Fungal Genetics 2015
Phylogenomics of the Zygomycete lineages:
Exploring phylogeny and genome evolution
Jason Stajich
@hyphaltip @zygolife @stajichlab
Gaining	
  Momentum
Goals	
  
• Facilitate	
  the	
  sequencing	
  of	
  fungal	
  genomes	
  across	
  the	
  
Kingdom	
  Fungi	
  
• Produce	
  a	
  genome-­‐scale	
  phylogeny	
  for	
  Kingdom	
  Fungi	
  
• Create	
  genome	
  reference	
  data	
  sets	
  for	
  Kingdom	
  Fungi	
  
• Pan-­‐fungal	
  genome,	
  Models	
  to	
  non-­‐models
Joey	
  Spatafora Igor	
  Grigoriev
0.4
Ogataea_parapolymorpha_DL_1
Meliniomyces_variabilis_F
Debaryomyces_hansenii_CBS_767
Choiromyces_venosus_120613_1
Rhizoctonia_solani_AG_1_IA
Enterocytozoon_bieneusi_H348
Agaricus_bisporus_var_bisporus_H97
Moniliophthora_perniciosa_FA553
Trichosporon_oleaginosus_IBC0246
Zygosaccharomyces_rouxii_CBS_732
Hydnomerulius_pinastri
Exophiala_dermatitidis_NIH_UT8656
Wilcoxina_mikolae_CBS_423_85
Kluyveromyces_lactis_NRRL_Y_1140
Oidiodendron_maius_Zn
Apiospora_montagnei_NRRL_25634
Suillus_brevipes
Pleurotus_ostreatus_PC15
Clavicorona_pyxidata_HHB10654
Exidia_glandulosa_HHB12029
Sordaria_macrospora_k_hell
Lichtheimia_hyalospora_FSU_10163
Amanita_thiersii_Skay4041
Gymnopus_luxurians
Ajellomyces_capsulatus_NAm1
Meyerozyma_guilliermondii_ATCC_6260
Jaapia_argillacea_MUCL_33604
Sporisorium_reilianum_SRZ2
Auriscalpium_vulgare_FP105234_Sp
Mucor_circinelloides_CBS277_49
Phanerochaete_chrysosporium_2
Cortinarius_glaucopus_AT_2004_276
Cryphonectria_parasitica_EP155
Uncinocarpus_reesii_1704
Chaetomium_globosum_CBS_148_51
Ganoderma_sp_10597_SS1
Lodderomyces_elongisporus_NRRL_YB_4239
Aspergillus_niger_ATCC_1015
Plicaturopsis_crispa_CBS_459_81
Ophiostoma_piceae_UAMH_11346
Spathaspora_passalidarum_NRRL_Y_27907
Paxillus_involutus_ATCC_200175
Orpinomyces_sp_C1A
Hysterium_pulicare_CBS_123377
Piedraia_hortae_CBS_480_64_1
Candida_albicans_SC5314
Sporobolomyces_roseus_CBS_119925
Capronia_coronata_CBS_617_96
Arthroderma_benhamiae_CBS_112371
Wallemia_sebi_CBS_633_66
Phaeoacremonium_aleophilum_UCRPA7
Melampsora_laricis_populina_98AG31
Sphaerulina_musiva_SO2202
Tritirachium_sp_CBS_265_96
Beauveria_bassiana_ARSEF_2860
Catenaria_anguillulae_PL171
Pleomassaria_siparia_CBS_279_74
Aulographum_hederae_CBS_113979
Karstenula_rhodostoma_CBS_690_94
Grosmannia_clavigera_kw1407
Piromyces_sp_E2
Botrytis_cinerea_B05_10
Lepidopterella_palustris
Fibulorhizoctonia_sp_CBS_109695
Neolentinus_lepideus_HHB14362_ss_1
Dothistroma_septosporum_NZE10
Encephalitozoon_romaleae_SJ_2008
Amanita_muscaria_Koide
Ashbya_gossypii_FDAG1
Millerozyma_farinosa_CBS_7064
Polychaeton_citri_CBS_116435
Cyberlindnera_jadinii_NRRL_Y_1542
Phycomyces_blakesleeanus_NRRL_1555
Trichosporon_asahii_var_asahii_CBS_8904
Tremella_mesenterica_Fries
Encephalitozoon_hellem_ATCC_50504
Metarhizium_anisopliae_ARSEF_23
Paracoccidioides_brasiliensis_Pb18
Thelebolus_stercoreus
Rhizophagus_irregularis_DAOM_181602
Monascus_ruber_NRRL_1597
Coniochaeta_ligniaria
Xanthoria_parietina_46_1
Pisolithus_tinctorius_Marx_270
Tricholoma_matsutake_945
Leucogyrophana_mollusca_KUC20120723A_06
Fusarium_graminearum_PH_1
Postia_placenta_MAD_698_R
Amorphotheca_resinae_ATCC_22711
Fistulina_hepatica_ATCC_64428
Sporormia_fimetaria
Phaeosphaeria_nodorum_SN15
Schizopora_paradoxa_KUC8140
Magnaporthe_oryzae_70_15
Leptosphaeria_maculans_JN3
Cenococcum_geophilum_1_58
Suillus_luteus_UH_Slu_Lm8_n1
Rhodotorula_minuta_MCA_4210
Meliniomyces_bicolor_E
Conidiobolus_coronatus_NRRL_28638
Verticillium_dahliae_JR2
Batrachochytrium_dendrobatidis_JAM81
Botryobasidium_botryosum_FD_172_SS1
Coccidioides_immitis_RS
Lichtheimia_corymbifera_FSU_9682
Rhizopus_delemar_RA_99_880
Sebacina_vermifera_MAFF_305830
Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_S288C
Cucurbitaria_berberidis_CBS_394_84
Sporobolomyces_linderae_CBS_7893
Fomitopsis_pinicola_FP_58527_SS1
Phlebia_brevispora_HHB_7030_SS6
Cochliobolus_heterostrophus_C5
Pyrenophora_tritici_repentis
