Image Credit: Ludovic Le Renard
Image Credit: Ludovic Le Renard
Microthyrium microscopicum is the type species of the
genus Microthyrium. The genus is widely distributed with a
wide host range. Microthyrium microscopicum is known from
leaves and stems of hosts such as Castanea sativa,
Buxus sempervirens and Quercus ilex.
Species of Microthyrium (Microthyriaceae, Microthyriales,
Dothideomycetes) have superficial thyriothecia, with a poorly
developed basal layer, a prominent central ostiole, bitunicate asci
and 1-septate ascospores, usually with fine appendages.
Microthyrium spp. are foliar epiphytes, biotrophs,
saprobes or epiphytes on dead or living leaves and stems of plants.
This group of fungi is relatively poorly studied, and thus
molecular data is needed to confirm the relationships of these
families and their genera.
This genome was sequenced as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes
Project.
Genome Reference(s)
Haridas S, Albert R, Binder M, Bloem J, LaButti K, Salamov A, Andreopoulos B, Baker SE, Barry K, Bills G, Bluhm BH, Cannon C, Castanera R, Culley DE, Daum C, Ezra D, González JB, Henrissat B, Kuo A, Liang C, Lipzen A, Lutzoni F, Magnuson J, Mondo SJ, Nolan M, Ohm RA, Pangilinan J, Park HJ, Ramírez L, Alfaro M, Sun H, Tritt A, Yoshinaga Y, Zwiers LH, Turgeon BG, Goodwin SB, Spatafora JW, Crous PW, Grigoriev IV
101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens.
Stud Mycol. 2020 Jun;96():141-153. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.01.003
