The fungal kingdom comprises a hyperdiverse clade of heterotrophic eukaryotes
characterized by the presence of a chitinous cell wall, the loss of phagotrophic capabilities …

In this review, we discuss the current status and future challenges for fully elucidating the
fungal tree of life. In the last 15 years, advances in genomic technologies have …

Bacteria influence eukaryotic biology as parasitic, commensal or beneficial symbionts. Aside
from these organismal interactions, bacteria have also been important sources of new …

The fungal genus Armillaria contains necrotrophic pathogens and some of the largest
terrestrial organisms that cause tremendous losses in diverse ecosystems, yet how they …

Some protists with microsporidian‐like cell biological characters, including Mitosporidium,
Paramicrosporidium, and Nucleophaga, have SSU rRNA gene sequences that are much …

Canonical microsporidians are a group of obligate intracellular parasites of a wide range of
hosts comprising~ 1,300 species of> 220 genera. Microsporidians are related to fungi, and …

Microsporidia are a large group of fungal‐related obligate intracellular parasites. They are
responsible for infections in humans as well as in agriculturally and environmentally …

It is a certainty that the tree of life can be broken up into large units of biodiversity that span
such great evolutionary distances that one could call them kingdoms. However, if these units …

Operons are a hallmark of bacterial genomes, where they allow concerted expression of
functionally related genes as single polycistronic transcripts. They are rare in eukaryotes …

Parasitoids are ubiquitous in natural ecosystems. Parasitic strategies are highly diverse
among parasitoid species, yet their underlying genetic bases are poorly understood. Here …