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Daniel A Henk

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Fisher M, Henk D
Mol Ecol . 2012 Mar; 21(6):1305-6. PMID: 22393930
Throughout the eukaryotes, sexual reproduction is an almost universal phenomenon. However, within the Kingdom Fungi, this relationship is not so clear-cut. Fungi exhibit a spectrum of reproductive modes and life-cycles;...
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Henk D, Fisher M
PLoS One . 2012 Feb; 7(2):e31268. PMID: 22363602
Fungal genomes range in size from 2.3 Mb for the microsporidian Encephalitozoon intestinalis up to 8000 Mb for Entomophaga aulicae, with a mean genome size of 37 Mb. Basidiobolus, a...
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Farrer R, Weinert L, Bielby J, Garner T, Balloux F, Clare F, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2011 Nov; 108(46):18732-6. PMID: 22065772
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a globally ubiquitous fungal infection that has emerged to become a primary driver of amphibian biodiversity loss. Despite widespread effort to understand the emergence of this...
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Henk D, Fisher M
PLoS One . 2011 Aug; 6(8):e22883. PMID: 21850241
Penicillium dipodomyis is thought to be an exclusively asexual fungus associated with Kangaroo Rats, Dipodomys species, and is unique among Penicillium species in growing at 37°C but producing no known...
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Meece J, Anderson J, Fisher M, Henk D, Sloss B, Reed K
Appl Environ Microbiol . 2011 Jun; 77(15):5123-31. PMID: 21705544
Blastomyces dermatitidis, a thermally dimorphic fungus, is the etiologic agent of North American blastomycosis. Clinical presentation is varied, ranging from silent infections to fulminant respiratory disease and dissemination to skin...
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Henk D, Vilgalys R
Am J Bot . 2011 Jun; 94(9):1515-26. PMID: 21636518
In the Pucciniomycetes, a class of fungi that includes the plant pathogenic rust fungi, insect parasitism is restricted to a single family, the Septobasidiaceae. The Septobasidiaceae form a variety of...
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Simwami S, Khayhan K, Henk D, Aanensen D, Boekhout T, Hagen F, et al.
PLoS Pathog . 2011 May; 7(4):e1001343. PMID: 21573144
The global burden of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis is estimated at nearly one million cases per year, causing up to a third of all AIDS-related deaths. Molecular epidemiology constitutes the main...
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Cao C, Liang L, Wang W, Luo H, Huang S, Liu D, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2011 Feb; 17(2):209-14. PMID: 21291590
Human penicilliosis marneffei is an emerging infectious disease caused by the fungus Penicillium marneffei. High prevalence of infection among bamboo rats of the genera Rhizomys and Cannomys suggest that these...
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Blackwell M, Henk D, Jones K
Mycologia . 2010 Dec; 95(6):987-92. PMID: 21149006
Species of Termitaria are lesion-forming ectoparasites occurring worldwide on a diverse group of termites. The reduced thallus consists of a basal cell layer from which haustorial cells penetrate the termite...
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Henk D, Weir A, Blackwell M
Mycologia . 2010 Dec; 95(4):561-4. PMID: 21148964
Minute fungi associated with termites have caused taxonomic problems in the past due to their autapomorphic and highly reduced morphologies. DNA sequence data from one such enigmatic fungus, Laboulbeniopsis termitarius,...