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April 21, 2014

Deciphering the virulence of a fern fungus

Researchers annotate genome of the smallest known fungal plant pathogen. The Science: Researchers sequenced and analyzed the genome of Mixia osmundea, the smallest fungal plant pathogen (13.6 million bases) to date, to provide insight into its mode of pathogenicity and reproductive biology. The Impact: Aside from learning how the fungal pathogen reproduces, genome annotation revealed… [Read More]

June 29, 2012

A Rotten Coaltastrophe

Much of the world’s coal was generated 300-360 million years ago, during an era known as the Carboniferous period. But it may have come to an end from an unlikely source: fungus. An international team of scientists, including researchers at Clark University and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), has proposed… [Read More]