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Open AccessA re-assessment of Taxomyces andreanae, the alleged taxol-producing fungus, using comparative genomics
The monotypic “bulbilliferous hyphomycete” genus Taxomyces was erected in 1993 for a fungal endophyte isolated from the Yew tree Taxus brevifolia and named Taxomyces andreanae. This fungus was reported to produce...
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Cryptic speciation in Orbilia xanthostigma and O. leucostigma (Orbiliomycetes): an aggregate with worldwide distribution
Orbilia xanthostigma, with golden yellow to yellow-orange apothecia and O. leucostigma, with white to very pale rose-lilaceous apothecia, were described by E.M. Fries over 200 years ago. Each of the two taxa, whi...
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Open AccessSareomycetes: more diverse than meets the eye
Since its resurrection, the resinicolous discomycete genus Sarea has been accepted as containing two species, one with black apothecia and pycnidia, and one with orange. We investigate this hypothesis using three...
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Open AccessA multigene phylogeny toward a new phylogenetic classification of Leotiomycetes
Fungi in the class Leotiomycetes are ecologically diverse, including mycorrhizas, endophytes of roots and leaves, plant pathogens, aquatic and aero-aquatic hyphomycetes, mammalian pathogens, and saprobes. These f...
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Open AccessOverview of Phacidiales, including Aotearoamyces gen. nov. on Nothofagus
The new genus Aotearoamyces is proposed to accommodate a single species that was repeatedly collected on fallen wood in Nothofagaceae forests of New Zealand and was previously misidentified as a Claussenomyces sp...
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Open AccessConsiderations and consequences of allowing DNA sequence data as types of fungal taxa
Nomenclatural type definitions are one of the most important concepts in biological nomenclature. Being physical objects that can be re-studied by other researchers, types permanently link taxonomy (an artific...
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Notes for genera: Ascomycota
Knowledge of the relationships and thus the classification of fungi, has developed rapidly with increasingly widespread use of molecular techniques, over the past 10–15 years, and continues to accelerate. Seve...
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Detecting Tagged Hedgehog with Intracellular and Extracellular Immunocytochemistry for Functional Analysis
In this chapter, we explain different strategies to analyze the extracellular Hedgehog (Hh) morphogen distribution and Hh intracellular trafficking by immunohistochemistry techniques. For this purpose, it has ...
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The Patched Receptor
The activities of the Hedgehog (Hh) protein family are central to the growth and patterning of develo** tissues and organs in many different organisms. Hh proteins are secreted ligands synthesized in discret...
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Open AccessThe expression of HSP83 genes in Leishmania infantum is affected by temperature and by stage-differentiation and is regulated at the levels of mRNA stability and translation
Exposure of Leishmania promastigotes to the temperature of their mammalian hosts results in the induction of a typical heat shock response. It has been suggested that heat shock proteins play an important role in...
