One of the most important questions in microbiology nowadays, is how apparently harmless,
commensal yeasts like Candida spp. can cause a rising number of infections. The …

Candida albicans is the most implicated fungal species that grows as a commensal or
opportunistic pathogen in the human host. It is associated with many life-threatening …

The origins and evolution of virulence in amphibian-infecting chytrids Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) are largely unknown …

We recently reported transposon mutagenesis as a significant driver of spontaneous
mutations in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans during murine …

Diatoms, an evolutionarily successful group of microalgae, display high levels of
intraspecific genetic variability in natural populations. However, the contribution of various …

Using meta-analyses, we introduce a unicellular attractor (UCA) model integrating essential
features of the 'atavistic reversal','cancer attractor','somatic mutation','genome chaos', and …

Transposable elements (TEs) are nearly ubiquitous in eukaryotes. The increase in genomic
data, as well as progress in genome annotation and molecular biology techniques, have …

When transitioning from the environment, pathogenic microorganisms must adapt rapidly to
survive in hostile host conditions. This is especially true for environmental fungi that cause …

The basidiomycetous fungal genus, Rhizoctonia, can cause severe damage to many plants
and is composed of multinucleate, binucleate, and uninucleate species differing in …

While most fungi have the ability to reproduce sexually, multiple independent lineages have
lost meiosis and developed parasexual cycles in its place. Emergence of parasexual cycles …