TY - CHAP

T1 - Utilizing genomics to study entomopathogenicity in the fungal phylum Entomophthoromycota

T2 - a review of current genetic resources

AU - de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard

AU - Hajek, Ann E.

AU - Eilenberg, Jørgen

AU - Jensen, Annette Bruun

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - The order Entomophthorales, which formerly contained c. 280 species, has recently been recognized as a separate phylum, Entomophthoromycota, consisting of three recognized classes and six families. Many genera in this group contain obligate insect-pathogenic species with narrow host ranges, capable of producing epizootics in natural insect populations. Available sequence information from the phylum Ento- mophthoromycota can be classified into three main categories: first, partial gene regions (exons þ introns) used for phylogenetic inference; second, protein coding gene regions obtained using degenerate primers, expressed sequence tag methodology or de novo transcriptome sequencing with molecular function inferred by homology analysis; and third, primarily forthcoming whole-genome sequencing data sets. Here we summarize the current genetic resources for Entomophthoromycota and identify research areas that are likely to be significantly advanced from the availability of new whole-genome resources.

AB - The order Entomophthorales, which formerly contained c. 280 species, has recently been recognized as a separate phylum, Entomophthoromycota, consisting of three recognized classes and six families. Many genera in this group contain obligate insect-pathogenic species with narrow host ranges, capable of producing epizootics in natural insect populations. Available sequence information from the phylum Ento- mophthoromycota can be classified into three main categories: first, partial gene regions (exons þ introns) used for phylogenetic inference; second, protein coding gene regions obtained using degenerate primers, expressed sequence tag methodology or de novo transcriptome sequencing with molecular function inferred by homology analysis; and third, primarily forthcoming whole-genome sequencing data sets. Here we summarize the current genetic resources for Entomophthoromycota and identify research areas that are likely to be significantly advanced from the availability of new whole-genome resources.

U2 - 10.1016/bs.adgen.2016.01.003

DO - 10.1016/bs.adgen.2016.01.003

M3 - Book chapter

C2 - 27131322

VL - 94

T3 - Advances in Genetics

SP - 41

EP - 65

BT - Genetics and molecular biology of entomopathogenic fungi

PB - Elsevier

ER -