Image Credit: David Culley.
Image Credit: David Culley.
Massariosphaeria phaeospora is a member of the order
Pleosporales (Dothideomycetes) and was sequenced as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes
Project. The 1000 Fungal Genomes Project aims to fill in gaps
in the Fungal Tree of Life by sequencing at least two reference
genomes from the more than 500 recognized families of Fungi. This
project additionally aims to inform research on plant-microbe
interactions, microbial emission and capture of greenhouse gasses,
and environmental metagenomic sequencing.
Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of
ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders, 90 families, 1300 genera,
and over 19000 known species. Previous studies have suggested that
Massariosphaeria is not monophyletic (Wang et.al.
2007). The phyogenetic placement of Massariosphaeria
phaeospora within the Pleosporales is unresolved.
References:
Wang HK, Aptroot A, Crous PW, Hyde KD, Jeewon R. The polyphyletic
nature of Pleosporales: an example from Massariosphaeria based on
rDNA and RBP2 gene phylogenies. Mycol Res. 2007 Nov;111(Pt
11):1268-76.
Genome Reference(s)
Haridas S., Albert R., Binder M., Bloem J., LaButti K., Salamov A., Andreopoulos B., Baker S.E., Barry K., Bills G., Bluhm B.H., Cannon C., Castanera R., Culley D.E., Daum C., Ezra D., González J.B., Henrissat B., Kuo A., Liang C., Lipzen A., Lutzoni F., Magnuson J., Mondo S.J., Nolan M., Ohm R.A., Pangilinan J., Park H.-J., Ramírez L., Alfaro M., Sun H., Tritt A., Yoshinaga Y., Zwiers L.-H., Turgeon B.G., Goodwin S.B., Spatafora J.W., Crous P.W., Grigoriev I.V.
101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens
Studies in Mycology. 2020;96:141-153. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.01.003