Schizophyllum_commune_H4_8
Dendrothele_bispora_CBS_962_96
Exobasidium_vaccinii_MPITM
Thermoascus_aurantiacus_ATCC26904
Patellaria_atrata_CBS_101060
Baudoinia_compniacensis_UAMH_10762
Blumeria_graminis_fsp_hordei_DH14
Hypholoma_sublateritium
Chalara_longipes_BDJ
Fibroporia_radiculosa_TFFH_294
Melanomma_pulvis_pyrius_CBS_109_77
Lophiostoma_macrostomum_CBS_122681
Punctularia_strigosozonata_HHB_11173_SS5
Torulaspora_delbrueckii_CBS_1146
Schizosaccharomyces_octosporus_yFS286
Didymella_exigua_CBS_183_55
Naiadella_fluitans_ATCC_64713
Symbiotaphrina_kochii_250_77
Serpula_lacrymans_S7_3
Gymnascella_citrina_NRRL_5970_1
Trichophyton_rubrum_CBS_118892
Arthrobotrys_oligospora_ATCC_24927
Antonospora_locustae_HM_2013
Calocera_cornea_HHB12733
Hortaea_werneckii_v2_M0
Myriangium_duriaei_CBS_260_36
Pneumocystis_jirovecii_SE8
Cordyceps_militaris_CM01
Kazachstania_africana_CBS_2517
Trematosphaeria_pertusa_CBS_122368
Mortierella_elongata
Phlebiopsis_gigantea_11061_1_CR5_6
Ascobolus_immersus_RN42
Encephalitozoon_intestinalis_ATCC_50506
Laccaria_amethystina_LaAM_08_1
Dacryopinax_sp_DJM_731_SS1
Myceliophthora_thermophila_ATCC_42464
Aplosporella_prunicola_CBS_121_167
Zopfia_rhizophila_CBS_207_26
Togninia_minima_UCRPA7
Wallemia_ichthyophaga_EXF_994
Coprinopsis_cinerea_okayama7_130
Neurospora_crassa_OR74A
Glarea_lozoyensis_74030
Acidomyces_richmondensis_BFW_Aciri1_iso
Trametes_versicolor_FP_101664_SS1
Chaetosphaeria_innumera
Wolfiporia_cocos_MD_104_SS10
Clavulina_sp_PMI_390
Marssonina_brunnea_fsp_multigermtubi_MB_m1
Mortierella_verticillata_NRRL_6337
Laccaria_bicolor_S238N_H82
Boletus_edulis_BED1
Aspergillus_fumigatus_Af293
Tilletiaria_anomala_UBC_951
Volvariella_volvacea_V23
Lentithecium_fluviatile_CBS_122367
Umbelopsis_ramanniana_NRRL_5844
Colletotrichum_graminicola_M1_001
Yarrowia_lipolytica_CLIB122
Nematocida_parisii_ERTm1
Macrolepiota_fuliginosa
Rhytidhysteron_rufulum_CBS_306_38
Xylona_heveae_TC161
Mycosphaerella_graminicola_IPO323
Penicillium_chrysogenum_Wisconsin_54_1255
Rhodosporidium_toruloides_NP11
Taphrina_deformans
Coemansia_reversa_NRRL_1564
Sistotremastrum_suecicum_HHB10207_ss_3
Daldinia_eschscholzii_EC12
Rhodotorula_graminis_WP1_1
Microbotryum_violaceum_p1A1_Lamole
Komagataella_pastoris_GS115
Eutypa_lata_UCREL1
Talaromyces_stipitatus_ATCC_10500
Botryosphaeria_dothidea_CBS_115476
Cadophora_sp_DSE1049
Sclerotinia_sclerotiorum_1980_UF_70
Clavispora_lusitaniae_ATCC_42720
Cryptococcus_neoformans_var_neoformans_JEC21
Auricularia_subglabra_TFB10046_SS_5
Ophiostoma_piliferum
Dichomitus_squalens_LYAD_421_SS1
Rozella_allomycis_CSF55
Cylindrobasidium_torrendii_FP15055_ss_10
Heterobasidion_annosum_TC_32_1
Malassezia_globosa
Coniophora_puteana_RWD_64_598_SS2
Fusarium_fujikuroi_IMI58289
Armillaria_mellea_DSM_3731
Claviceps_purpurea_20_1
Scleroderma_citrinum_Foug_A
Mixia_osmundae_IAM_14324
Nosema_ceranae_BRL01
Trypethelium_eluteriae
Trichoderma_atroviride_IMI_206040
Calosphaeria_pulchella
Sphaerobolus_stellatus_SS14
Saccharata_proteae_CBS_121410
Pseudogymnoascus_destructans_20631_21
Pichia_stipitis_CBS_6054
Puccinia_graminis_fsp_tritici_CRL_75_36_700_3
Pseudozyma_antarctica_T_34
Stereum_hirsutum_FP_91666_SS1
Hebeloma_cylindrosporum_h7
Melanconium_sp_NRRL_54901
Cyphellophora_europaea_CBS_101466
Zasmidium_cellare_ATCC_36951
Glomerella_cingulata_23
Atractiellales_sp_PMI_95
Tetrapisispora_phaffii_CBS_4417
Dekkera_bruxellensis_CBS_2499
Protomyces_inouyei
Gonapodya_prolifera_JEL478
Encephalitozoon_cuniculi_GB_M1
Anthostoma_avocetta_NRRL_3190
Talaromyces_marneffei_ATCC_18224
Galerina_marginata_CBS_339_88
Nectria_haematococca_FGSC_9596
Ramaria_rubella_UT_36052_T
Ascocoryne_sarcoides_NRRL_50072
Bjerkandera_adusta
Mycosphaerella_fijiensis
Aureobasidium_pullulans_var_pullulans_EXF_150
Monascus_purpureus_NRRL_1596
Backusella_circina_FSU_941
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Basidiomycota
Ascomycota
Early	
  Diverging	
  Fungi
1000	
  Fungal	
  Genomes	
  Program	
  -­‐	
  
