Thank you Gulnara @metalichen.bsky.social 😊

Gulnara Tagirdzhanova@metalichen.bsky.social · last wk.

I have some admin responsibilities during this congress, so alas I will have to limit the flood of live-posting. I'm tremendously enjoying @garimasingh-gs.bsky.social and Paul D'Agostino's session on lichen secondary metabolites and genomics though! #IAL10

The mycobiont of the lichen Xanthoria parietina produces the siderophore ferrichrome which enables iron acquisition and nutrient exchange with its algal photobiont. Great collaboration with my group & @metalichen.bsky.social led by Hubertus Haas 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🍄 New study on #fungal #isocyanide synthases (#ICSs)! With @grantnickles.bsky.social @kellerlab.bsky.social (Uni. Wisconsin-Madison) @currentbiology.bsky.social @unipd.bsky.social Thanks all for the great teamwork! doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.… #Lichens #SecondaryMetabolism #biosyntheticGenes #fungi

Are you interested in how to predict functions of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) and their products? And/or do you love metallophores and would love to identify their producers in microbiomes? Check out @zachreitz.bsky.social 's new paper! elifesciences.org/articles/109... 1/n

Automated genome mining predicts structural diversity and taxonomic distribution of peptide metallophores across bacteria

Automated detection of metallophore biosynthesis reveals that metal-chelating non-ribosomal peptides are widespread, chemically diverse, and deeply rooted in bacterial evolution.

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⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Inviting applications for #PhD (3y) & #Postdoc (2y) to work on alpine #lichens: evolution of #SecondaryMetabolism & #Chemodiversity. #genomics #metabolomics #fungi #biosyntheticGenes. Send your CV +motivation letter ➡️ Garima.singh@unipd.it Please share 😊

Thank you @mmzdouc.bsky.social for detailing our work! In this study we highlight conserved & unique #clusters and link 5 #lichen #metabolites to #BGCs. Thank you @marnixmedema.bsky.social & all the collaborators 🥂! #PKSs #RiPPs #secondaryMetabolism #depsides #fungi #MS #omics

Mitja M. Zdouc@mmzdouc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Ever wondered about the funny moss growing on trees? Chances were good that you were looking at #lichen! These hybrid fungal-algae/cyanobacterial colonies are biosynthetically surprisingly diverse, as we show in our newest publication led by @garimasingh-gs.bsky.social doi.org/10.1099/mgen... (1/5)

Join our Fungal Biodiversity Course at the Westerdijk Institute! 👇 🔬 Explore fungal systematics, ecology, and diagnostics—from soil mycology to plant pathogens. 💡 Learn both morphological and molecular identification methods.

Our paper on the #genome of the Trebouxia #photobiont from Xanthoria is now out in @newphyt.bsky.social! Check below for a near-chromosome level assembly, secretome analysis, evidence of ancient HGT, and transcriptomic comparison of the alga in symbiosis and in pure culture doi.org/10.1111/nph.70728

#Fungi at all levels matter! From tiniest to largest, they are an essential part of our world. Here we map familiar fungi on #fungal tree of life: doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.7… @VaianaAnna @fmartin54.bsky.social, @spribille.bsky.social @rasmus kjoller #lichens #mushroom #yeast #supermario #mold #medicines

#TansleyReview: Evolutionary and functional #relationships between plant and microbial C1 metabolism in terrestrial #ecosystems Jardine et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

Lately, I have been quite fascinated by #mushrooms 🤩. Though not an expert but here are a few sightings from #Turku, #Finland. #fascinatingFungi #Amanita #forests

Having a wonderful time at the #Nordic Lichen Society meeting in Turku, Finland 😇. Truly impressed by the #lichen diversity, landscapes and the enthusiasm of all the participants & organizers. #Cladonia carpet😀 #Peltigera #Usnea #fungi

Our paper on #biosynthetic genes coding for ribosomal #peptides is out now: rdcu.be/ekux7! We present the 1st report of #RiPP-BGCs presence & diversity in #lichens. Spoiler: they’re ubiquitous & make up ~15–20% of #BGCs. #secondarymetabolites #fungi #genomeMining

Breaking into #nature's secret medicine cabinet: #lichens – a biochemical goldmine ready for discovery A Research #review by Garima Singh, et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

Here is our latest study @newphyt.bsky.social , led by @fabianvanbeveren.bsky.social and Yvet Boele! Our first dive into ectomycorrhizae! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Do you want to learn about the convergent evolution of ECM? Have a look at the thread prepared by Fabian🔽

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis evolved independently and by convergent gene duplication in rosid lineages

Click on the article title to read more.

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Fabian van Beveren@fabianvanbeveren.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to share our recent work on the evolution of ectomycorrhizal plants! 🌳 🧬 🖥️ doi.org/10.1111/nph.70054 With: Yvet Boele, @puginiercamille.bsky.social, @mbianc.bsky.social, Cyril Libourel, @maximebonhomme.bsky.social, @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social, @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social A thread: (1/5)

Are #lichens truly a treasure chest of #naturalproducts compared to non-lichenized #fungi? We put this to test using #BGC count as a proxy across ~400 #genomes. Spoiler alert: They absolutely are! #PKSs #secondaryMetabolites #Lecanoromycetes #fungalGenomics Article link: tinyurl.com/ynph7npe

Our minireview on BGC evolution being shaped by genomic & ecological context is now live on mSystems: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #secmet #MEvoSky

Context matters: assessing the impacts of genomic background and ecology on microbial biosynthetic gene cluster evolution | mSystems

Microbial secondary metabolites are compounds produced by bacteria and fungi that are not required for their replication and unconditional survival (1, 2). While they are thus not expected to be unive...

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