The fungal kingdom comprises a hyperdiverse clade of heterotrophic eukaryotes characterized
by the presence of a chitinous cell wall, the loss of phagotrophic capabilities and cell …

Fungi are a highly diverse group of heterotrophic eukaryotes characterized by the absence
of phagotrophy and the presence of a chitinous cell wall. While unicellular fungi are far from …

Background The Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis is an ecologically and
economically relevant edible marine bivalve, highly invasive and resilient to biotic and abiotic …

Saccharomycotina comprises a diverse group of yeasts that includes numerous species of
industrial or clinical relevance. Opportunistic pathogens within this clade are often assigned …

… or plants, the ecological success of Fungi is equally impressive, and comprises a broad
diversity of lineages and life styles that populate every corner of our planet (Naranjo-Ortiz & …

Pochonia chlamydosporia (Pc), a nematophagous fungus and root endophyte, uses
appressoria and extracellular enzymes, principally proteases, to infect the eggs of plant parasitic …

Monilinia laxa (phylum Ascomycota ) is a plant pathogen responsible for the brown rot
blossom blight disease in stone fruit trees of the Rosaceae family, such as apricots. We report …

Analysis of the growing number of available fully-sequenced genomes has shown that
Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) in eukaryotes is more common than previously thought. It has …

Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose and virtually unexplored as raw
material for bioethanol production. In this paper, we investigate chitosan, the deacetylated …

Mussels are ecologically and economically relevant edible marine bivalves, highly invasive
and resilient to biotic and abiotic stressors causing recurrent massive mortalities in other …