Toward a fully resolved fungal tree of life

TY James, JE Stajich, CT Hittinger… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we discuss the current status and future challenges for fully elucidating the
fungal tree of life. In the last 15 years, advances in genomic technologies have …

Biosynthesis, evolution and ecology of microbial terpenoids

M Avalos, P Garbeva, L Vader, GP van Wezel… - Natural Product …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: through June 2021 Terpenoids are the largest class of natural products
recognised to date. While mostly known to humans as bioactive plant metabolites and part of …

A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi

Y Li, JL Steenwyk, Y Chang, Y Wang, TY James… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Phylogenomic studies using genome-scale amounts of data have greatly improved
understanding of the tree of life. Despite the diversity, ecological significance, and …

Genomes of fungi and relatives reveal delayed loss of ancestral gene families and evolution of key fungal traits

Z Merényi, K Krizsán, N Sahu, XB Liu, B Bálint… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Fungi are ecologically important heterotrophs that have radiated into most niches on Earth
and fulfil key ecological services. Despite intense interest in their origins, major genomic …

Sequencing the genomes of the first terrestrial fungal lineages: what have we learned?

AP Gryganskyi, J Golan, A Muszewska, A Idnurm… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The first genome sequenced of a eukaryotic organism was for Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
as reported in 1996, but it was more than 10 years before any of the zygomycete fungi …

Divergent evolution of early terrestrial fungi reveals the evolution of Mucormycosis pathogenicity factors

Y Wang, Y Chang, J Ortañez, JF Peña… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Fungi have evolved over millions of years and their species diversity is predicted to be the
second largest on the earth. Fungi have cross-kingdom interactions with many organisms …

[PDF][PDF] Laboulbeniomycetes, enigmatic fungi with a turbulent taxonomic history

D Haelewaters, M Gorczak, P Kaishian… - Encyclopedia of …, 2021 - dannyhaelewaters.com
Laboulbeniales were discovered in the middle of the 19th century, rather late in mycological
history (Anonymous, 1849; Rouget, 1850; Robin, 1852, 1853; Mayr, 1853). After their …

Macrophage-targeting oligopeptides from Mortierella alpina

JM Wurlitzer, A Stanišić, S Ziethe, PM Jordan… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The realm of natural products of early diverging fungi such as Mortierella species is largely
unexplored. Herein, the nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) MalA catalysing the …

[PDF][PDF] Mycoparasites, gut dwellers, and saprotrophs: phylogenomic reconstructions and comparative analyses of Kickxellomycotina fungi

NK Reynolds, JE Stajich, GL Benny… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Improved sequencing technologies have profoundly altered global views of fungal diversity
and evolution. High-throughput sequencing methods are critical for studying fungi due to the …

Symmetric and asymmetric DNA N6-adenine methylation regulates different biological responses in Mucorales

C Lax, SJ Mondo, M Osorio-Concepción… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract DNA N6-adenine methylation (6mA) has recently gained importance as an
epigenetic modification in eukaryotes. Its function in lineages with high levels, such as early …