Metagenomic surveys have identified uncultivated microbial species whose genomes are predicted to correspond to ultra-small cell sizes. In a new study, Brown et al. describe the genomes of 797 ...

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Recently, molecular phylogenetic analyses have found that Zygomycota are polyphyletic, and these fungi have been placed in the new monophyletic phylum called Glomeromycota, with the subphyliums ...

Taxonomic compositions were determined based on the relative abundances of dominant orders within Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Zygomycota. Correlations between the soil bacterial community structure ...

Critter of the Week: The occlupanid – a member of the phylum Plasticae As we have mentioned many times, new species can be found literally at our door step. But who has found a new species in their ...

New Zealand’s marine biodiversity checklist has been updated, representing an increase of 3,630 known living species since the turn of the century.

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are ubiquitous enzymes with high availability and diversity in nature. Fungi provide a diverse and complex array of P450s, and these enzymes play essential roles ...

Heavy metals (HMs) pose a serious threat to agricultural productivity. Therefore, there is a need to find sustainable approaches to combat HM stressors in agriculture. In this study, we isolated ...

Fungi New phylum used Sanchytriomycota following Galindo et al. 2021. Chytridiomycota and Aphelidiomycota New taxonomic entries: 25 new species added New sequecnes: 792 Sequences quarantined: 19 ...