CSP 2019 Proposal "Comparative genomics and association mapping in Sordariales: insights into functional diversity in Neurospora and its relatives" aims to investigate the genomic bases of fungal thermophily and thermotolerance, biomass-degradation, and fungal-bacterial interactions. Sequencing multiple populations and species of Sordariales will enable comparative analysis across an order of biomass-degrading fungi frequently encountered in soil, compost and herbivore dung, and encompassing one of the few groups of thermophilic fungi.
Neurospora dictyophora FGSC 7798
Fungal strain FGSC 7798 was isolated from herbivore dung in Lushoto, Tanzania. Neurospora dictyophora is synonym of Gelasinospora dictyophora. It belongs to Sordariales, family Sordariaceae. Neurospora dictyophora is close to N. retispora. Ascospores of both species possess a similar reticulate pattern [1].
References:
- García, D., Stchigel, A. M., José, C. A. N. O., Guarro, J., & Hawksworth, D. L. (2004). A synopsis and re-circumscription of Neurospora (syn. Gelasinospora) based on ultrastructural and 28S rDNA sequence data. Mycological research, 108(10), 1119-1142.
