Fungal evolution: diversity, taxonomy and phylogeny of the Fungi

MA Naranjo‐Ortiz, T Gabaldón - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The fungal kingdom comprises a hyperdiverse clade of heterotrophic eukaryotes
characterized by the presence of a chitinous cell wall, the loss of phagotrophic capabilities …

Scaling up discovery of hidden diversity in fungi: impacts of barcoding approaches

R Yahr, CL Schoch… - … Transactions of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The fungal kingdom is a hyperdiverse group of multicellular eukaryotes with profound
impacts on human society and ecosystem function. The challenge of documenting and …

Phylogenetic reference data for systematics and phylotaxonomy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from phylum to species level

M Krüger, C Krüger, C Walker, H Stockinger… - New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although the molecular phylogeny, evolution and biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi (AMF) are becoming clearer, phylotaxonomically reliable sequence data are still …

Reconstructing the backbone of the Saccharomycotina yeast phylogeny using genome-scale data

XX Shen, X Zhou, J Kominek… - G3: Genes …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the phylogenetic relationships among the yeasts of the subphylum
Saccharomycotina is a prerequisite for understanding the evolution of their metabolisms and …

Archaeorhizomycetes: unearthing an ancient class of ubiquitous soil fungi

A Rosling, F Cox, K Cruz-Martinez, K Ihrmark… - Science, 2011 - science.org
Estimates suggest that only one-tenth of the true fungal diversity has been described.
Among numerous fungal lineages known only from environmental DNA sequences, Soil …

Relationships among genera of the Saccharomycotina (Ascomycota) from multigene phylogenetic analysis of type species

CP Kurtzman, CJ Robnett - FEMS yeast research, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Relationships among ascomycetous yeast genera (subphylum Saccharomycotina, phylum
Ascomycota) have been uncertain. In the present study, type species of 70 currently …

A Survey of the Gene Repertoire of Gigaspora rosea Unravels Conserved Features among Glomeromycota for Obligate Biotrophy

N Tang, H San Clemente, S Roy, G Bécard… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a diverse group of soil fungi (Glomeromycota) that
form the most ancient mutualistic association termed AM symbiosis with a majority of land …

A high-quality reference genome for the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces osmophilus

GS Jia, WC Zhang, Y Liang, XH Liu… - G3: Genes …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Fission yeasts are an ancient group of fungal species that diverged from each other from
tens to hundreds of million years ago. Among them is the preeminent model organism …

The search for the fungal tree of life

DJ McLaughlin, DS Hibbett, F Lutzoni… - Trends in …, 2009 - cell.com
The Fungi comprise a diverse kingdom of eukaryotes that are characterized by a typically
filamentous but sometimes unicellular vegetative form, and heterotrophic, absorptive …

A consistent phylogenetic backbone for the fungi

I Ebersberger, R de Matos Simoes… - Molecular Biology …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The kingdom of fungi provides model organisms for biotechnology, cell biology, genetics,
and life sciences in general. Only when their phylogenetic relationships are stably resolved …