Project	
  Status
Number
0
75
150
225
300
Status
107
13
28
16
119
awaiLng	
  materials
sequencing
analysis
annotaLon
complete
RAxML	
  Tree	
  
241	
  taxa	
  
180	
  proteins	
  
Stajich, Spatafora
Zygomycetes
Diverse, early branching lineages that could contain transition
states for zoosporic to Dikarya and multicellular states

“Conundrum of the fungi” because the placement of the
groups has varied
Date
Mucormycotina
Date
Spinellus fusiger on Mycena capillaripes
Darvin DeShazer
Date
Phycomyces zygospore
Date
Endogene
Date
Entomophthora muscae on house fly
Gryganskyi et al 2013; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071168
s
s
ung
host hyphae
parasite hyphae
S. dispora!
rhizoids
merosporangium
sporangiophore
Katy Lazarus
A–E. Mucorales. Zygospores of A. Cokeromyces recurvatus, B. Cunninghamella homothallicus, C.
Radiomyces spectabilis and D. Absidia spinosa. E. Hesseltinella vesiculosa sporangia. F–G.
Mortierellales. F. Mortierella (Gamsiella) multidivaricata chlamydospore. G. Lobosporangium
transversalis sporangia borne on arachnoid mycelium. H–J. Zoopagales. H. Piptocephalis cormbifera
immature sporangia. I. Syncephalis cornu sporophore bearing senescent sporangia with uniseriate
sporangiospores.
SEM of zygomycete sexual and asexual
reproductive structures
White et al 2006
ARTICLES
Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi
using a six-gene phylogeny
Timothy Y. James1
, Frank Kauff1
, Conrad L. Schoch2
*, P. Brandon Matheny3
*, Vale´rie Hofstetter1
*, Cymon J. Cox1
{,
Gail Celio4
, Ce´cile Gueidan1
, Emily Fraker1
, Jolanta Miadlikowska1
, H. Thorsten Lumbsch5
, Alexandra Rauhut6
,
Vale´rie Reeb1
, A. Elizabeth Arnold1
{, Anja Amtoft7
, Jason E. Stajich8
, Kentaro Hosaka2
{, Gi-Ho Sung2
,
Desiree Johnson2
, Ben O’Rourke2
, Michael Crockett2
, Manfred Binder3
, Judd M. Curtis3
, Jason C. Slot3
,
Zheng Wang3
{, Andrew W. Wilson3
, Arthur Schu¨ßler9
, Joyce E. Longcore10
, Kerry O’Donnell11
,
Sharon Mozley-Standridge12
, David Porter12
, Peter M. Letcher13
, Martha J. Powell13
, John W. Taylor14
,
Merlin M. White15
, Gareth W. Griffith16
, David R. Davies17
, Richard A. Humber18
, Joseph B. Morton19
,
Junta Sugiyama20
, Amy Y. Rossman21
, Jack D. Rogers22
, Don H. Pfister23
, David Hewitt23
, Karen Hansen23
,
Sarah Hambleton24
, Robert A. Shoemaker24
, Jan Kohlmeyer25
, Brigitte Volkmann-Kohlmeyer25
, Robert A. Spotts26
,
Maryna Serdani26
, Pedro W. Crous27
, Karen W. Hughes28
, Kenji Matsuura29
, Ewald Langer30
, Gitta Langer30
,
Wendy A. Untereiner31
, Robert Lu¨cking5
, Burkhard Bu¨del6
, David M. Geiser32
, Andre´ Aptroot33
, Paul Diederich34
,
Imke Schmitt5
{, Matthias Schultz35
, Rebecca Yahr1
{, David S. Hibbett3
, Franc¸ois Lutzoni1
, David J. McLaughlin4
,
Joseph W. Spatafora2
& Rytas Vilgalys1
The ancestors of fungi are believed to be simple aquatic forms with flagellated spores, similar to members of the extant
phylum Chytridiomycota (chytrids). Current classifications assume that chytrids form an early-diverging clade within the
kingdom Fungi and imply a single loss of the spore flagellum, leading to the diversification of terrestrial fungi. Here we
develop phylogenetic hypotheses for Fungi using data from six gene regions and nearly 200 species. Our results indicate that
there may have been at least four independent losses of the flagellum in the kingdom Fungi. These losses of swimming spores
coincided with the evolution of new mechanisms of spore dispersal, such as aerial dispersal in mycelial groups and polar tube
eversion in the microsporidia (unicellular forms that lack mitochondria). The enigmatic microsporidia seem to be derived
from an endoparasitic chytrid ancestor similar to Rozella allomycis, on the earliest diverging branch of the fungal
phylogenetic tree.
Fungi, Viridiplantae and Animalia are all large clades descended from
unicellular, flagellated, aquatic forms that radiated extensively on
land. For both plants and animals, biologists have developed unified
hypotheses regarding the evolution of morphology and ecology from
ancestral to highly derived traits. For example, among green plants,
morphologically simple photosynthetic forms, such as unicellular
green algae, gave rise to multicellular forms such as bryophytes,
and were followed by a radiation of complex flowering forms with
highly derived sexual mechanisms at the tips of the plant phylo-
geny1,2
. Similarly, animals seem to have evolved increasingly complex
tissue systems and development from a simple, flagellated, protist-
like ancestor similar to extant Choanoflagellida3
.
*These authors contributed equally to this work.
1
Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0338, USA. 2
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-
2902, USA. 3
Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, USA. 4
Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108,
USA. 5
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA. 6
Fachbereich Biologie, Abteilung Pflanzeno¨kologie und Systematik, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
7
Institute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York 10458-6126, USA. 8
University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, North
Carolina 27708-0338, USA. 9
Institute of Botany, Darmstadt University of Technology, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany. 10
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maine,
Orono, Maine 04469, USA. 11
National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, Illinois 61604, USA. 12
Department of Plant Biology,
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30605, USA. 13
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA. 14
Department of Plant and
Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. 15
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7534,
USA. 16
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DA, UK. 17
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan,
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, UK. 18
United States Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, USDA-ARS Plant Protection Research Unit, Ithaca, New York 14853-2901, USA. 19
Division
of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6057, USA. 20
TechnoSuruga, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan. 21
Systematic Botany and
Mycology Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA. 22
Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
99164, USA. 23
Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. 24
Biodiversity (Mycology and Botany), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A
0C6, Canada. 25
Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, North Carolina 28557, USA. 26
Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and
Extension Center, Oregon State University, Hood River, Oregon 97031, USA. 27
Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
28
Botany Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA. 29
Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan. 30
Institut fu¨r Biologie,
Universita¨t Kassel, D-34132 Kassel, Germany. 31
Department of Botany, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9, Canada. 32
Department of Plant Pathology, Penn State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA. 33
Adviesbureau voor Bryologie en Lichenologie, NL-3762 XK Soest, The Netherlands. 34
Muse´e national d’histoire naturelle,
L-2160 Luxembourg. 35
Biozentrum Klein Flottbek und Botanischer Garten, Universita¨t Hamburg, Systematik der Pflanzen, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany. {Present addresses: Biometry
and Molecular Research, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK (C.J.C.); Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
85721, USA (A.E.A.); Department of Botany, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA (K.H.); Department of Biological Sciences, Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative
