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author Selbmann, Laura
Benkő, Zsigmond
Coleine, Claudia
de Hoog, Sybren
Donati, Claudio
Druzhinina, Irina
Emri, Tamás
Ettinger, Cassie L.
Gladfelter, Amy S.
Gorbushina, Anna A.
Grigoriev, Igor V.
Grube, Martin
Gunde-Cimerman, Nina
Karányi, Zsolt Ákos
Kocsis, Beatrix
Kubressoian, Tania
Miklós, Ida
Miskei, Márton
Muggia, Lucia
Northen, Trent
Novak-Babič, Monika
Pennacchio, Christa
Pfliegler, Walter P.
Pòcsi, Istvàn
Prigione, Valeria
Riquelme, Meritxell
Segata, Nicola
Schumacher, Julia
Shelest, Ekaterina
Sterflinger, Katja
Tesei, Donatella
U’Ren, Jana M.
Varese, Giovanna C.
Vázquez-Campos, Xabier
Vicente, Vania A.
Souza, Emanuel M.
Zalar, Polona
Walker, Allison K.
Stajich, Jason E.
author_facet Selbmann, Laura
Benkő, Zsigmond
Coleine, Claudia
de Hoog, Sybren
Donati, Claudio
Druzhinina, Irina
Emri, Tamás
Ettinger, Cassie L.
Gladfelter, Amy S.
Gorbushina, Anna A.
Grigoriev, Igor V.
Grube, Martin
Gunde-Cimerman, Nina
Karányi, Zsolt Ákos
Kocsis, Beatrix
Kubressoian, Tania
Miklós, Ida
Miskei, Márton
Muggia, Lucia
Northen, Trent
Novak-Babič, Monika
Pennacchio, Christa
Pfliegler, Walter P.
Pòcsi, Istvàn
Prigione, Valeria
Riquelme, Meritxell
Segata, Nicola
Schumacher, Julia
Shelest, Ekaterina
Sterflinger, Katja
Tesei, Donatella
U’Ren, Jana M.
Varese, Giovanna C.
Vázquez-Campos, Xabier
Vicente, Vania A.
Souza, Emanuel M.
Zalar, Polona
Walker, Allison K.
Stajich, Jason E.
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description The polyphyletic group of black fungi within the Ascomycota (Arthoniomycetes, Dothideomycetes, and Eurotiomycetes) is ubiquitous in natural and anthropogenic habitats. Partly because of their dark, melanin-based pigmentation, black fungi are resistant to stresses including UV- and ionizing-radiation, heat and desiccation, toxic metals, and organic pollutants. Consequently, they are amongst the most stunning extremophiles and poly-extreme-tolerant organisms on Earth. Even though ca. 60 black fungal genomes have been sequenced to date, [mostly in the family Herpotrichiellaceae (Eurotiomycetes)], the class Dothideomycetes that hosts the largest majority of extremophiles has only been sparsely sampled. By sequencing up to 92 species that will become reference genomes, the “Shed light in The daRk lineagES of the fungal tree of life” (STRES) project will cover a broad collection of black fungal diversity spread throughout the Fungal Tree of Life. Interestingly, the STRES project will focus on mostly unsampled genera that display different ecologies and life-styles (e.g., ant- and lichen-associated fungi, rock-inhabiting fungi, etc.). With a resequencing strategy of 10- to 15-fold depth coverage of up to ~550 strains, numerous new reference genomes will be established. To identify metabolites and functional processes, these new genomic resources will be enriched with metabolomics analyses coupled with transcriptomics experiments on selected species under various stress conditions (salinity, dryness, UV radiation, oligotrophy). The data acquired will serve as a reference and foundation for establishing an encyclopedic database for fungal metagenomics as well as the biology, evolution, and ecology of the fungi in extreme environments.
