Ascomycota

• 

  Subject Areas on Research

  • A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina. 
  • A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families. 
  • A phylogenetic estimation of trophic transition networks for ascomycetous fungi: are lichens cradles of symbiotrophic fungal diversification? 
  • Align or not to align? Resolving species complexes within the Caloplaca saxicola group as a case study. 
  • An outbreak of fungal endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of compounded combined bevacizumab and triamcinolone. 
  • Analysis of genes coding for small-subunit rRNA sequences in studying phylogenetics of dematiaceous fungal pathogens. 
  • Anti-cryptococcal activity of preussolides A and B, phosphoethanolamine-substituted 24-membered macrolides, and leptosin C from coprophilous isolates of Preussia typharum. 
  • Assessing reproductive isolation in highly diverse communities of the lichen-forming fungal genus peltigera. 
  • Asymmetric drop coalescence launches fungal ballistospores with directionality. 
  • Bioclimatic factors at an intrabiome scale are more limiting than cyanobiont availability for the lichen-forming genus Peltigera. 
  • Cadmium(II) removal by a hyperaccumulator fungus Phoma sp. F2 isolated from blende soil. 
  • Campafungins: Inhibitors of Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans Hyphal Growth. 
  • Centromere deletion in Cryptococcus deuterogattii leads to neocentromere formation and chromosome fusions. 
  • Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in an immunodeficient child treated medically with combination antifungal therapy. 
  • Compact organization of rRNA genes in the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii. 
  • Comparative transcriptomics of fungal endophytes in co-culture with their moss host Dicranum scoparium reveals fungal trophic lability and moss unchanged to slightly increased growth rates. 
  • Conserved genomic collinearity as a source of broadly applicable, fast evolving, markers to resolve species complexes: A case study using the lichen-forming genus Peltigera section Polydactylon. 
  • Contribution of RPB2 to multilocus phylogenetic studies of the euascomycetes (Pezizomycotina, Fungi) with special emphasis on the lichen-forming Acarosporaceae and evolution of polyspory. 
  • Cryptic connections illuminate pathogen transmission within community networks. 
  • Culture-based study of endophytes associated with rubber trees in Peru reveals a new class of Pezizomycotina: Xylonomycetes. 
  • Cytoplasmic dynein is required to oppose the force that moves nuclei towards the hyphal tip in the filamentous ascomycete Ashbya gossypii. 
  • DNA sequence characterization and molecular evolution of MAT1 and MAT2 mating-type loci of the self-compatible ascomycete mold Neosartorya fischeri. 
  • Delayed recalcitrant fungal endophthalmitis secondary to Curvularia. 
  • Disentangling the Collema-Leptogium complex through a molecular phylogenetic study of the Collemataceae (Peltigerales, lichen-forming Ascomycota). 
  • Distribution and diversity of planktonic fungi in the West Pacific Warm Pool. 
  • Diversity and host range of foliar fungal endophytes: are tropical leaves biodiversity hotspots? 
  • Draft Genome Sequence Resource for Blumeriella jaapii , the Cherry Leaf Spot Pathogen. 
  • Emergomyces africanus in Soil, South Africa. 
  • Emergomyces canadensis, a Dimorphic Fungus Causing Fatal Systemic Human Disease in North America. 
  • Enfumafungin synthase represents a novel lineage of fungal triterpene cyclases. 
  • Engineering of New Pneumocandin Side-Chain Analogues from Glarea lozoyensis by Mutasynthesis and Evaluation of Their Antifungal Activity. 
  • Eurotiomycetes: Eurotiomycetidae and Chaetothyriomycetidae. 
  • Evaluating the mycostimulation potential of select carbon amendments for the degradation of a model PAH by an ascomycete strain enriched from a superfund site. 
  • Evolution of Pleopsidium (lichenized Ascomycota) S943 group I introns and the phylogeography of an intron-encoded putative homing endonuclease. 
  • Evolution of the mating type locus: insights gained from the dimorphic primary fungal pathogens Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides immitis, and Coccidioides posadasii. 
  • Evolutionary relationships within the fungi: analyses of nuclear small subunit rRNA sequences. 
  • Expansion of the Stictidaceae by the addition of the saxicolous lichen-forming genus Ingvariella. 
  • Fatal exserohilum meningitis and central nervous system vasculitis after cervical epidural methylprednisolone injection. 
  • Fine mapping of the Pc locus of Sorghum bicolor, a gene controlling the reaction to a fungal pathogen and its host-selective toxin. 
  • First report of urease activity in the novel systemic fungal pathogen Emergomyces africanus: a comparison with the neurotrope Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Fungal and algal gene expression in early developmental stages of lichen-symbiosis. 
  • Fungi that Infect Humans. 
  • Genetic variation in horizontally transmitted fungal endophytes of pine needles reveals population structure in cryptic species. 
  • Geographic variation in algal partners of Cladonia subtenuis (Cladoniaceae) highlights the dynamic nature of a lichen symbiosis. 
  • Global distribution, diversity hot spots and niche transitions of an astaxanthin-producing eukaryotic microbe. 
  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of rare yeast infections: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM. 
  • High diversity and widespread occurrence of mitotic spore mats in ectomycorrhizal Pezizales. 
  • Highly substituted terphenyls as inhibitors of parasite cGMP-dependent protein kinase activity. 
  • Historical biogeography and diversification of truffles in the Tuberaceae and their newly identified Southern hemisphere sister lineage 
  • Host and geographic structure of endophytic and endolichenic fungi at a continental scale. 