Genomics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA (Z.W.); Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Kno¨ll-Institute, D-07745 Jena, Germany
(I.S.); Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 5LA, UK (R.Y.).
Vol 443|19 October 2006|doi:10.1038/nature05110
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‘Chytridiomycota’:
euchytrids
‘Zygomycota’
microsporidia
139 Glomus mosseae
845 Glomus intraradices
574 Geosiphon pyriformis
141 Mortierella verticillata
144 Umbelopsis ramanniana
184 Phycomyces blakesleeanus
1241 Rhizopus oryzae
136 Dimargaris bacillispora
140 Coemansia reversa
1062 Orphella aff. haysii
29 Smittium culisetae
185 Spiromyces aspiralis
142 Rhopalomyces elegans
145 Piptocephalis corymbifera
28 Entomophthora muscae
19 Physoderma maydis
18 Coelomomyces stegomyiae
24 Polychytrium aggregatum
27 Cladochytrium replicatum
21 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
689 Rhizophydium macroporosum
43 Rhizophlyctis rosea
182 Spizellomyces punctatus
635 Synchytrium macrosporum
25 Monoblepharella sp.
26 Hyaloraphidium curvatum
1068 Encephalitozoon cuniculi
1089 Antonospora locustae
Ciona intestinalis
Homo sapiens
‘Zygomycota’:
Mucormycotina
Fungi
Y
Y
Cyanidioschyzon merolae
Arabidopsis thaliana
Phytophthora sojae
Thalassiosira pseudonana
Monosiga brevicollis
Cryptosporidium parvum
Toxoplasma gondii
Dictyostelium discoideum
Drosophila melanogaster
Caenorhabditis elegans
297 Rozella allomycis Y
300 Allomyces arbusculus
20 Rhizoclosmatium sp.
638 Neocallimastix sp.
137 Conidiobolus coronatus
‘Zygomycota’:
Entomophthorales
301 Basidiobolus ranarum
633 Olpidium brassicae
844 Paraglomus occultum
539 Endogone pisiformis
659 Ramichloridium ancep
669 Exophiala pisciphila
684 Agonimia sp.
91 Dermatocarpon miniatum
661 Endocarpon pallidulum
697 Staurothele frustulenta
342 Pyrgillus javanicus
387 Pyrenula pseudobufo
891 Peltula umbilicata
892 Peltula auriculata
896 Lichinella iodopulchra
101 Anisomeridium polypori
1036 Trematosphaeria heterospora
1037 Westerdykella cylindrica
283 Pyrenophora phaeocomes
54 Cochliobolus heterostrophus
940 Pleospora herbarum
110 Trypethelium sp.
274 Dothidea sambuci
921 Dothidea insculpta
939 Capnodium coffeae
355 Dendrographa minor
126 Roccella fuciformis
80 Simonyella variegata
148 Cheilymenia stercorea
62 Scutellinia scutellata
65 Aleuria aurantia
949 Pyronema domesticum
50 Sarcoscypha coccinea
152 Caloscypha fulgens
176 Gyromitra californica
179 Disciotis sp.
60 Morchella aff. esculenta
66 Helvella compressa
181 Ascobolus crenulatus
507 Peziza vesiculosa
71 Peziza proteana
905 Orbilia vinosa
906 Orbilia auricolor
1069 Saccharomyces cerevisiae
1070 Saccharomyces castellii
1073 Candida glabrata
1071 Kluyveromyces waltii
1072 Ashbya gossypii
1075 Kluyveromyces lactis
1074 Candida albicans
1269 Candida tropicalis
1270 Candida guilliermondii
Pezizomycotina
Metazoa
Glomeromycota
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‘Chytridiomycota’:
Blastocladiales
...
Rhodophyta
Stramenopiles
Apicomplexa
Mycetozoa
Choanoflagellida
‘Chytridiomycota’
‘Chytridiomycota’
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100/93
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Ascomycota
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Assembling Fungal Tree Of Life - AFTOL (2006)
Molecular-based
phylogeny resolving major
relationships of Fungi.
Rozella and Microsporidia
as earliest lineages of
Fungi
Phylogeny of the Zygomycota based on nuclear ribosomal sequence data
Merlin M. White1,2
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7534
Timothy Y. James
Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham,
North Carolina 27708
Kerry O’Donnell
NCAUR, ARS, USDA, Peoria, Illinois 61604
Matı´as J. Cafaro
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at
Mayagu¨ez, Mayagu¨ez, Puerto Rico 00681
Yuuhiko Tanabe
Laboratory of Intellectual Fundamentals for
Environmental Studies, National Institute for
Environmental Studies, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
Junta Sugiyama
Tokyo Office, TechnoSuruga Co. Ltd., 1-8-3, Kanda
Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan
Abstract: The Zygomycota is an ecologically heter-
ogenous assemblage of nonzoosporic fungi compris-
ing two classes, Zygomycetes and Trichomycetes.
Phylogenetic analyses have suggested that the phylum
is polyphyletic; two of four orders of Trichomycetes
are related to the Mesomycetozoa (protists) that
diverged near the fungal/animal split. Current
circumscription of the Zygomycota includes only
orders with representatives that produce zygospores.
We present a molecular-based phylogeny including
recognized representatives of the Zygomycetes and
Trichomycetes with a combined dataset for nuclear
rRNA 18S (SSU), 5.8S and 28S (LSU) genes. Tree
reconstruction by Bayesian analyses suggests the
Zygomycota is paraphyletic. Although 12 clades were
identified only some of these correspond to the nine
orders of Zygomycota currently recognized. A large
superordinal clade, comprising the Dimargaritales,
Harpellales, Kickxellales and Zoopagales, grouping
together many symbiotic fungi, also is identified in
part by a unique septal structure. Although Harpel-
lales and Kickxellales are not monophyletic, these
lineages are distinct from the Mucorales, Endogo
nales and Mortierellales, which appear more closel
related to the Ascomycota + Basidiomycota
Glomeromycota. The final major group, the insec
associated Entomophthorales, appears to be poly
phyletic. In the present analyses Basidiobolus an
Neozygites group within Zygomycota but not with th
Entomophthorales. Clades are discussed with specia
reference to traditional classifications, mapping mor
phological characters and ecology, where possible, a
a snapshot of our current phylogenetic perspective o
the Zygomycota.
Key words: Asellariales, basal lineages, Chytridio
mycota, Fungi, molecular systematics, opisthokon
INTRODUCTION
Most studies suggest that the phylum Zygomycota i
not monophyletic and the classification of the entir
phylum is in flux. The Zygomycota currently i
divided into two classes, the Zygomycetes an
Trichomycetes. However molecular phylogenies sug
gest that neither group is natural (i.e. monophyletic)
Two orders previously classified as Trichomycetes, th
Amoebidiales and Eccrinales, are not fungi (Benn
and O’Donnell 2000, Cafaro 2005). Furthermor
Microsporidia, animal pathogens previously consid
ered to be protists, might have evolved within th
Zygomycota (but see Tanabe et al 2005) (Keeling et a
2000, Forget et al 2002, Keeling 2003). One signif
cant recent change has been the removal of th
glomeralean arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi from
Zygomycota and their reclassification as a separat
phylum, the Glomeromycota (Schu¨ßler et al 2001).
Members of the Zygomycota have been considere
a primitive and early diverging lineage of the Fung
because they lack complex fruiting structures an
most representatives have coenocytic aseptate hypha
during all or part of their life cycle. Zygomycota ofte
might be overlooked even by mycologists, but the
can be encountered as near as the kitchen, disguise
as moldy bread or fruit (James and O’Donnell 2004)
Some are beneficial, such as Rhizopus, used in severa
traditional fermented foods, including tempeh an
cassava. Most species of the Zygomycota are saprobic
but some species are facultative pathogens of plants
animals (including humans) or even other fungi. Th
Trichomycetes are obligate endosymbionts of arthro
pods. Indeed members of the Zygomycota ar1
Corresponding Author. E-mail: MerlinWhite@boisestate.edu
This paper is dedicated to the great many students of the ‘‘lower
Fungi’’—past and present—who helped introduce us to this
wonderfully eclectic and diverse group that we can only hope to
highlight herein.
Accepted for publication 10 October 2006.
Mycologia, 98(6), 2006, pp. 872–884.
# 2006 by The Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897
Improving ‘Zygomycete’ Tree
of Life
• NSF funded Genealogy of Life project - ZyGoLife 

