101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens.

ABSTRACT: Dothideomycetes is the largest class of kingdom Fungi and comprises an incredible diversity of lifestyles, many of which have evolved multiple times. Plant pathogens represent a major ecological niche of the class Dothideomycetes and they are known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Studying the ecology and evolution of Dothideomycetes has significant implications for our fundamental understanding of fungal evolution, their adaptation to stress and host specificity, and practical implications with regard to the effects of climate change and on the food, feed, and livestock elements of the agro-economy. In this study, we present the first large-scale, whole-genome comparison of 101 Dothideomycetes introducing 55 new

SUBMITTER: Haridas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7082219 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature