The Ascomycota tree of life: a phylum-wide phylogeny clarifies the origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits.
- C. Schoch, G. Sung, J. Spatafora
- BiologySystematic Biology
- 1 April 2009
A 6-gene, 420-species maximum-likelihood phylogeny of Ascomycota, the largest phylum of Fungi, and a phylogenetic informativeness analysis of all 6 genes and a series of ancestral character state reconstructions support a terrestrial, saprobic ecology as ancestral are presented.
Photoautotrophic symbiont and geography are major factors affecting highly structured and diverse bacterial communities in the lichen microbiome.
- B. Hodkinson, N. Gottel, C. Schadt, F. Lutzoni
- Environmental Science, BiologyEnvironmental Microbiology
- 2012
The lichen as a microcosm represents a structured, unique microbial habitat with greater ecological complexity and bacterial diversity than previously appreciated and can serve as a model system for studying larger ecological and evolutionary principles.
A microbiotic survey of lichen-associated bacteria reveals a new lineage from the Rhizobiales
- B. Hodkinson, F. Lutzoni
- BiologySymbiosis
- 1 December 2009
A new lineage was investigated and characterized through molecular cloning, and was found to be present in all examined lichens that are associated with green algae, suggesting that members of this lineage may both account for a large proportion of the lichen-associated bacterial community and assist in providing the Lichen thallus with crucial nutrients such as fixed nitrogen.
The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – Approaching one thousand genera
- R. Lücking, B. Hodkinson, S. Leavitt
- BiologyThe Bryologist
- 1 December 2016
The phylogenetic position of the 39 orders containing lichenized fungi suggests 20–30 independent lichenization events during the evolution of higher Fungi, 14–23 in the Ascomycota and 6–7 in the Basidiomycota.
Skin Microbiome Surveys Are Strongly Influenced by Experimental Design.
- Jacquelyn Meisel, Geoffrey D. Hannigan, E. Grice
- Biology, EngineeringJournal of Investigative Dermatology
- 1 May 2016
A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families.
- J. Miadlikowska, F. Kauff, S. Stenroos
- BiologyMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- 1 October 2014
New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes.
- J. Miadlikowska, F. Kauff, F. Lutzoni
- BiologyMycologia
- 1 November 2006
The phylogenies confirm that ascus morphology cannot be applied consistently to shape the classification of lichen-forming fungi and conclude that a phylogenetic synthesis for a chosen taxonomic group should include a comprehensive assessment of phylogenetic confidence based on multiple estimates using different methods and on a progressive taxon sampling with an increasing number of taxa, even if it involves an increasing amount of missing data.
Phylogenetic affiliations of members of the heterogeneous lichen-forming fungi of the genus Lecidea sensu Zahlbruckner (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota)
- Michaela Schmull, J. Miadlikowska, F. Lutzoni
- BiologyMycologia
- 1 September 2011
The phylogenetic placement of members of this heterogeneous group of lichen-forming fungi is elucidated to improve the classification and phylogeny of Lecanoromycetes and the new combination Frutidella pullata is proposed here.
Notes, outline and divergence times of Basidiomycota
Divergence times as additional criterion in ranking provide additional evidence to resolve taxonomic problems in the Basidiomycota taxonomic system, and also provide a better understanding of their phylogeny and evolution.
Temporal Stability in Chronic Wound Microbiota Is Associated With Poor Healing.
- M. Loesche, S. Gardner, E. Grice
- MedicineJournal of Investigative Dermatology
- 2017
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