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Fusarium-based mycoprotein: Advancements in the production of sustainable meat substitutes (2025)
Journal Article
Gnaim, R., Dyer, P. S., & Ledesma-Amaro, R. (2025). Fusarium-based mycoprotein: Advancements in the production of sustainable meat substitutes. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 159, Article 104981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2025.104981

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Pursuing sustainable and nutritious food has positioned Fusarium-based mycoprotein as a promising solution to the environmental and health challenges posed by some traditional agricultural practices and types of food. As consumer awar... Read More about Fusarium-based mycoprotein: Advancements in the production of sustainable meat substitutes.

Identification of an a-factor-like pheromone secreted by the heterothallic ascomycete Aspergillus fumigatus (2025)
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Krappmann, S., Gabl, E., Pazen, T., Heizmann, A., Pöggeler, S., Krüger, T., Kniemeyer, O., Einsiedel, J., Gmeiner, P., Yu, Y., Dyer, P. S., Baker, S. E., & Nowrousian, M. (2025). Identification of an a-factor-like pheromone secreted by the heterothallic ascomycete Aspergillus fumigatus. Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.080

Members of the fungal kingdom serve as models for numerous cellular processes, among them sexuality. In heterothallic ascomycetes, mating-type systems ensure that only compatible isolates fuse to enter the sexual phase. This includes reciprocal secre... Read More about Identification of an a-factor-like pheromone secreted by the heterothallic ascomycete Aspergillus fumigatus.

Comparative genomics of Aspergillus nidulans and section Nidulantes (2025)
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Theobald, S., Vesth, T., Nybo, J. L., Frisvad, J. C., Kjærbølling, I., Mondo, S., LaButti, K., Haridas, S., Riley, R., Kuo, A. A., Salamov, A. A., Pangilinan, J., Lipzen, A., Koriabine, M., Yan, M., Barry, K., Clum, A., Lyhne, E. K., Drula, E., Wiebenga, A., …Andersen, M. R. (2025). Comparative genomics of Aspergillus nidulans and section Nidulantes. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 8, Article 100342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmicr.2025.100342

Aspergillus nidulans is an important model organism for eukaryotic biology and the reference for the section Nidulantes in comparative studies. In this study, we de novo sequenced the genomes of 25 species of this section. Whole-genome phylogeny of 3... Read More about Comparative genomics of Aspergillus nidulans and section Nidulantes.

Two novel species of arctic-alpine lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from the Deosai Plains, Pakistan (2024)
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Usman, M., Dyer, P. S., Brock, M., Wade, C. M., & Khalid, A. N. (2024). Two novel species of arctic-alpine lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from the Deosai Plains, Pakistan. MycoKeys, 102, 285-299. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.102.113310

Members of the lichen-forming fungal genus Oxneriaria are known to occur in cold polar and high altitudinal environments. Two new species, Oxneriaria crittendenii and O. deosaiensis, are now described from the high altitude Deosai Plains, Pakistan, b... Read More about Two novel species of arctic-alpine lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota, Megasporaceae) from the Deosai Plains, Pakistan.

New colours for old in the blue-cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti (2024)
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Cleere, M. M., Novodvorska, M., Geib, E., Whittaker, J., Dalton, H., Salih, N., Hewitt, S., Kokolski, M., Brock, M., & Dyer, P. S. (2024). New colours for old in the blue-cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti. npj Science of Food, 8(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-023-00244-9

Penicillium roqueforti is used worldwide in the production of blue-veined cheese. The blue-green colour derives from pigmented spores formed by fungal growth. Using a combination of bioinformatics, targeted gene deletions, and heterologous gene expre... Read More about New colours for old in the blue-cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti.

The human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus can produce the highest known number of meiotic crossovers (2023)
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Auxier, B., Debets, A. J., Rhodes, J., Stanford, F. A., Becker, F. M., Marquez, F. R., Nijland, R., Dyer, P. S., Fisher, M. C., den Heuvel, J. V., & Snelders, E. (2023). The human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus can produce the highest known number of meiotic crossovers. PLoS Biology, 21(9), Article e3002278. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002278

Sexual reproduction involving meiosis is essential in most eukaryotes. This produces offspring with novel genotypes, both by segregation of parental chromosomes as well as crossovers between homologous chromosomes. A sexual cycle for the opportunisti... Read More about The human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus can produce the highest known number of meiotic crossovers.

Citizen science reveals landscape-scale exposures to multiazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus bioaerosols (2023)
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bioaerosols. Science Advances, 9(29), Article eadh8839. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh8839

Using a citizen science approach, we identify a country-wide exposure to aerosolized spores of a human fungal pathogen, Aspergillus fumigatus, that has acquired resistance to the agricultural fungicide tebuconazole and first-line azole clinical antif... Read More about Citizen science reveals landscape-scale exposures to multiazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus bioaerosols.

A new species of the genus Anamylopsora (Baeomycetaceae; Ascomycota) from Deosai National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (2023)
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Usman, M., Firdous, Q., Dyer, P. S., & Khalid, A. N. (2023). A new species of the genus Anamylopsora (Baeomycetaceae; Ascomycota) from Deosai National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Lichenologist, https://doi.org/10.1017/s002428292300018x

A novel lichen species occurring on rocks was collected from three different localities within Deosai National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Phylogenetic analyses of the nrDNA ITS and nuLSU regions revealed that it clustered within the genus Anam... Read More about A new species of the genus Anamylopsora (Baeomycetaceae; Ascomycota) from Deosai National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

Local-scale panmixia in the lichenized fungus Xanthoria parietina contrasts with substantial genetic structure in its Trebouxia photobionts (2023)
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Wyczanska, M., Wacker, K., Dyer, P. S., & Werth, S. (2023). Local-scale panmixia in the lichenized fungus Xanthoria parietina contrasts with substantial genetic structure in its Trebouxia photobionts. Lichenologist, 55(2), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002428292300004X

Microsatellite markers can provide valuable information about gene flow and population history. We developed and tested new microsatellites for the nitrophilic lichenized fungus Xanthoria parietina and studied its genetic diversity and structure with... Read More about Local-scale panmixia in the lichenized fungus Xanthoria parietina contrasts with substantial genetic structure in its Trebouxia photobionts.

Population genomics confirms acquisition of drug-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus infection by humans from the environment (2022)
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Rhodes, J., Abdolrasouli, A., Dunne, K., Sewell, T. R., Zhang, Y., Ballard, E., Brackin, A. P., van Rhijn, N., Chown, H., Tsitsopoulou, A., Posso, R. B., Chotirmall, S. H., McElvaney, N. G., Murphy, P. G., Talento, A. F., Renwick, J., Dyer, P. S., Szekely, A., Bowyer, P., Bromley, M. J., …Fisher, M. C. (2022). Population genomics confirms acquisition of drug-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus infection by humans from the environment. Nature Microbiology, 7, 663-674. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01091-2

Infections caused by the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus are increasingly resistant to first-line azole antifungal drugs. However, despite its clinical importance, little is known about how susceptible patients acquire infection from drug-resis... Read More about Population genomics confirms acquisition of drug-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus infection by humans from the environment.