The complicated interplay of plant–pathogen interactions occurs on multiple levels as
pathogens evolve to constantly evade the immune responses of their hosts. Many …

The oomycetes are a class of ubiquitous, filamentous microorganisms that include some of
the biggest threats to global food security and natural ecosystems. Within the oomycete …

Microbial eukaryotes constitute a significant fraction of biodiversity and have recently gained
more attention, but the recovery of high-quality metagenomic assembled eukaryotic …

In phylogenomics the evolutionary relationship of organisms is studied by their genomic
information. A common approach to phylogenomics is to extract related genes from each …

Basidiomycete yeasts have recently been reported as stably associated secondary fungal
symbionts of many lichens, but their role in the symbiosis remains unknown. Attempts to …

Pneumocystis jirovecii, the fungal agent of human Pneumocystis pneumonia, is closely
related to macaque Pneumocystis. Little is known about other Pneumocystis species in …

Background With the advent of metagenomics, the importance of microorganisms and how
their interactions are relevant to ecosystem resilience, sustainability, and human health has …

Lichens are valuable models in symbiosis research and promising sources of biosynthetic
genes for biotechnological applications. Most lichenized fungi grow slowly, resist …

Filamentous fungi have been harnessed for the production of organic acids, antibiotics,
drugs, and enzymes for the last 100 years. Fungal biotechnology is currently undergoing a …

Despite their global presence and ubiquity, members of the class Geoglossomycetes
(Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) are understudied systematically and ecologically. These …