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Black Fungi: excellence in the extremes

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Shed LighT in the daRk lineagES of the Fungal tree of life (STRES) is a project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) https://jgi.doe.gov/.  The project aims to sequence nearly 100 species of black fungi (reference species) and about 500 additional species in the group of Black Fungi from different ecologies and different life-styles (e.g. ant- and lichen-associated fungi, rock-inhabiting fungi, etc.) using Illumina platform.
The data acquired will serve as a reference and foundation for establishing encyclopedic database for fungal metagenomics, biology, evolution and ecology and will further clarify how such fungi adapt and succeed in the extremes.
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The project was proposed by an International Consortium, including:

  • Laura Selbmann (PI, University of Tuscia, Italy)

  • Jason E. Stajich (co-PI, University of California, Riverside, USA)

  • Sybren de Hoog (co-PI, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, NL) 

  • Anna Gorbushina (co-PI, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) 

  • Nina Gunde-Cimerman (co-PI, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) 

  • Lucia Muggia (co-PI, University of Trieste, Italy)

  • Katja Sterflinger (co-PI, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria)

  • Giovanna C. Varese (co-PI, University of Turin, Italy) 

More details               STRES Website

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