Titel
Black fungi and ants: a genomic comparison of species inhabiting carton nests versus domatia
Autor*in
Yu Quan
Center of Expertise in Mycology of Radboud University Medical Center/Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital
Nickolas Menezes da Silva
Bruna Jacomel Favoreto de Souza Lima
Graduate Program in Microbiology, Parasitology and Pathology, Department of Basic Pathology, Biological Sciences, Federal University of Paraná
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Abstract
Some members of Chaetothyriales, an order containing potential agents of opportunistic infections in humans, have a natural habitat in nests of tropical arboreal ants. In these black fungi, two types of ant symbiosis are known, i.e. occurrence in domatia inside living plants, or as components of carton constructions made of ant-chewed plant tissue. In order to explain differences between strains from these types of association, we sequenced and annotated genomes of two newly described carton species, Incumbomyces lentus and Incumbomyces delicatus, and compared these with genomes of four domatia species and related Chaetothyriales. General genomic characteristics, CYP genes, carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), secondary metabolism, and sex-related genes were included in the study.
Stichwort
Black fungiCarton fungiChaetothyrialesComparative genomics
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
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Titel
IMA Fungus
Band
13
ISSN
2210-6359
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Publication
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
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