<i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i> VNII as the Main Cause of Cryptococcosis in Domestic Cats from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Rosani Santos Reis, Isabel Cristina Fábregas Bonna, Isabela Maria da Silva Antonio, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Carlos Roberto Sobrinho do Nascimento, Fausto Klabund Ferraris, Fábio Brito-Santos, Isabella Dib Ferreira Gremião, Luciana Trilles

“…Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal disease acquired from contaminated environments with propagules of the basidiomycetous yeasts of the <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i> and <i>C. gattii</i> species complexes. …”
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ThSCSP_12: Novel Effector in <i>Tilletia horrida</i> That Induces Cell Death and Defense Responses in Non-Host Plants by Xinyue Shu, Desuo Yin, Juan Liang, Deze Xu, Yuqi Jiang, Ting Xiang, Yuxuan Wang, Chunhai Jiao, Ping Li, Aiping Zheng, Aijun Wang

“…The basidiomycete fungus <i>Tilletia horrida</i> causes rice kernel smut (RKS), a crucial disease afflicting hybrid-rice-growing areas worldwide, which results in significant economic losses. …”
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The first two mitochondrial genomes from Apiotrichum reveal mitochondrial evolution and different taxonomic assignment of Trichosporonales by Qiang Li, Wenqi Xiao, Peng Wu, Ting Zhang, Peng Xiang, Qian Wu, Liang Zou, Mingying Gui

“…Abstract Apiotrichum is a diverse anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast genus, and its mitogenome characterization has not been revealed. …”
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Phylogenetic Relationships, Pathogenic Traits, and Wood-Destroying Properties of Porodaedalea niemelaei M. Fischer Isolated in the Northern Forest Limit of Larix gmelinii Open Wood... by Igor N. Pavlov, Yuliya A. Litovka, Tatyana V. Ryazanova, Nelli A. Chuprova, Ekaterina A. Litvinova, Yuliya A. Putintseva, Ursula Kües, Konstantin V. Krutovsky

“…The phytopathogenic and wood destroying traits were studied in a basidiomycete fungus, Porodaedalea niemelaei M. Fischer, widespread in Siberian permafrost woodlands of Gmelinii larch, Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) …”
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High Epoxidation Yields of Vegetable Oil Hydrolyzates and Methyl Esters by Selected Fungal Peroxygenases by Alejandro González-Benjumea, Gisela Marques, Owik M. Herold-Majumdar, Jan Kiebist, Katrin Scheibner, José C. del Río, Angel T. Martínez, Ana Gutiérrez

“…In the present work, refined rapeseed, sunflower, soybean, and linseed oils, with very different profiles of mono- and poly-unsaturated fatty acids, were saponified and transesterified, and the products treated with wild unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs, EC 1.11.2.1) from the ascomycete Chaetomium globosum (CglUPO) and the basidiomycete Marasmius rotula (MroUPO), as well as with recombinant UPO of the ascomycete Humicola insolens (rHinUPO), as an alternative to chemical epoxidation that is non-selective and requires strongly acidic conditions. …”
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A Genetically Engineered <i>Escherichia coli</i> for Potential Utilization in Fungal Smut Disease Control by Guobing Cui, Xinping Bi, Shan Lu, Zide Jiang, Yizhen Deng

“…<i>Sporisorium scitamineum</i>, the basidiomycetous fungus that causes sugarcane smut and leads to severe losses in sugarcane quantity and quality, undergoes sexual mating to form dikaryotic hyphae capable of invading the host cane. …”
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Fungi from dead arthropods and bats of Gomantong cave, northern Borneo, Sabah (Malaysia) by Ibrahem G. Wasti, Foo, She Fui, Tan Qin Zhi, Cheh, Wai Mun, Mohammad Hafiz Syukri Kassim, Mahadimenakbar Mohd Dawood, Noor Haliza Hasan, Vijay Kumar Subbiah, Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan, Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan

“…All fungi were Ascomycetes except for one Basidiomycete isolate. Aspergillus spp. had the highest occurrence (45.8%), followed by Penicillium spp. (25.0%), and Fusarium sp. (12.5%). …”
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The genome sequence and effector complement of the flax rust pathogen Melampsora lini by Adnane eNemri, Diane G.O. Saunders, Claire eAnderson, Narayana Mithur Upadhyaya, Joe eWin, Gregory eLawrence, David eJones, Sophien eKamoun, Jeffrey eEllis, Peter eDodds

“…Previous knowledge of four cloned M. lini avirulence effector proteins and two basidiomycete effectors was used to optimise parameters of the effector prediction pipeline. …”
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Pest categorisation of Coleosporium asterum, C. montanum and C. solidaginis by EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Quirico Migheli, Irene Vloutoglou, Andrea Maiorano, Marco Pautasso, Philippe Lucien Reignault

“…Kern) and Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm, three basidiomycete fungi belonging to the family Coleosporiaceae, causing rust diseases on Pinus spp. …”
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Biotransformation of Phthalate Plasticizers and Bisphenol A by Marine-Derived, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Fungi by Lena Carstens, Lena Carstens, Andrew R. Cowan, Bettina Seiwert, Dietmar Schlosser