http://zygolife.org (*site down till Saturday)

• Improve understanding of relationships of these fungi
by deep sampling of genome ‘backbone’ (100 more)
and SSU/or light genome sequencing for 1000s of
‘leaves’

• Integrate fossil evidence for divergence time
estimates

• Increased sampling from Environmental and Single-
cell approaches

• Encyclopedia of Life pages for all Zygo species 

• Capture images and cellular and cell wall structure for
all major lineages
Improved Zygomyete
Relationships inferred
from whole genome
data
0.1
Coemansia
Batrachochytrium
Conidiobolus coronatus
Homo
Spizellomyces
Rhizophagus
Aspergillus
Monosiga
Allomyces
Mucor
Gonopodya
Rhizopus
Dictyostelium
Piromyces
Conidiobolus thromboides
Cryptococcus
Ustilago
Neurospora
Schizosaccharomyces
Backusella
Umbelopsis
Mortierella verticillata
Puccinia
Rozella
Catenaria
Mortierella elongata
Lichtheimia
Phycomyces
Coprinopsis
Arabidopsis
Blastocladiomycota
Chytridiomycota
Kickxellomycotina
Entomopthoromycota
Mucormycotina
Basidiomycota
Ascomycota
Mortierellomycotina
Glomeromycota
Hypotheses and questions from genomic data
✤ What is structure of clades within Zygos: EKZ & MMG
✤ Where do difficult-to-place taxa belong? Olpidium, Endogene
✤ What is the diversity of the Entomophthoromycota?
✤ Trait evolution and genome content - how does ecology influence genome
content
Yarrowia lipolytica
Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Spizellomyces punctatus
Aspergillus fumigatus
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Thalassiosira pseudonana
Pythium ultimum
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Piromyces sp.
Capsaspora owczarzaki
Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii
Drosophila melanogaster
Monosiga brevicollis
Rozella allomycis
Antonospora locustae
Dictyostelium discoideum
Neurospora crassa
Phycomyces blakesleeanus
Cyanidoschyzon merolae
Coprinopsis cinerea
Vavraia culicis
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Nematocida parisii ERTm1
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Ashbya gossypii
Rhizopus oryzae
Toxoplasma gondii
Wallemia sebi
Hydra magnipapillata
Allomyces macrogynus
Encephalitozoon intestinalis
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Ustilago maydis
Sporobolomyces roseus
Mortierella verticillata
Nosema ceranae
Ciona intestinalis
Homalophlyctis polyrhiza
Ascomycota
Basidiomycota
Mucoromycotina
Chytridiomycota sensu lato
Cryptomycota +
microsporidia
Dikarya
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0.3 James et al. Cur Biol 2013
Rozella
TY James
CDC
microsporidia
6,350 genes
Whole genome phylogeny
from 200 proteins
~80 Zygomycete genomes
51 protein coding genes
~20k filtered positions
RAxML PROTGAMMALichtheimia_ramosa_B5399
Conidiobolus_coronatus_NRRL_28638.Conco1
Martensiomyces_pterosporus.Marpt1
Rhizomucor_variabilis_B7584
Rhizophagus_irregularis_DAOM_181602
Hesseltinella_vesiculosa_NRRL_3301.Hesve
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_NRRL2243
Echinosporandium_transversale_NRRL3116
Apophysomyces_trapeziformis_B9324
Zygorhynchus_heterogamus_NRRL1489
R_stol_My
Thermomucor_indicae-seudaticae_HACC_243
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_B5483
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_B6101
Lichtheimia_corymbifera_FSU_9682
Mortierella_elongata_AG-77.Morel1
Basidiobolus_meristosporus_B9252
Mycotypha_africana_NRRL2978
Coemansia_reversa_NRRL_1564.Coere1
Spinellus_fusiger_NRRL22323
Cunninghamella_bertholletiae_175
Umbelopsis_ramanniana.Umbra1
Mucor_B8987
Pilobolus_umbonatus_NRRL6349
Cunninghamella_elegans_B9769
Mucor_circinelloides.Mucci2
Ramicandelaber_brevisporus.Rambr1
Mortierella_verticillata_NRRL_6337
Radiomyces_spectabilis_NRRL2753
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_NRRL2496
R_stolB9770
Hessentinella_vesiculosa_NRRL3301
Rhizopus_stolonifer_B9770
Backusella_circina_FSU_941.Bacci1
Mucor_1006PhL
Mucor_indicus_B7402
Parasitella_parasitica_NRRL2501
Conidiobolus_thromboides_FSU_785.Conth1
Apophysomyces_elegans_B7760
Mucor_racemosus_B9645
Mucor_irregularis_B50
Lichtheimia_hyalospora_FSU_10163.Lichy1
Conidiobolus_incongruus_B7586
Linderina_pennispora_NRRL3781
Spiromyces_aspiralis_NRRL22631
Rozella_allomycis_CSF55
Arabidopsis_thaliana
Rhizomucor_miehei_CAU432
Saksenaea_vasiformis_B4078
Thamindium_elegans_NRRL2467
Toxopasma_gondii_ME49.assembly
R_microB9738
Absidia_repens_NRRL1336
Piptocephalis_cylindrospora.Pipcy2
Blakesea_trispora_NRRL2456
Phycomyces_blakesleeanus.Phybl2
Circinella_umbellata_NRRL1351
Syncephalastrum_monosporum_B8922
Mortierella_alpina_B6842
Mucor_velutinosus_B5328
Umbelopsis_isabellina_B7317
Piromyces_sp_E2.PirE2_1
Cunninghamella_echinulata_NRRL1382
Micromucor_ramannianus_NRRL5844
Chaetocladium_jonesii_NRRL2343
100
100
100
70
100
100
100
100
46
100
99
100
79
100
100
83
100
70
70
67
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
97
100
98
100
100
100
82
89
100
82
100
100
46
60
22
68
81
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
93
100
100
100
100
100
100
46
29
100
100
96
100
100
100
98
100
100
Microsporidia
Dikarya
Chytridiomycota + Blastocladiomycota
Rhizopus microsporus
Rhizopus oryzae & Rhizopus delemar
Mucormycotina
Mortierellomycotina
Glomeromycota
M-M-G Clade
Lichtheimia_ramosa_B5399
Rhizomucor_variabilis_B7584
Rhizophagus_irregularis_DAOM_181602
Hesseltinella_vesiculosa_NRRL_3301.Hesve
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_NRRL2243
Echinosporandium_transversale_NRRL3116
Apophysomyces_trapeziformis_B9324
Zygorhynchus_heterogamus_NRRL1489
R_stol_My
Thermomucor_indicae-seudaticae_HACC_243
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_B5483
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_B6101
Lichtheimia_corymbifera_FSU_9682
Mortierella_elongata_AG-77.Morel1
Mycotypha_africana_NRRL2978
Spinellus_fusiger_NRRL22323
Cunninghamella_bertholletiae_175
Umbelopsis_ramanniana.Umbra1
Mucor_B8987
Pilobolus_umbonatus_NRRL6349
Cunninghamella_elegans_B9769
Mucor_circinelloides.Mucci2
Mortierella_verticillata_NRRL_6337
Radiomyces_spectabilis_NRRL2753
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_NRRL2496
R_stolB9770
Hessentinella_vesiculosa_NRRL3301
Rhizopus_stolonifer_B9770
Backusella_circina_FSU_941.Bacci1
Mucor_1006PhL
Mucor_indicus_B7402
Parasitella_parasitica_NRRL2501
Apophysomyces_elegans_B7760
Mucor_racemosus_B9645
Mucor_irregularis_B50
Lichtheimia_hyalospora_FSU_10163.Lichy1
Rhizomucor_miehei_CAU432
Saksenaea_vasiformis_B4078
Thamindium_elegans_NRRL2467
R_microB9738
Absidia_repens_NRRL1336
Blakesea_trispora_NRRL2456
Phycomyces_blakesleeanus.Phybl2
Circinella_umbellata_NRRL1351
Syncephalastrum_monosporum_B8922
Mortierella_alpina_B6842
Mucor_velutinosus_B5328
Umbelopsis_isabellina_B7317
Cunninghamella_echinulata_NRRL1382
Micromucor_ramannianus_NRRL5844
Chaetocladium_jonesii_NRRL2343
100
100
100
70
100
100
100
100
46
100
99
100
100
100
70
70
67
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
97
100
98
100
82
89
100
100
46
60
22
68
81
100
100
100
100
100
93
100
100
100
100
100
46
29
100
100
100
98
100
100
Rhizopus microsporus
Rhizopus oryzae & Rhizopus delemar
Potential new clade with Umbelopsis
It has been grouped with 

