Fungus: Diversity, Genomics and Genetics
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 2669
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Interests: biofilms; environmental microbiology; filamentous fungi; taxonomy; molecular mycology; fungi; environmental mycology; fungal taxonomy; mycology; medical mycology
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Interests: medical mycology; environmental mycology; molecular biology
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Dear Colleagues,
Fungal organisms are a heterogeneous group that is widely distributed worldwide and can be isolated from diverse ecosystems, from desert areas to frozen areas, such as Antarctica. Fungal diversity is still a little-explored topic. The important number of cryptic species described in several genera makes it necessary to incorporate multi-locus and phylogenetic studies to gain adequate knowledge of their taxa’s true diversity. Genomics constitute the basis of countless studies focused on knowing and understanding the mechanisms of the pathogenicity, production, and secretion of metabolites of biotechnological interest, as well as on the interactions with other microorganisms and with plant, human, and animal hosts. This Special Issue aims to expand our knowledge on the diversity of fungal species from clinical or environmental origins, especially in the few explored substrates or geographical regions. Thus, it welcomes research that includes genomics or genetic studies based on multi-locus or multi-omics analyses with the goal of increasing our understanding of fungi and their interactions.
Dr. Isabel Antonieta Iturrieta-González
Dr. Patrício Christian Godoy-Martínez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fungal diversity
- fungal genomics
- phylogenetics
- fungal taxonomy
- Ascomycota
- Basidiomycota
- phylogeny
- cryptic species
- taxonomy
- phytopathogenic fungi
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