基因组SNP揭示少根根霉种群结构

少根根霉在自然界分布广泛,是重要的食品发酵菌,又是著名的机会致病菌,在形态和生化上多样性丰富,包括原变种、德氏变种和东京变种等3个分类学变种,原型、德氏型、东京型和鲁氏型等4个形态型,以及乳酸组和富马苹果酸组等2个生化组。DNA分子多样性更为丰富。但这些多样性之间缺乏系统的关联研究。本研究选择能代表以上多样性的67个菌株,通过全基因组重测序提取ITS、IGS rDNA和SNP多态性位点进行分子系统发育和群体结构分析,结果将少根根霉分为4个主要的系统发育分支,分支1和2是姐妹群关系,共同构成德氏变种,另外两个分支分别对应东京变种和原变种。鲁氏形态型多系,源自原变种和德氏变种。群体结构分析表明在少根根霉物种内,德氏变种首先分歧出来,然后东京变种和原变种发生分化,最后3个变种分化出各自的亚群;这些亚群表明少根根霉物种正沿着8个相互杂交的分子群体进行演化。本研究首次利用基因组范围的信息支持所有的生态群、分类学变种、形态型、生化组和系统发育分支仍然属于同一个物种,物种分化尚未完成,同时实现了对少根根霉多个DNA分子群体的解析并推导出其演化规律。

ASF1 regulates asexual and sexual reproduction in Stemphylium eturmiunum by DJ-1 stimulation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway

Most fungi display a mixed mating system with both asexual and sexual reproduction.The timing of the two modes of reproduction must be carefully coordinated through signal perception and coordination in the cell along with chromatin modification.Here,we investigated coordination of reproductive output by investigating the function of the histone chaper-one anti-silencing factor 1(ASF1)in a fungal species amenable to characterization of both asexual and sexual reproduction.We used knockout approach to show that SeASF1 influenced asexual and sexual reproduction in Stemphylium eturmiunum.SeASF1-deleted strains failed to produce pseudothecia,but produce abnormal conidia and showed an irregular distribution of nuclei in mycelium.Transcriptome sequencing was then used to identify genes with altered expression in the SeASF1-deleted strains.The transcriptional expression of the identified SeDJ-1 was strongly regulated by SeASF1.The interaction of SeDJ-1 and SeASF1 was confirmed using Y2H,Co-IP,and pull-down.Due to some components of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B(PI3K/AKT)signaling pathway were known to interact with DJ-1 in mammals,we verified SePI3K,an element of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in S.eturmiunum,was directly linked to SeDJ-1 and then these two proteins were defined as a coordinator of reproduction.However,knockout of SeDJ-1 or SePI3K altered the asexual and sexual repro-duction,but SePI3K recovered the asexual and sexual development of∆Sedj-1.The SeDJ-1-M6 segment of SeDJ-1 was essential for its interaction with SePI3K and played a critical role in restoring sexual reproduction in the∆Sepi3k,providing a deep understanding of the regulatory mechanism of SeDJ-1 in S.eturmiunum development.Summarily,SeASF1 is able to trigger SeDJ-1 and SeDJ-1can also activate SePI3K,which is orchestrally involved in asexual and sexual reproduction in S.eturmiunum.All these results reveal that SeASF1 manipulates asexual and sexual reproduction in S.eturmiunum by SeDJ-1 perception of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.These data highlight the deep similarities in coordinating asexual and sexual processes in both fungi and eukaryotes in general.

Early-diverging fungal phyla:taxonomy,species concept,ecology,distribution,anthropogenic impact,and novel phylogenetic proposals

The increasing number of new fungal species described from all over the world along with the use of genetics to define taxa,has dramatically changed the classification system of early-diverging fungi over the past several decades.The number of phyla established for non-Dikarya fungi has increased from 2 to 17.However,to date,both the classification and phylogeny of the basal fungi are still unresolved.In this article,we review the recent taxonomy of the basal fungi and re-evaluate the relationships among early-diverging lineages of fungal phyla.We also provide information on the ecology and distribu-tion in Mucoromycota and highlight the impact of chytrids on amphibian populations.Species concepts in Chytridiomycota,Aphelidiomycota,Rozellomycota,Neocallimastigomycota are discussed in this paper.To preserve the current application of the genus Nephridiophaga(Chytridiomycota:Nephridiophagales),a new type species,Nephridiophaga blattellae,is proposed.