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spelling pubmed-77670622020-12-28 Shed Light in the DaRk LineagES of the Fungal Tree of Life—STRES Selbmann, Laura Benkő, Zsigmond Coleine, Claudia de Hoog, Sybren Donati, Claudio Druzhinina, Irina Emri, Tamás Ettinger, Cassie L. Gladfelter, Amy S. Gorbushina, Anna A. Grigoriev, Igor V. Grube, Martin Gunde-Cimerman, Nina Karányi, Zsolt Ákos Kocsis, Beatrix Kubressoian, Tania Miklós, Ida Miskei, Márton Muggia, Lucia Northen, Trent Novak-Babič, Monika Pennacchio, Christa Pfliegler, Walter P. Pòcsi, Istvàn Prigione, Valeria Riquelme, Meritxell Segata, Nicola Schumacher, Julia Shelest, Ekaterina Sterflinger, Katja Tesei, Donatella U’Ren, Jana M. Varese, Giovanna C. Vázquez-Campos, Xabier Vicente, Vania A. Souza, Emanuel M. Zalar, Polona Walker, Allison K. Stajich, Jason E. Life (Basel) Communication The polyphyletic group of black fungi within the Ascomycota (Arthoniomycetes, Dothideomycetes, and Eurotiomycetes) is ubiquitous in natural and anthropogenic habitats. Partly because of their dark, melanin-based pigmentation, black fungi are resistant to stresses including UV- and ionizing-radiation, heat and desiccation, toxic metals, and organic pollutants. Consequently, they are amongst the most stunning extremophiles and poly-extreme-tolerant organisms on Earth. Even though ca. 60 black fungal genomes have been sequenced to date, [mostly in the family Herpotrichiellaceae (Eurotiomycetes)], the class Dothideomycetes that hosts the largest majority of extremophiles has only been sparsely sampled. By sequencing up to 92 species that will become reference genomes, the “Shed light in The daRk lineagES of the fungal tree of life” (STRES) project will cover a broad collection of black fungal diversity spread throughout the Fungal Tree of Life. Interestingly, the STRES project will focus on mostly unsampled genera that display different ecologies and life-styles (e.g., ant- and lichen-associated fungi, rock-inhabiting fungi, etc.). With a resequencing strategy of 10- to 15-fold depth coverage of up to ~550 strains, numerous new reference genomes will be established. To identify metabolites and functional processes, these new genomic resources will be enriched with metabolomics analyses coupled with transcriptomics experiments on selected species under various stress conditions (salinity, dryness, UV radiation, oligotrophy). The data acquired will serve as a reference and foundation for establishing an encyclopedic database for fungal metagenomics as well as the biology, evolution, and ecology of the fungi in extreme environments. MDPI 2020-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7767062/ /pubmed/33352712 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life10120362 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Communication
Selbmann, Laura
Benkő, Zsigmond
Coleine, Claudia
de Hoog, Sybren
Donati, Claudio
Druzhinina, Irina
Emri, Tamás
Ettinger, Cassie L.
Gladfelter, Amy S.
Gorbushina, Anna A.
Grigoriev, Igor V.
Grube, Martin
Gunde-Cimerman, Nina
Karányi, Zsolt Ákos
Kocsis, Beatrix
Kubressoian, Tania
Miklós, Ida
Miskei, Márton
Muggia, Lucia
Northen, Trent
Novak-Babič, Monika
Pennacchio, Christa
Pfliegler, Walter P.
Pòcsi, Istvàn
Prigione, Valeria
Riquelme, Meritxell
Segata, Nicola
Schumacher, Julia
Shelest, Ekaterina
Sterflinger, Katja
Tesei, Donatella
U’Ren, Jana M.
Varese, Giovanna C.
Vázquez-Campos, Xabier
Vicente, Vania A.
Souza, Emanuel M.
Zalar, Polona
Walker, Allison K.
Stajich, Jason E.
Shed Light in the DaRk LineagES of the Fungal Tree of Life—STRES
title Shed Light in the DaRk LineagES of the Fungal Tree of Life—STRES
title_full Shed Light in the DaRk LineagES of the Fungal Tree of Life—STRES
title_fullStr Shed Light in the DaRk LineagES of the Fungal Tree of Life—STRES
title_full_unstemmed Shed Light in the DaRk LineagES of the Fungal Tree of Life—STRES
title_short Shed Light in the DaRk LineagES of the Fungal Tree of Life—STRES
title_sort shed light in the dark lineages of the fungal tree of life—stres
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7767062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33352712
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life10120362
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