Journal article
Sequencing the Genomes of the First Terrestrial Fungal Lineages: What Have We Learned?
AP Gryganskyi, J Golan, A Muszewska, A Idnurm, S Dolatabadi, SJ Mondo, VB Kutovenko, VO Kutovenko, MT Gajdeczka, IM Anishchenko, J Pawlowska, NV Tran, I Ebersberger, K Voigt, Y Wang, Y Chang, TE Pawlowska, J Heitman, R Vilgalys, G Bonito Show all
Microorganisms | MDPI | Published : 2023
Abstract
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, which are the early-diverging terrestrial fungi currently placed in the phyla Mucoromycota and Zoopagomycota, were sequenced. The genome for Rhizopus delemar was completed in 2008; currently, more than 1000 zygomycete genomes have been sequenced. Genomic data from these early-diverging terrestrial fungi revealed deep phylogenetic separation of the two major clades—primarily plant—associated saprotrophic and mycorrhizal Mucoromycota versus the primarily mycoparasitic or animal-associated parasites and commensals in the Zoo..
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (DEB-1441604 to JWS, DEB-1441715 to JES, DEB-1441677 to TYJ). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The work (proposals 10.46936/10.25585/60001019 and 10.46936/10.25585/60001062) conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (https://ror.org/04xm1d337), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. J.E.S. is a paid consultant for Michroma and Sincarne and CIFAR fellow in the program Fungal Kingdom: Threats and Opportunities.