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Communicate and Fuse: How Filamentous Fungi Establish and Maintain an Interconnected Mycelial Network by Fischer, Monika S, Glass, N Louise

“…Cell-to-cell communication and cell fusion are fundamental biological processes across the tree of life. Survival is often dependent upon being able to…”
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Pyrolyzed Substrates Induce Aromatic Compound Metabolism in the Post-fire Fungus, Pyronema domesticum by Fischer, Monika S, Stark, Frances Grace, Berry, Timothy D, Zeba, Nayela, Whitman, Thea, Traxler, Matthew F

“…Wildfires represent a fundamental and profound disturbance in many ecosystems, and their frequency and severity are increasing in many regions of the world…”
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Cooperation, Competition, and Specialized Metabolism in a Simplified Root Nodule Microbiome by Hansen, Bridget L, Pessotti, Rita de Cassia, Fischer, Monika S, Collins, Alyssa, El-Hifnawi, Laila, Liu, Mira D, Traxler, Matthew F

“…Microbiomes associated with various plant structures often contain members with the potential to make specialized metabolites, e.g., molecules with…”
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Chemotropism and Cell Fusion in Neurospora crassa Relies on the Formation of Distinct Protein Complexes by HAM-5 and a Novel Protein HAM-14 by Jonkers, Wilfried, Fischer, Monika S, Do, Hung P, Starr, Trevor L, Glass, N Louise

“…In filamentous fungi, communication is essential for the formation of an interconnected, multinucleate, syncytial network, which is constructed via hyphal…”
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Integration of Self and Non-self Recognition Modulates Asexual Cell-to-Cell Communication in Neurospora crassa by Fischer, Monika S, Jonkers, Wilfried, Glass, N Louise

“…Cells rarely exist alone, which drives the evolution of diverse mechanisms for identifying and responding appropriately to the presence of other nearby cells…”
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Prescribed fire selects for a pyrophilous soil sub‐community in a northern California mixed conifer forest by Fischer, Monika S., Patel, Neem J., Lorimier, Phillip J., Traxler, Matthew F.

“…Prescribed fire is a critical strategy for mitigating the effects of catastrophic wildfires. While the above‐ground response to fire has been well‐documented,…”
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Regulation of Cell-to-Cell Communication and Cell Wall Integrity by a Network of MAP Kinase Pathways and Transcription Factors in Neurospora crassa by Fischer, Monika S, Wu, Vincent W, Lee, Ji E, O'Malley, Ronan C, Glass, N Louise

“…Maintenance of cell integrity and cell-to-cell communication are fundamental biological processes. Filamentous fungi, such as , depend on communication to…”
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Surface-active antibiotic production as a multifunctional adaptation for postfire microorganisms by Liu, Mira D, Du, Yongle, Koupaei, Sara K, Kim, Nicole R, Fischer, Monika S, Zhang, Wenjun, Traxler, Matthew F

“…Wildfires affect soils in multiple ways, leading to numerous challenges for colonizing microorganisms. While it is thought that fire-adapted microorganisms lie…”
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Diversity of genomic adaptations to the post‐fire environment in Pezizales fungi points to crosstalk between charcoal tolerance and sexual development by Steindorff, Andrei S., Seong, Kyungyong, Carver, Akiko, Calhoun, Sara, Fischer, Monika S., Stillman, Kyra, Liu, Haowen, Drula, Elodie, Henrissat, Bernard, Simpson, Hunter J., Schilling, Jonathan S., Lipzen, Anna, He, Guifen, Yan, Mi, Andreopoulos, Bill, Pangilinan, Jasmyn, LaButti, Kurt, Ng, Vivian, Traxler, Matthew, Bruns, Thomas D., Grigoriev, Igor V.

“…Summary Wildfires drastically impact the soil environment, altering the soil organic matter, forming pyrolyzed compounds, and markedly reducing the diversity…”
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Fungal endophytes of invasive Phagramites australis populations vary in species composition and fungicide susceptibility by Fischer, Monika S, Rodriguez, Rusty J

“…Phragmites australis subsp. australis (Poaceae) is an aggressively invasive reed that threatens both freshwater and saltwater ecosystems in North America. We…”
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Soil carbon mineralization and microbial community dynamics in response to pyrogenic organic matter addition by Zeba, Nayela, Berry, Timothy D., Fischer, Monika S., Traxler, Matthew F., Whitman, Thea

“…Wildfires can either negatively impact soil carbon (C) stocks through combustion or increase soil carbon stocks through the production of pyrogenic organic…”
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