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PROVIDER: PRJNA716148 | ENA |
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Project description:Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of sebacinoid fungi
| PRJNA260297 | ENA
Project description:Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites which are produced by numerous fungi and pose a continuous challenge to the safety and quality of food commodities in South Africa. These toxins have toxicologically relevant effects on humans and animals that eat contaminated foods. In this study, a diagnostic DNA microarray was developed for the identification of the most common food-borne fungi, as well as the genes leading to toxin production. A total of 40 potentially mycotoxigenic fungi isolated from different food commodities, as well as the genes that are involved in the mycotoxin synthetic pathways, were analyzed. For fungal identification, oligonucleotide probes were designed by exploiting the sequence variations of the elongation factor 1-alpha (EF-1 alpha) coding regions and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of the rRNA gene cassette. For the detection of fungi able to produce mycotoxins, oligonucleotide probes directed towards genes leading to toxin production from different fungal strains were identified in data available in the public domain. The probes selected for fungal identification and the probes specific for toxin producing genes were spotted onto microarray slides. The diagnostic microarray developed can be used to identify single pure strains or cultures of potentially mycotoxigenic fungi as well as genes leading to toxin production in both laboratory samples and maize-derived foods offering an interesting potential for microbiological laboratories. Keywords: Development of a diagnostic microarray for the identification of potentially mycotoxigenic fungi as well as genes leading to toxin production, 40 food-borne fungi, mycotoxins
2010-03-01 | GSE19227 | GEO
Project description:The recent release of a large number of genomes from ectomycorrhizal, orchid mycorrhizal and root endophytic fungi have provided deep insight into fungal lifestyle-associated genomic adaptation. Comparative analyses of symbiotic fungal taxa showed that similar outcomes of interactions in distant related root symbioses are examples of convergent evolution. The order Sebacinales represents a sister group to the Agaricomycetes (Basidiomycota) that is comprised of ectomycorrhizal, ericoid-, orchid- mycorrhizal, root endophytic fungi and saprotrophs (Oberwinkler et al., 2013). Sebacinoid taxa are widely distributed from arctic to temperate to tropical ecosystems and are among the most common and species-rich groups of ECM, OM and endophytic fungi (Tedersoo et al., 2012, Tedersoo et al., 2010, Oberwinkler et al., 2013). The root endophyte Piriformospora indica and the orchid mycorrhizal fungus S. vermifera (MAFF 305830) are non-obligate root symbionts which were shown to be able to interact with many different experimental hosts, including the non-mycorrhizal plant Arabidopsis thaliana. These two fungi display similar colonization strategies in barley and in Arabidopsis and the ability to establish beneficial interactions with different hosts (Deshmukh et al., 2006). Colonization of the roots by P. indica and S. vermifera results in enhanced seed germination and biomass production as well as increased resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses in its experimental hosts, including various members of the Brassicaceae family, barley, Nicotiana attenuata and switchgrass (Ghimire, 2011, Ghimire et al., 2009, Ghimire et al., 2011, Waller et al., 2008, Barazani et al., 2007, Deshmukh et al., 2006). Microarray experiments were performed to identify and characterize conserved sebacinoid genes as key determinants in the Sebacinales symbioses.
2015-06-01 | GSE60736 | GEO
Project description:Soil dwelling Aspergillus fungi possess the versatile metabolic capability to utilize complex organic compounds which are toxic to humans, yet the mechanisms they employ remain largely unknown. Benzo(a)pyrene is a common carcinogenic contaminant, posing a significant concern for human health. Here, we report that Aspergillus fungi can degrade benzo(a)pyrene effectively. In Aspergillus nidulans, exposure to benzo(a)pyrene results in transcriptomic and metabolic changes associated with cellular growth and energy generation, implying that the fungus utilizes benzo(a)pyrene as a food. Importantly, we identify and characterize the conserved bapA gene encoding a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase that exerts the first step in the degradation of benzo(a)pyrene. We further demonstrate that the fungal NF-κB-type global regulators VeA and VelB are required for benzo(a)pyrene degradation in A. nidulans, which occurs through expression control of bapA in response to nutrient limitation. Our study illuminates fundamental knowledge of fungal benzo(a)pyrene metabolism and provides novel insights into enhancing bioremediation potential.
