Modern taxonomy of biotechnologically important Aspergillus and Penicillium species

J Houbraken, RP de Vries, RA Samson - Advances in applied microbiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Taxonomy is a dynamic discipline and name changes of fungi with biotechnological,
industrial, or medical importance are often difficult to understand for researchers in the …

Mycoviruses as a part of the global virome: Diversity, evolutionary links and lifestyle

MA Ayllón, EJ Vainio - Advances in virus research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of mycovirus diversity, evolution, horizontal gene transfer and shared
ancestry with viruses infecting distantly related hosts, such as plants and arthropods, has …

Hiding in plain sight: New virus genomes discovered via a systematic analysis of fungal public transcriptomes

KB Gilbert, EE Holcomb, RL Allscheid, JC Carrington - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The distribution and diversity of RNA viruses in fungi is incompletely understood due to the
often cryptic nature of mycoviral infections and the focused study of primarily pathogenic …

Mycoviral gene integration converts a plant pathogenic fungus into a biocontrol agent

H Liu, H Wang, XL Liao, B Gao, X Lu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Mycovirus-infected fungi can suffer from poor growth, attenuated pigmentation, and
virulence. However, the molecular mechanisms of how mycoviruses confer these symptoms …

A novel mycovirus from Aspergillus fumigatus contains four unique dsRNAs as its genome and is infectious as dsRNA

L Kanhayuwa, I Kotta-Loizou, S Özkan… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
We report the discovery and characterization of a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) mycovirus
isolated from the human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus fumigatus …

Mycoviruses in Aspergilli: A Comprehensive Review

I Kotta-Loizou, RHA Coutts - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Fungi, similar to all species, are susceptible to viral infection. Aspergillus is arguably the
most well studied fungal genus because of its medical, ecological and economical …

Multiple virus infection in a single strain of Fusarium poae shown by deep sequencing

H Osaki, A Sasaki, K Nomiyama, K Tomioka - Virus Genes, 2016 - Springer
Many bands were detected on an electrophoretic profile of double-stranded (ds) RNA
preparation from a single strain of Fusarium poae isolated from wheat. When the purified …

Mycoviruses in Fusarium Species: An Update

P Li, P Bhattacharjee, S Wang, L Zhang… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Fusarium is an important genus of plant pathogenic fungi, and is widely distributed in soil
and associated with plants worldwide. The diversity of mycoviruses in Fusarium is …

Viruses of fungi and oomycetes in the soil environment

S Sutela, A Poimala, EJ Vainio - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Soils support a myriad of organisms hosting highly diverse viromes. In this minireview, we
focus on viruses hosted by true fungi and oomycetes (members of Stamenopila …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular characterization of a novel mycovirus in Alternaria alternata manifesting two-sided effects: Down-regulation of host growth and up-regulation of host …

R Okada, S Ichinose, K Takeshita, S Urayama… - Virology, 2018 - Elsevier
A double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) mycovirus was detected in a strain of Alternaria alternata
showing impaired growth phenotypes. The A. alternata strain is the Japanese pear …