both Mortierellomycotina & 

Mucormycotina
Lichtheimia_ramosa_B5399
Rhizomucor_variabilis_B7584
Rhizophagus_irregularis_DAOM_181602
Hesseltinella_vesiculosa_NRRL_3301.Hesve
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_NRRL2243
Echinosporandium_transversale_NRRL3116
Apophysomyces_trapeziformis_B9324
Zygorhynchus_heterogamus_NRRL1489
R_stol_My
Thermomucor_indicae-seudaticae_HACC_243
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_B5483
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_B6101
Lichtheimia_corymbifera_FSU_9682
Mortierella_elongata_AG-77.Morel1
Mycotypha_africana_NRRL2978
Spinellus_fusiger_NRRL22323
Cunninghamella_bertholletiae_175
Umbelopsis_ramanniana.Umbra1
Mucor_B8987
Pilobolus_umbonatus_NRRL6349
Cunninghamella_elegans_B9769
Mucor_circinelloides.Mucci2
Mortierella_verticillata_NRRL_6337
Radiomyces_spectabilis_NRRL2753
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_NRRL2496
R_stolB9770
Hessentinella_vesiculosa_NRRL3301
Rhizopus_stolonifer_B9770
Backusella_circina_FSU_941.Bacci1
Mucor_1006PhL
Mucor_indicus_B7402
Parasitella_parasitica_NRRL2501
Apophysomyces_elegans_B7760
Mucor_racemosus_B9645
Mucor_irregularis_B50
Lichtheimia_hyalospora_FSU_10163.Lichy1
Rhizomucor_miehei_CAU432
Saksenaea_vasiformis_B4078
Thamindium_elegans_NRRL2467
R_microB9738
Absidia_repens_NRRL1336
Blakesea_trispora_NRRL2456
Phycomyces_blakesleeanus.Phybl2
Circinella_umbellata_NRRL1351
Syncephalastrum_monosporum_B8922
Mortierella_alpina_B6842
Mucor_velutinosus_B5328
Umbelopsis_isabellina_B7317
Cunninghamella_echinulata_NRRL1382
Micromucor_ramannianus_NRRL5844
Chaetocladium_jonesii_NRRL2343
100
100
100
70
100
100
100
100
46
100
99
100
100
100
70
70
67
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
97
100
98
100
82
89
100
100
46
60
22
68
81
100
100
100
100
100
93
100
100
100
100
100
46
29
100
100
100
98
100
100
Dikarya
Rhizopus microsporus
Rhizopus oryzae & Rhizopus delemar
Entomophthoromycota
Kickxellomycotina
Zoopagomycotina
E-K-Z clade
0.2
Conidiobolus_coronatus_NRRL_28638.Conco1
Martensiomyces_pterosporus.Marpt1
Rhizophagus_irregularis_DAOM_181602
Hesseltinella_vesiculosa_NRRL_3301.Hesve
Echinosporandium_transversale_NRRL3116
R_stol_My
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_B5483
Mortierella_elongata_AG-77.Morel1
Basidiobolus_meristosporus_B9252
Coemansia_reversa_NRRL_1564.Coere1
Cunninghamella_bertholletiae_175
Pilobolus_umbonatus_NRRL6349
Cunninghamella_elegans_B9769
Ramicandelaber_brevisporus.Rambr1
Mortierella_verticillata_NRRL_6337
Hessentinella_vesiculosa_NRRL3301
Mucor_indicus_B7402
Conidiobolus_thromboides_FSU_785.Conth1
Conidiobolus_incongruus_B7586
Linderina_pennispora_NRRL3781
Spiromyces_aspiralis_NRRL22631
Absidia_repens_NRRL1336
Piptocephalis_cylindrospora.Pipcy2
Blakesea_trispora_NRRL2456
Mortierella_alpina_B6842
Cunninghamella_echinulata_NRRL1382
100
100
100
100
10082
100
100
46
81
100
100
100
93
100
100
100
46
29
100
96
Genome skimming based phylogenomics
✤ Sample lightly (5-10x coverage) with Illumina, IonTorrent
✤ Extract reads based on a set of targeted marker loci, quick assembly of these
reads, scaffold them based on the marker
✤ Alternatively do draft genome assembly
✤ Extract best ORF by protein to genome alignments (splice-site aware)
Date
6-frame translated
(proteins)
Raw Sequencing
Reads (genomic or
transcriptomic)
Reads grouped
matching each
marker query
HMMs of
phylogenetic
marker proteins
Contigs for
each marker
Assembly of
reads (PHRAP)
Predicted
protein for
each marker
gene
Genewise
HMMER
Multiple alignment
for each marker
gene and ~300
fungi
Concatenated
alignment &
phylogenetic
tree
Gene tree
for each
marker
PHYling Pipeline
Code http://github.com/stajichlab/Phyling
exonerate
Cap3
FASTX
Lichtheimia_ramosa_B5399
Conidiobolus_coronatus_NRRL_28638.Conco1
Martensiomyces_pterosporus.Marpt1
Rhizomucor_variabilis_B7584
Rhizophagus_irregularis_DAOM_181602
Hesseltinella_vesiculosa_NRRL_3301.Hesve
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_NRRL2243
Echinosporandium_transversale_NRRL3116
Apophysomyces_trapeziformis_B9324
Zygorhynchus_heterogamus_NRRL1489
R_stol_My
Thermomucor_indicae-seudaticae_HACC_243