“…Partial pathways of DBP metabolization by the ecophysiologically diverse asco- and basidiomycete strains tested were proposed with the help of UPLC-QTOF-MS analysis. …”
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Ethanol-Enriched Substrate Facilitates Ambrosia Beetle Fungi, but Inhibits Their Pathogens and Fungal Symbionts of Bark Beetles by Maximilian Lehenberger, Markus Benkert, Peter H. W. Biedermann, Peter H. W. Biedermann

“…Specific fungi in the ascomycete orders Hypocreales, Microascales and Ophistomatales as well as the basidiomycete Russulales have been found to be of high importance for successful tree colonization and reproduction in many species. …”
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A genome survey of <it>Moniliophthora perniciosa </it>gives new insights into Witches' Broom Disease of cacao by Bailey Bryan A, Guiltinan Mark J, Barbosa Luciana V, Neto Aristóteles, Neto José, Gonçalves Marilda S, Gramacho Karina P, Castro Luis AB, de Moraes Marcos H, Araújo Marcos, Rio Maria, Pires Acássia BL, de Oliveira Bruno V, Thomazella Daniela PT, García Odalys, Estrela Raíssa C, Vidal Ramon O, Carrer Helaine, Cunha Anderson F, Carraro Dirce M, Cotomacci Carolina, Rincones Johana, Parizzi Lucas P, Formighieri Eduardo F, Costa Gustavo GL, Carazzolle Marcelo F, Mondego Jorge MC, Meinhardt Lyndel W, Cascardo Julio CM, Pereira Gonçalo AG

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The basidiomycete fungus <it>Moniliophthora perniciosa </it>is the causal agent of Witches' Broom Disease (WBD) in cacao (<it>Theobroma cacao</it>). …”
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Biochemical and structural characterization of a glucan synthase GFGLS2 from edible fungus Grifola frondosa to synthesize β-1, 3-glucan by Yu-Meng Yang, Xin Fu, Feng-Jie Cui, Lei Sun, Xin-Yi Zan, Wen-Jing Sun

“…Abstract Background Grifola frondosa is a Basidiomycete fungus belonging to the family of Grifolaceae and the order of Polyporales. β-Glucans are the main polymers in G. frondosa, playing a crucial role in the physiology and representing the healthy benefits for humans. …”
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Structural and functional roles of glycosylation in fungal laccase from Lentinus sp. by Manuel Maestre-Reyna, Wei-Chun Liu, Wen-Yih Jeng, Cheng-Chung Lee, Chih-An Hsu, Tuan-Nan Wen, Andrew H-J Wang, Lie-Fen Shyur

“…This study provides new insights into the role of glycosylation in the structure and function of a Basidiomycete fungal laccase.…”
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Genome-wide study of Cerrena unicolor 87613 laccase gene family and their mode prediction in association with substrate oxidation by Long-Bin Zhang, Wu-Wei-Jie Yang, Ting-Ting Qiu

“…Cerrena species have been shown to be promising basidiomycete candidates for laccase production. Although two sets of Cerrena genome data have been publicly published, no comprehensive bioinformatics study of laccase gene family in C. unicolor has been reported, particularly concerning the analysis of their three-dimensional (3D) structures and molecular docking to substrates, like ABTS and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). …”
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Transcriptome analysis of sugarcane reveals differential switching of major defense signaling pathways in response to Sporisorium scitamineum isolates with varying virulent attribu... by V.N. Agisha, N.M.R. Ashwin, R.T. Vinodhini, Kumaravel Nalayeni, Amalraj Ramesh Sundar, Palaniyandi Malathi, Rasappa Viswanathan

“…Sugarcane smut caused by the basidiomycetous fungus Sporisorium scitamineum is one of the most devastating diseases that affect sugarcane production, globally. …”
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Optimization of Production Conditions for Bioactive Polysaccharides from Fomes fomentarius and Investigation of Antibacterial and Antitumor Activities by Hale Alvandi, Ashrafalsadat Hatamian-Zarmi, Bahman Ebrahimi Hosseinzadeh, Zahra-Beagom Mokhtari-Hosseini

“…Background:  One of the medicinal fungi that has been used in traditional medicine for a long time is the Basidiomycete fungus Fomes fomentarius, which is widely distributed in Iran. …”
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Nutritional Composition, Antioxidant Activity, Cytotoxicity, and Enzymatic Potential of <i>Ficus nitida</i>-Associated <i>Tomophagus colossus</i> by Osama Abdel-Hafeez Mohamed Al-Bedak, Ahmed Mohamed Moharram, Hossam El-Dean Farghaly Abdel-Raheam, Steven L. Stephenson, Fuad Ameen

“…A fruiting body of a basidiomycete fungus was discovered growing on chopped <i>Ficus nitida</i> tree trunks in the student housing on the Assiut University campus during the course of this inquiry and a normal collecting operation in the Assiut Governorate, Egypt. …”
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Evolutionary patterns of proteinase activity in attine ant fungus gardens by Hughes David P, Semenova Tatyana A, Boomsma Jacobus J, Schiøtt Morten

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Attine ants live in symbiosis with a basidiomycetous fungus that they rear on a substrate of plant material. …”
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Pest categorisation of Urocerus japonicus by EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Jean‐Claude Grégoire, Chris Malumphy, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Alan MacLeod

“…Eggs are deposited together with a symbiotic basidiomycete fungus, Amylostereum laevigatum. The larvae feed on wood infected by the fungus. …”
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