Preliminary studies on the evolution of carbon assimilation abilities within Mucorales

Representatives of Mucorales belong to one of the oldest lineages of terrestrial fungi. Although carbon is of fundamental importance for fungal growth and functioning, relatively little is known about enzymatic capacities of Mucorales. The evolutionary history and the variability of the capacity to...

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Published in:	Fungal biology Vol. 120; no. 5; pp. 752 - 763
Main Authors:	Pawłowska, Julia, Aleksandrzak-Piekarczyk, Tamara, Banach, Agnieszka, Kiersztyn, Bartosz, Muszewska, Anna, Serewa, Lidia, Szatraj, Katarzyna, Wrzosek, Marta
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01-05-2016
Subjects:	Biological Evolution Carbon - metabolism Environment Enzymes - metabolism Metabolic Networks and Pathways Microarray Analysis Mucorales Mucorales - metabolism Mucoromycotina Physiology Species identification Mucoromycotina Species identification Physiology
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Summary:	Representatives of Mucorales belong to one of the oldest lineages of terrestrial fungi. Although carbon is of fundamental importance for fungal growth and functioning, relatively little is known about enzymatic capacities of Mucorales. The evolutionary history and the variability of the capacity to metabolize different carbon sources among representatives of the order Mucorales was studied using Phenotypic Microarray Plates. The ability of 26 strains belonging to 23 nonpathogenic species of Mucorales to use 95 different carbon sources was tested. Intraspecies variability of carbon assimilation profiles was lower than interspecies variation for some selected strains. Although similarities between the phylogenetic tree and the dendrogram created from carbon source utilization data were observed, the ability of the various strains to use the analyzed substrates did not show a clear correlation with the evolutionary history of the group. Instead, carbon assimilation profiles are probably shaped by environmental conditions. •Carbon assimilation profiles of Mucorales are strongly variable.•The observed pattern reflects several gains and losses of particular characters.•None of the analyzed substrates showed dependence on the Mucorales evolutionary history.•Carbon assimilation capacities are shaped by environmental conditions.
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ISSN:	1878-6146 1878-6162
DOI:	10.1016/j.funbio.2016.02.004