Unraveling the Diversity, Evolution, and Origin of Novel Secondary Metabolism in Commensal Microscopic Filamentous Fungi.

Fungi are important organisms that help break down material in nature and produce useful chemicals, including some used in medicine and farming. This project focuses on a group of unusual fungi called Basidiobolus, which can live in many places such as soil, water, rotting leaves, and even in animal guts. These fungi make a large number of unique…