Fungal photobiology: visible light as a signal for stress, space and time

KK Fuller, JJ Loros, JC Dunlap - Current genetics, 2015 - Springer
Visible light is an important source of energy and information for much of life on this planet.
Though fungi are neither photosynthetic nor capable of observing adjacent objects, it is …

Non-model model organisms

JJ Russell, JA Theriot, P Sood, WF Marshall… - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Model organisms are widely used in research as accessible and convenient
systems to study a particular area or question in biology. Traditionally only a handful of …

The complexity of fungal vision

R Fischer, J Aguirre, A Herrera-Estrella… - Microbiology …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Life, as we know it, would not be possible without light. Light is not only a primary source of
energy, but also an important source of information for many organisms. To sense light, only …

JaponicusDB: rapid deployment of a model organism database for an emerging model species

KM Rutherford, MA Harris, S Oliferenko, V Wood - Genetics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus has recently emerged as a powerful
system for studying the evolution of essential cellular processes, drawing on similarities as …

Light/dark and temperature cycling modulate metabolic electron flow in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

LJ Kahl, KN Eckartt, DK Morales, A Price-Whelan… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sunlight drives phototrophic metabolism, which affects redox conditions and produces
substrates for nonphototrophs. These environmental parameters fluctuate daily due to …

Delineating the rules for structural adaptation of membrane-associated proteins to evolutionary changes in membrane lipidome

M Makarova, M Peter, G Balogh, A Glatz, JI MacRae… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Membrane function is fundamental to life. Each species explores membrane lipid diversity
within a genetically predefined range of possibilities. How membrane lipid composition in …

Yeast-to-hypha transition of Schizosaccharomyces japonicus in response to environmental stimuli

C Kinnaer, O Dudin, SG Martin - Molecular biology of the cell, 2019 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Many fungal species are dimorphic, exhibiting both unicellular yeast-like and filamentous
forms. Schizosaccharomyces japonicus, a member of the fission yeast clade, is one such …

Elevated Sporulation Efficiency in Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus Strains Isolated from Drosophila

T Seike, N Sakata, F Matsuda, C Furusawa - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus, comprising S. japonicus var. japonicus
and S. japonicus var. versatilis varieties, has unique characteristics such as striking hyphal …

A squalene–hopene cyclase in Schizosaccharomyces japonicus represents a eukaryotic adaptation to sterol-limited anaerobic environments

J Bouwknegt, SJ Wiersma… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Biosynthesis of sterols, which are key constituents of canonical eukaryotic membranes,
requires molecular oxygen. Anaerobic protists and deep-branching anaerobic fungi are the …

Schizosaccharomyces japonicus: the fission yeast is a fusion of yeast and hyphae

H Niki - Yeast, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The clade of Schizosaccharomyces includes 4 species: S. pombe, S. octosporus, S.
cryophilus, and S. japonicus. Although all 4 species exhibit unicellular growth with a binary …