yeast

IA Drinnenberg, DE Weinberg, KT Xie, JP Mower… - Science, 2009 - science.org
RNA interference (RNAi), a gene-silencing pathway triggered by double-stranded RNA, is
conserved in diverse eukaryotic species but has been lost in the model budding yeast …