  • Iatrogenic Exserohilum infection of the central nervous system: mycological identification and histopathological findings. 
  • Implementing a cumulative supermatrix approach for a comprehensive phylogenetic study of the Teloschistales (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota). 
  • Improved resolution of major clades within Tuber and taxonomy of species within the Tuber gibbosum complex. 
  • Insights from the first putative biosynthetic gene cluster for a lichen depside and depsidone. 
  • Invasive Curvularia Infection in Pediatric Patients With Hematologic Malignancy Identified by Fungal Sequencing. 
  • Investigating the mycobiome of the Holcomb Creosote Superfund Site. 
  • Lichens. 
  • Light might regulate divergently depside and depsidone accumulation in the lichen Parmotrema hypotropum by affecting thallus temperature and water potential. 
  • Macroevolution of Specificity in Cyanolichens of the Genus Peltigera Section Polydactylon (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota). 
  • Major fungal lineages are derived from lichen symbiotic ancestors. 
  • Maximal polar growth potential depends on the polarisome component AgSpa2 in the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii. 
  • Molecular Tools for the Yeast Papiliotrema terrestris LS28 and Identification of Yap1 as a Transcription Factor Involved in Biocontrol Activity. 
  • Molecular characterization of the spatial diversity and novel lineages of mycoplankton in Hawaiian coastal waters. 
  • Molecular phylogenetic study at the generic boundary between the lichen-forming fungi Caloplaca and Xanthoria (Ascomycota, Teloschistaceae). 
  • Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Polyblastia (Verrucariaceae, Eurotiomycetes) and allied genera. 
  • Molecular phylogeny of Heteroplacidium, Placidium, and related catapyrenioid genera (Verrucariaceae, lichen-forming Ascomycota). 
  • New North American truffles (Tuber spp.) and their ectomycorrhizal associations. 
  • New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes. 
  • Numerous group I introns with variable distributions in the ribosomal DNA of a lichen fungus. 
  • Overexpression of the apple MpNPR1 gene confers increased disease resistance in Malus x domestica. 
  • Perspectives on Scedosporium species and Lomentospora prolificans in lung transplantation: Results of an international practice survey from ESCMID fungal infection study group and study group for infections in compromised hosts, and European Confederation of Medical Mycology. 
  • Phylogenetic affiliations of members of the heterogeneous lichen-forming fungi of the genus Lecidea sensu Zahlbruckner (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota). 
  • Phylogenetic analyses of eurotiomycetous endophytes reveal their close affinities to Chaetothyriales, Eurotiales, and a new order - Phaeomoniellales. 
  • Phylogenetic analyses suggest reverse splicing spread of group I introns in fungal ribosomal DNA. 
  • Phylogenetic comparison of protein-coding versus ribosomal RNA-coding sequence data: a case study of the Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota). 
  • Phylogenetic diversity of 200+ isolates of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum associated with Populus trichocarpa soils in the Pacific Northwest, USA and comparison to globally distributed representatives. 
  • Phylogenetic reassessment of the Teloschistaceae (lichen-forming Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes). 
  • Phylogenetic relationships, host affinity, and geographic structure of boreal and arctic endophytes from three major plant lineages. 
  • Phylogenetic study of Catapyrenium s. str. (Verrucariaceae, lichen-forming Ascomycota) and related genus Placidiopsis. 
  • Phylogeny of the Gyalectales and Ostropales (Ascomycota, Fungi): among and within order relationships based on nuclear ribosomal RNA small and large subunits. 
  • Ploidy variation in multinucleate cells changes under stress. 
  • Polarity of meiotic gene conversion in fungi: contrasting views. 
  • Rare mould infections caused by Mucorales, Lomentospora prolificans and Fusarium, in San Diego, CA: the role of antifungal combination therapy. 
  • Sinusitis caused by the fungus Xylaria enteroleuca in a lung transplant recipient. 
  • Strong specificity and network modularity at a very fine phylogenetic scale in the lichen genus Peltigera. 
  • Successful treatment of Ochroconis gallopavum infection in an immunocompetent host. 
  • Systematics of the genus Chaetosphaeria and its allied genera: morphological and phylogenetic diversity in north temperate and neotropical taxa. 
  • T-BAS: Tree-Based Alignment Selector toolkit for phylogenetic-based placement, alignment downloads and metadata visualization: an example with the Pezizomycotina tree of life. 
  • The Ascomycota tree of life: a phylum-wide phylogeny clarifies the origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits. 
  • The adaptive radiation of lichen-forming Teloschistaceae is associated with sunscreening pigments and a bark-to-rock substrate shift. 
  • The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome is required for anaphase progression in multinucleated Ashbya gossypii cells. 
  • The evolution of homing endonuclease genes and group I introns in nuclear rDNA. 
  • The lichen symbiosis re-viewed through the genomes of Cladonia grayi and its algal partner Asterochloris glomerata. 
  • Towards a new classification of the Arthoniales (Ascomycota) based on a three-gene phylogeny focussing on the genus Opegrapha. 
  • Using a multigene phylogenetic analysis to assess generic delineation and character evolution in Verrucariaceae (Verrucariales, Ascomycota). 
  • Widespread occurrence and phylogenetic placement of a soil clone group adds a prominent new branch to the fungal tree of life. 
  • Widespread occurrence of spliceosomal introns in the rDNA genes of ascomycetes.