2018-07-10 | GSE116804 | GEO
Project description:Thermally dimorphic human fungal pathogens undergo a reversible program of cellular differentiation in response to their environment that is essential for infectivity and pathogenicity. In the soil, these organisms grow as highly polarized, multicellular hyphal filaments that produce infectious particles. When inhaled by a mammalian host, these cells switch to a unicellular yeast form that causes disease even in healthy hosts. Temperature is considered to be the primary environmental cue that promotes reversible cellular differentiation; however, a shift to a lower temperature in vitro induces filamentous growth in an inefficient and asynchronous manner. In a search for other signals that regulate morphogenesis, we considered the monosaccharide N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), which is a major component of microbial cell walls and is ubiquitous in the environment. GlcNAc was a potent and specific inducer of the yeast-to-filament transition in two thermally dimorphic fungi, Histoplasma capsulatum and Blastomyces dermatitidis. Micromolar concentrations of GlcNAc induced a robust morphological transition of H. capsulatum after temperature shift, indicating that fungal cells sense GlcNAc to promote filamentation. The synchronous morphologic transition stimulated by low temperature and GlcNAc allowed us to examine the temporal regulation of the transcriptome during morphogenesis to reveal candidate genes involved in establishing the filamentous growth program. Through this analysis, we identified two genes encoding GlcNAc transporters, NGT1 and NGT2, that were necessary for H. capsulatum cells to robustly filament in response to GlcNAc. Unexpectedly, NGT1 and NGT2 were important for efficient H. capsulatum yeast-to-filament conversion in standard glucose medium, suggesting that Ngt1 and Ngt2 monitor endogenous levels of GlcNAc to control multicellular filamentous growth in response to temperature. Overall, our work indicates that GlcNAc functions as a highly conserved cue of morphogenesis in fungi, which further enhances the significance of this ubiquitous sugar in cellular signaling in eukaryotes. For each time-course sample, cDNA was coupled to Cy5 and a reference cDNA pool was made by combining RNA from t = 0 and all late time course samples, which was coupled to Cy3. For end point microarray experiments (i.e., established yeast samples compared to established filamentous samples), G217B yeast cDNA was coupled to Cy5 and filament cDNA was coupled to Cy3.
2013-08-12 | E-GEOD-48044 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Interventions: Case series:None
Primary outcome(s): intestinal fungi
Study Design: Sequential
| 35158 | ecrin-mdr-crc
Project description:Thermally dimorphic human fungal pathogens undergo a reversible program of cellular differentiation in response to their environment that is essential for infectivity and pathogenicity. In the soil, these organisms grow as highly polarized, multicellular hyphal filaments that produce infectious particles. When inhaled by a mammalian host, these cells switch to a unicellular yeast form that causes disease even in healthy hosts. Temperature is considered to be the primary environmental cue that promotes reversible cellular differentiation; however, a shift to a lower temperature in vitro induces filamentous growth in an inefficient and asynchronous manner. In a search for other signals that regulate morphogenesis, we considered the monosaccharide N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), which is a major component of microbial cell walls and is ubiquitous in the environment. GlcNAc was a potent and specific inducer of the yeast-to-filament transition in two thermally dimorphic fungi, Histoplasma capsulatum and Blastomyces dermatitidis. Micromolar concentrations of GlcNAc induced a robust morphological transition of H. capsulatum after temperature shift, indicating that fungal cells sense GlcNAc to promote filamentation. The synchronous morphologic transition stimulated by low temperature and GlcNAc allowed us to examine the temporal regulation of the transcriptome during morphogenesis to reveal candidate genes involved in establishing the filamentous growth program. Through this analysis, we identified two genes encoding GlcNAc transporters, NGT1 and NGT2, that were necessary for H. capsulatum cells to robustly filament in response to GlcNAc. Unexpectedly, NGT1 and NGT2 were important for efficient H. capsulatum yeast-to-filament conversion in standard glucose medium, suggesting that Ngt1 and Ngt2 monitor endogenous levels of GlcNAc to control multicellular filamentous growth in response to temperature. Overall, our work indicates that GlcNAc functions as a highly conserved cue of morphogenesis in fungi, which further enhances the significance of this ubiquitous sugar in cellular signaling in eukaryotes.
2013-08-12 | GSE48044 | GEO
Project description:Transcriptomic analysis of suspended and flocculated (with the fungi) Synechocystis cells suggested that the EM-mediated co-flocculation was a result of down-regulation of the minor pilin genes and up-regulation of several genes including the chaperone gene for pilin regulation, the S-layer protein genes, the exopolysaccharide-polymerization gene, and the genes for signaling proteins involved in cell attachment and abiotic-stress responses. The EM treatment may be applied in the co-culture between other cyanobacteria and fungi to mediate cell bio-flocculation.
2024-05-01 | GSE244152 | GEO