User:Ilya/Yeast/Phylogeny

Species [1]

Sensu stricto

• Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Saccharomyces cariocanus
• Saccharomyces paradoxus
• Saccharomyces mikatae
• Saccharomyces kudriavzevii
• Saccharomyces bayanus
• Saccharomyces pastorianus

Sensu lato

• Saccharomyces castellii

Other

• Saccharomyces kluyveri (petite negative)

Fungi

• Schizosaccharomyces pombe
• Aspergillus nidulans
• Ashbya gossypii
• Neurospora crassa
• Ustilago maydis
• Candida albicans
• Coprinus cinereus
• Candida glabrata
• Cryptococcus neoformans
• Fusarium graminearum
• Magnaporthe grisea

Miscellaneous

• BLAST with fungi genomes
• Areas of species comparison:
  • cell type control
  • mitosis/meiosis
  • mating (connection to nutritional control)
  • pheromone production

Pathogenic Fungi: Structural Biology and Taxonomy
Chapter 6: Regulation of Morphogenesis by Conserved Developmental Pathways in Pathogenic Fungi
Abstract:
The highly conserved pheromone response MAP kinase and nutrient-sensing cAMP/PKA signal pathways are critical for filamentation, mating and virulence in many pathogenic fungi. A comparison of their functions in two human pathogens Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans, and in two plant pathogens, Magnaporthe grisea and Ustilago maydis, shows that virulence is tightly associated with filamentation and mating in these fungi, suggesting an evolutionary link between pathogenesis and cellular development.

References

1. Cliften P, Sudarsanam P, Desikan A, Fulton L, Fulton B, Majors J, Waterston R, Cohen BA, and Johnston M. Finding functional features in Saccharomyces genomes by phylogenetic footprinting. Science. 2003 Jul 4;301(5629):71-6. DOI:10.1126/science.1084337 |