Parasites and Mutualistic Symbionts

Carlile, M. J.; Watkinson, Sarah C.; Gooday, Graham W.

doi:10.1016/b978-012738445-0/50024-1

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“…Saprolegnia and Aclzlya (phylum Oomycota) are parasitic for fish ( 5 , 6). In ruminant animals, such as sheep and cattle, anaerobic Chytridiomycota are members of the gut microflora (7). Pythium insidiosum (order Peronosporales, phylum Oomycofa) causes invasive, ulcerative and proliferative pyogranulomatous disease of the skin and subcutis in horses, and gastrointestinal ulcerative and proliferative disease in equids and dogs (8-11).…”

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Fungus‐like hyphochytrids associated with human disease

Bulajić

Velimirović

Vukojević

et al. 1999

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We report two cases, with liver and brain abscess, respectively, where fungus‐like organisms belonging to the Hyphochytriomycota were found at the site of inflammation together with Peptococcus in the first and Cysticercus cellulosae in the second case. This is the first time these groups of organisms have been reported in human material. The role of hyphochytrids in human pathology remained uncertain as they were found together with already known human pathogens.

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Fungus‐like hyphochytrids associated with human disease

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Vukojević

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Plant-Polysaccharide-Degrading Enzymes from Basidiomycetes

Rytioja

Hildén

Yuzon

et al. 2014

Microbiol Mol Biol Rev

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SUMMARY Basidiomycete fungi subsist on various types of plant material in diverse environments, from living and dead trees and forest litter to crops and grasses and to decaying plant matter in soils. Due to the variation in their natural carbon sources, basidiomycetes have highly varied plant-polysaccharide-degrading capabilities. This topic is not as well studied for basidiomycetes as for ascomycete fungi, which are the main sources of knowledge on fungal plant polysaccharide degradation. Research on plant-biomass-decaying fungi has focused on isolating enzymes for current and future applications, such as for the production of fuels, the food industry, and waste treatment. More recently, genomic studies of basidiomycete fungi have provided a profound view of the plant-biomass-degrading potential of wood-rotting, litter-decomposing, plant-pathogenic, and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) basidiomycetes. This review summarizes the current knowledge on plant polysaccharide depolymerization by basidiomycete species from diverse habitats. In addition, these data are compared to those for the most broadly studied ascomycete genus, Aspergillus , to provide insight into specific features of basidiomycetes with respect to plant polysaccharide degradation.

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