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_B5483
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_B6101
Lichtheimia_corymbifera_FSU_9682
Mortierella_elongata_AG-77.Morel1
Basidiobolus_meristosporus_B9252
Mycotypha_africana_NRRL2978
Coemansia_reversa_NRRL_1564.Coere1
Spinellus_fusiger_NRRL22323
Cunninghamella_bertholletiae_175
Umbelopsis_ramanniana.Umbra1
Mucor_B8987
Pilobolus_umbonatus_NRRL6349
Cunninghamella_elegans_B9769
Mucor_circinelloides.Mucci2
Ramicandelaber_brevisporus.Rambr1
Mortierella_verticillata_NRRL_6337
Radiomyces_spectabilis_NRRL2753
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_NRRL2496
R_stolB9770
Hessentinella_vesiculosa_NRRL3301
Rhizopus_stolonifer_B9770
Backusella_circina_FSU_941.Bacci1
Mucor_1006PhL
Mucor_indicus_B7402
Parasitella_parasitica_NRRL2501
Conidiobolus_thromboides_FSU_785.Conth1
Apophysomyces_elegans_B7760
Mucor_racemosus_B9645
Mucor_irregularis_B50
Lichtheimia_hyalospora_FSU_10163.Lichy1
Conidiobolus_incongruus_B7586
Linderina_pennispora_NRRL3781
Spiromyces_aspiralis_NRRL22631
Rozella_allomycis_CSF55
Arabidopsis_thaliana
Rhizomucor_miehei_CAU432
Saksenaea_vasiformis_B4078
Thamindium_elegans_NRRL2467
Toxopasma_gondii_ME49.assembly
R_microB9738
Absidia_repens_NRRL1336
Piptocephalis_cylindrospora.Pipcy2
Blakesea_trispora_NRRL2456
Phycomyces_blakesleeanus.Phybl2
Circinella_umbellata_NRRL1351
Syncephalastrum_monosporum_B8922
Mortierella_alpina_B6842
Mucor_velutinosus_B5328
Umbelopsis_isabellina_B7317
Piromyces_sp_E2.PirE2_1
Cunninghamella_echinulata_NRRL1382
Micromucor_ramannianus_NRRL5844
Chaetocladium_jonesii_NRRL2343
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100
100
70
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100
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79
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67
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
97
100
98
100
100
100
82
89
100
82
100
100
46
60
22
68
81
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
93
100
100
100
100
100
100
46
29
100
100
96
100
100
100
98
100
100
Microsporidia
Dikarya
Chytridiomycota + Blastocladiomycota
Rhizopus microsporus
Rhizopus oryzae & Rhizopus delemar
19 of the taxa are actually genome
skimming sequence
(1-4M reads)
Conidiobolus_coronatus_NRRL_28638.Conco1
Rhizomucor_variabilis_B7584
Rhizophagus_irregularis_DAOM_181602
Hesseltinella_vesiculosa_NRRL_3301.Hesve
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_NRRL2243
Echinosporandium_transversale_NRRL3116
Zygorhynchus_heterogamus_NRRL1489
R_stol_My
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_B5483
Mortierella_elongata_AG-77.Morel1
Mycotypha_africana_NRRL2978
Cunninghamella_bertholletiae_175
Mucor_B8987
Pilobolus_umbonatus_NRRL6349
Cunninghamella_elegans_B9769
Mucor_circinelloides.Mucci2
Ramicandelaber_brevisporus.Ramb
Mortierella_verticillata_NRRL_6337
Hessentinella_vesiculosa_NRRL3301
Mucor_1006PhL
Mucor_indicus_B7402
Parasitella_parasitica_NRRL2501
Conidiobolus_thromboides_FSU_785.Conth1
Conidiobolus_incongruus_B7586
Spiromyces_aspiralis_NRRL22631
Thamindium_elegans_NRRL2467
Absidia_repens_NRRL1336
Blakesea_trispora_NRRL2456
Mortierella_alpina_B6842
Mucor_velutinosus_B5328
Cunninghamella_echinulata_NRRL1382
Chaetocladium_jonesii_NRRL2343
100
100
70
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
97
89
100
100
100
46
22
81
100
100
100
100
93
100
100
100
46
29
100
96
100Identical placement of taxa
from genome skimming or
complete assembly
Genome skimming taxa from the same strain or same
species are sister taxa in the tree supporting that PHYling
can extract sufficient data from unassembled reads to
provide good placement.
Linderina_pennispora_NRRL3781
Pilobolus_umbonatus_NRRL6349
Thamindium_elegans_NRRL2467
Circinella_umbellata_NRRL1351
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_NRRL2243
Cunninghamella_echinulata_NRRL1382
Micromucor_ramannianus_NRRL5844
Mycotypha_africana_NRRL2978
Absidia_repens_NRRL1336
Blakesea_trispora_NRRL2456
Spiromyces_aspiralis_NRRL22631
Radiomyces_spectabilis_NRRL2753
Spinellus_fusiger_NRRL22323
Echinosporandium_transversale_NRRL3116
Zygorhynchus_heterogamus_NRRL1489
Hessentinella_vesiculosa_NRRL3301
