Publications by authors named "N Cadez"
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- * A bibliometric analysis was conducted to identify the top 100 most cited fungal genera, examining why some have more influence on mycology than others.
- * The paper discusses case studies for these top genera, providing insights into their ecology, economic impact, and key scientific advancements, while also outlining the historical context of research on these fungi.
Converting waste into high-value products promotes sustainability by reducing waste and creating new revenue streams. This study investigates the potential of diverse yeasts for microbial oil production by utilizing short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) that can be produced from organic waste and focuses on identifying strains with the best SCFA utilisation, tolerance and lipid production. A collection of 1434 yeast strains was cultivated with SCFAs as the sole carbon source.
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- - The subphylum consists of over 1,200 known yeast species grouped into 16 families and shows significant genomic diversity akin to that of plants and animals, highlighting its ecological and metabolic range, including both opportunistic pathogens and biotechnological organisms.
- - A recent analysis indicates that the current classification system, which places all these species into one class, fails to capture their vast diversity; researchers suggest reclassifying them into seven classes and 12 orders based on genomic content.
- - This updated classification aims to reflect the intricate evolutionary relationships among yeast species more accurately and facilitate better communication about lesser-known lineages in the subphylum.
During the course of independent studies in Europe, North America, and Africa, seven yeast strains were isolated from insect frass, decaying wood, tree flux, and olive oil sediment. Phylogenetic analysis of two barcoding DNA regions (internal transcribed spacer and the D1/D2 domain of the LSU rRNA gene) revealed that they belong to two closely related undescribed species distinct from all genera in the family Debaryomycetaceae. For reliable taxonomic placement the genomes of four strains of the two novel species and six type strains of closely related species were sequenced.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOrganisms exhibit extensive variation in ecological niche breadth, from very narrow (specialists) to very broad (generalists). Paradigms proposed to explain this variation either invoke trade-offs between performance efficiency and breadth or underlying intrinsic or extrinsic factors. We assembled genomic (1,154 yeast strains from 1,049 species), metabolic (quantitative measures of growth of 843 species in 24 conditions), and ecological (environmental ontology of 1,088 species) data from nearly all known species of the ancient fungal subphylum Saccharomycotina to examine niche breadth evolution.
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