Fungal diversity revisited: 2.2 to 3.8 million species

DL Hawksworth, R Lücking - Microbiology spectrum, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The question of how many species of Fungi there are has occasioned much speculation,
with figures mostly posited from around half a million to 10 million, and in one extreme case …

Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillosis

JP Latgé - Clinical microbiology reviews, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
Aspergillus fumigatus is one of the most ubiquitous of the airborne saprophytic fungi.
Humans and animals constantly inhale numerous conidia of this fungus. The conidia are …

Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

R Lücking, MC Aime, B Robbertse, AN Miller… - IMA fungus, 2020 - Springer
True fungi (Fungi) and fungus-like organisms (eg Mycetozoa, Oomycota) constitute the
second largest group of organisms based on global richness estimates, with around 3 …

Multiple evolutionary origins of the fungus causing Panama disease of banana: concordant evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial gene genealogies

K O'Donnell, HC Kistler, E Cigelnik… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
Panama disease of banana, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, is a
serious constraint both to the commercial production of banana and cultivation for …

Identification and nomenclature of the genus Penicillium

CM Visagie, J Houbraken, JC Frisvad… - Studies in …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Penicillium is a diverse genus occurring worldwide and its species play important roles as
decomposers of organic materials and cause destructive rots in the food industry where they …

Phylogenetic species recognition and species concepts in fungi

JW Taylor, DJ Jacobson, S Kroken, T Kasuga… - Fungal genetics and …, 2000 - Elsevier
Phylogenetic species recognition and species concepts in fungi. Fungal Genetics and
Biology 31, 000–000. The operational species concept, ie, the one used to recognize …

Aspergillus Enzymes Involved in Degradation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides

RP de Vries, J Visser - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides is of major importance in the food and feed,
beverage, textile, and paper and pulp industries, as well as in several other industrial …

Genome sequencing and analysis of Aspergillus oryzae

M Machida, K Asai, M Sano, T Tanaka, T Kumagai… - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
The genome of Aspergillus oryzae, a fungus important for the production of traditional
fermented foods and beverages in Japan, has been sequenced. The ability to secrete large …

Aspergillus flavus: human pathogen, allergen and mycotoxin producer

MT Hedayati, AC Pasqualotto, PA Warn… - …, 2007 - microbiologyresearch.org
Aspergillus infections have grown in importance in the last years. However, most of the
studies have focused on Aspergillus fumigatus, the most prevalent species in the genus. In …

Aspergillus flavus

S Amaike, NP Keller - Annual review of phytopathology, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Aspergillus flavus is saprophytic soil fungus that infects and contaminates preharvest and
postharvest seed crops with the carcinogenic secondary metabolite aflatoxin. The fungus is …