Parasitella_parasitica_NRRL2501
Chaetocladium_jonesii_NRRL2343
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_NRRL2496
Total Bases
0e+00
1e+06
2e+06
3e+06
4e+06
Variability in
coverage from
multiplex samples
Overall coverage varies because of differences or bias in
how concentration is made with multiplexing
Date
−1.0−0.50.00.5
Linderina_pennispora_NRRL3781
Mycotypha_africana_NRRL2978
Pilobolus_umbonatus_NRRL6349
Blakesea_trispora_NRRL2456
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_NRRL2243
Cunninghamella_echinulata_NRRL1382
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_NRRL2496
Radiomyces_spectabilis_NRRL2753
Zygorhynchus_heterogamus_NRRL1489
R_microB9738
Hessentinella_vesiculosa_NRRL3301
Spinellus_fusiger_NRRL22323
Mucor_racemosus_B9645
Absidia_repens_NRRL1336
Spiromyces_aspiralis_NRRL22631
Echinosporandium_transversale_NRRL3116
Mucor_velutinosus_B5328
Mortierella_verticillata_NRRL_6337
Mucor_indicus_B7402
Mortierella_alpina_B6842
Mucor_circinelloides.Mucci2
Umbelopsis_isabellina_B7317
Mucor_B8987
Rhizomucor_variabilis_B7584
Mucor_1006PhL
Mortierella_elongata_AG.77.Morel1
Wallemia_sebi_CBS_633.66
R_oryz21789
Neurospora_crassa_OR74A
Syncephalastrum_racemosum_B6101
R_oryzB7407
Martensiomyces_pterosporus.Marpt1
R_oryz18148
Backusella_circina_FSU_941.Bacci1
Syncephalastrum_monosporum_B8922
R_oryz21396
R_oryz99133
Mucor_ramosissimus_97.1192
Rhizopus_delemar_RA_99.880
Umbelopsis_ramanniana.Umbra1
Circinella_umbellata_NRRL1351
R_stolB9770
R_oryz13440
R_del
R_oryz99892
R_micro_rhiz
pus_microsporus_var_rhizopodiformus_B7455
Cunninghamella_bertholletiae_175
Rhizopus_oryzae_99.892
Rhizopus_stolonifer_B9770
Cunninghamella_elegans_B9769
R_micro
Basidiobolus_meristosporus_B9252
R_oryzHUMC02
Cokeromyces_recurvatus_B5483
Hesseltinella_vesiculosa_NRRL_3301.Hesve1
Coemansia_reversa_NRRL_1564.Coere1
Rhizomucor_miehei_CAU432
R_del21447
Micromucor_ramannianus_NRRL5844
Apophysomyces_trapeziformis_B9324
R_del21446
Apophysomyces_elegans_B7760
Phycomyces_blakesleeanus.Phybl2
Lichtheimia_ramosa_B5399
R_stol_My
Thermomucor_indicae.seudaticae_HACC_243
Ramicandelaber_brevisporus.Rambr1
Conidiobolus_incongruus_B7586
Saksenaea_vasiformis_B4078
Lichtheimia_hyalospora_FSU_10163.Lichy1
Rozella_allomycis_CSF55
R_del21477
Parasitella_parasitica_NRRL2501
coccus_neoformans_var_neoformans_JEC21
R_micro_chin
icrosporus_var._chinensis_CCTCC_M201021
Catenaria_anguillulae_PL171.Catan1
Lichtheimia_corymbifera_FSU_9682
trachochytrium_dendrobatidis_JAM81.Batde5
Conidiobolus_thromboides_FSU_785.Conth1
onidiobolus_coronatus_NRRL_28638.Conco1
Thamindium_elegans_NRRL2467
hizophagus_irregularis_DAOM_181602.Gloin1
Chaetocladium_jonesii_NRRL2343
phalitozoon_intestinalis_ATCC_50506.Encin1
ncephalitozoon_hellem_ATCC_50504.Enche1
Arabidopsis_thaliana
Encephalitozoon_cuniculi_GB.M1.Enccu1
Encephalitozoon_romaleae_SJ.2008.Encro1
Mucor_irregularis_B50
Nosema_ceranae_BRL01.Nosce1
Monosiga_brevicollis
Nematocida_parisii_ERTm1.Nempa1
Piptocephalis_cylindrospora.Pipcy2
R_azyg
Relative capture & length of marker genes
Normalized length differences of all marker genes per species vs the model length - some species
Better
Worse
Microsporidia
Conclusions
✤ Early stage of project to collect and integrate data to understand evolution of
the “Zygomycetes”
✤ Support for monophyletic EKZ and MMG clades - to be named.
✤ Genome Skimming for Phylogenomics works well
✤ Testing how this can replace some barcoding strategies
✤ Open to collaboration, contribution of species to the sampling, student
contributions to EOL pages
Acknowledgements	
  -­‐	
  Team	
  ZyGo!
Stajich	
  lab	
  
Peng	
  Liu	
  
Jinfeng	
  Chen	
  
Ousmane	
  Cisse	
  
Rod	
  Olarte	
  
Steven	
  Ahrendt	
  
Yizhou	
  Wang	
  
Na	
  Jeong
Tim James (U Michigan)
Joey Spatafora (Oregon State)
Robert Roberson (Arizona State)
Kerry O’Donnell (USDA-NCAUR)
Merlin White (Boise State)
Rytas Vilgalys (Duke)
Matthew Smith & Gerry Benny (U Florida)

Nicolas Corradi (U Ottawa)

Mary Berbee (U British Columbia)
Thomas Taylor (U Kansas)
Poster #520 (Friday)
Katy Lazarus
Andrii Gryganskyi (Lambert)
Greg Bonito (Michigan State)

Phylogenomics of the Zygomycetes - Fungal Genetics 2015