TABLE 1 .
Early diverging fungi whose genomes were examined in this study
| Speciesa | Strain | Fungal lineage | Lifestyle or habitatb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary exploration of HHK structures | |||
| Rhizophagus irregularis | DAOM 181602 | Glomeromycotina (nonflagellated) | Obligate endosymbiont of plant roots |
| Mortierella elongata | AG-77 | Mortierellomycotina (nonflagellated) | Saprotrophic, widely distributed in soils |
| Umbelopsis ramanniana | AG # | Mucoromycotina (nonflagellated) | Saprotrophic, facultative endophyte in woody roots |
| Conidiobolus coronatus | NRRL28638 | Entomophthoromycotina (nonflagellated) | Saprotrophic, rarely parasite of insects and mammals |
| Ramicandelaber brevisporus | CBS 109374 | Kickxellomycotina (nonflagellated) | Saprotrophic, widely distributed in soils |
| Catenaria anguillulae | PL171 | Blastocladiomycota (flagellated) | Saprotrophic, decaying plant materials, facultative parasite of plant pathogenic nematodes |
| Gonapodya prolifera | JEL478 | Chytridiomycota (flagellated) | Saprotrophic, decaying plant material |
| Rozella allomycis | CSF55 | Cryptomycota (flagellated) | Obligate parasite of Allomyces macrogynus |
| Secondary explorationb | |||
| Gigaspora rosea | DAOM194757 | Glomeromycotina (nonflagellated) | Obligate endosymbiont of plant roots |
| Basidiobolus meristosporus | CBS 931.73 | Entomophthoromycotina (nonflagellated) | Saprotrophic, decaying plant material |
| Zoophthora radicans | ARSEF 4784 | Entomophthoromycotina (nonflagellated) | Parasite of insects |
| Allomyces macrogynus | ATCC 38327 | Blastocladiomycota (flagellated) | Saprotrophic, decaying plant material |
| Spizellomyces punctatus | DAOM BR117 | Chytridiomycota (flagellated) | Saprotrophic, decaying plant material |
| Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis | JAM81 | Chytridiomycota (flagellated) | Parasite of amphibians |
| Rhizoclosmatium globosum | JEL800 | Chytridiomycota (flagellated) | Saprotrophic |
| Piromyces sp. | E2 | Neocallimastigomycetes (flagellated) | Mutualist in gut in variety of herbivores |
a
All genomes were compared with information from the Joint Genome Institute MycoCosm database (6) (http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/programs/fungi/index.jsf). See Fig. 2 for further information on the genomes browsed for the preliminary exploration of HHK structures; for information regarding the genomes browsed in the secondary exploration, see Fig. 3, 4, and 6.