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Publications

Here is a list of publications from research conducted in the Gut Fungi Lab:

Publications

  • 2013. Tretter ED, *Johnson EM, Wang Y, *Kandel P, White MM. Examining new phylogenetic markers to uncover the evolutionary history of early-diverging fungi: comparing MCM7, TSR1, and rRNA genes for single- and multi-gene analyses of the Kickxellomycotina. Submitted to Persoonia, 26 Jun 2012 (under post-peer review by Editor)
  • 2013. Wang Y, Tretter E, Lichtwardt RW, White MM. Overview of 75 years Smittium research, establishing a new genus for Smittium culisetae and prospects for future revisions of the “Smittium” clade. Mycologia 105: 90-111. doi:10.3852/11-311.
  • 2012. White MM, Strongman DB. New species of Smittium and Stachylina and other trichomycetes in larval Diptera from streams in Nova Scotia, Canada. Botany 90: 1204-1219.  Accepted for publication 30 Jul 2012.
  • 2012. White MM, Strongman DB. New species of Spartiella and Legeriosimilis from mayflies and other arthropod-associated trichomycetes from Nova Scotia, Canada. Botany 90: 1195-1203. Accepted for publication 22 Jul 2012.
  • 2012. Schoch, CL. et al. (with over 100 authors for the Fungal Barcoding Consortium and including  Tretter E, Wang Y, *Johnson E, and White MM). The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) as a universal DNA barcode marker for fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 109: 6241-6246.
  • 2012.  *Kandel P, White MM. A new species of Ephemerellomyces from North America highlights its morphological plasticity and possible intergeneric similarities with other Harpellales. Fungal Biology 116: 171-184.
  • 2012. *Oman SJ, White MM. Extended studies of Baltomyces styrax in Idaho and expanded distribution of this isopod gut fungus in the USA. Mycologia 104: 313-320.
  • 2012. fBench ME, White, MM. New species and first records of trichomycetes from immature aquatic insects in Idaho. Mycologia 104: 295-312.
  • 2011. Lichtwardt RW, White MM. Typification of Smittium, an important genus in the taxonomy of Harpellales. Mycologia 103: 918-920.
  • 2011. Lichtwardt RW, Williams MC, White MM. Klastostachys, a new genus of Harpellales in Chironomidae larvae. Mycologia 103: 915-917.
  • 2011. Valle LG, White MM, Cafaro MJ. Dipteran-associated Harpellales from lowland and submontane tropical rain forests of Veracruz (Mexico). Mycologia 103: 656-673.
  • 2011. Strongman DB, White MM. Trifoliellum bioblitzii, a new genus of trichomycete from mayfly nymphs in Nova Scotia, Canada. Mycologia 103: 219-225.
  • 2009. Hapsari MP, White MM, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD. Seasonality of Harpella melusinae Leger and Duboscq (Harpellales) in black fly larvae in Northern Thailand. Cryptogamie Mycologie 30: 191-198.
  • 2009. Hapsari MP, White MM, Hyde KD. Freshwater trichomycetes from northern Thailand. Cryptogamie Mycologie 30: 405-425.
  • 2008. Strongman DB, White MM. Trichomycetes from lentic and lotic aquatic habitats in Ontario, Canada. Botany 86: 1449-1466.
  • 2008. Valle LG, White MM, Cafaro MJ. Harpellales in the digestive tracts of Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera nymphs from Veracruz, Mexico. Mycologia 100: 149-162.
  • 2007. A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi. Hibbett DS, Binder M, Bischoff JF, Blackwell M, Cannon PF, Eriksson O, Huhndorf S, James T, Kirk PM, Lücking R, Lumbsch T, Lutzoni F, Matheny PB, Mclaughlin DJ, Powell MJ, Redhead S, Schoch CL, Spatafora JW, Stalpers JA, Vilgalys R, Aime MC, Aptroot A, Bauer R, Begerow D, Benny GL, Castlebury LA, Crous PW, Dai Y-C, Gams W, Geiser DM, Griffith GW, Gueidan C, Hawksworth DL, Hestmark G, Hosaka K, Humber RA, Hyde K, Kõljalg U, Kurtzman CP, Larsson K-H, Lichtwardt R, Longcore J, Miądlikowska J, Miller A, Moncalvo J-M, Mozley-Standridge S, Oberwinkler F, Parmasto E, Reeb V, Rogers JD, Roux C, Ryvarden L, Sampaio JP, Schuessler A, Sugiyama J, Thorn RG, Tibell L, Untereiner WA, Walker C, Wang Z, Weir A, Weiss M, White MM, Winka K, Yao Y-J, Zhang N. Last 20 authors are listed alphabetically. Mycological Research 122: 509-547.
  • 2006. White MM, James T, O’Donnell K, Cafaro MJ, Tanabe Y, Sugiyama J. Phylogeny of the Zygomycota based on nuclear ribosomal sequence data. Mycologia 98: 872-884.
  • 2006. White MM, Colbo MH, Lichtwardt RW. Confirmation and identification of parasitic stages of obligate endobionts (Harpellales) in blackflies (Simuliidae) by means of rRNA sequence data. Mycological Research 110: 1070-1079.
  • 2006. White MM. Evolutionary implications of a rRNA based phylogeny of the Harpellales. Mycological Research 110: 1011-1024.
  • 2006. Strongman DB, White MM. New species of Lancisporomyces, Orphella, and Paramoebidium, endosymbionts of stonefly nymphs from streams in Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Botany 84(6): 1417-1495.
  • 2006. White MM, Siri A, Lichtwardt RW. Fungal insect symbionts (Trichomycetes) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and vicinity. Mycologia 98: 333-352.
  • 2006. James TY, Kauff F, Schoch CL, Matheny PB, Hofstetter V, Cox C, Celio G, Gueidan C, Fraker E, Miadlikowska J, Lumbsch HT, Rauhut A, Reeb V, Arnold EA, Amtoft A, Stajich JE, Hosaka K, Sung G-H, Johnson D, O’Rourke B, Crockett M, Binder M, Curtis JM, Slot JC, Wang Z, Wilson AW, Schüßler A, Longcore JE, O’Donnell K, Mozley-Standridge S, Porter D, Letcher PM, Powell MJ, Taylor JW, White MM, Griffith GW, Davies DR, Humber RA, Morton J, Sugiyama J, Rossman AY, Rogers JD, Pfister DH, Hewitt D, Hansen K, Hambleton S, Shoemaker RA, Kohlmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Spotts RA, Serdani M, Crous PW, Hughes KW, Matsuura K, Langer E, Langer G, Untereiner WA, Lücking R, Büdel B, Geiser DM, Aptroot A, Diederich P, Schmitt I, Schultz M, Yahr R, Hibbett DS, Lutzoni F, McLaughlin D, Spatafora J, Vilgalys R. Reconstructing the early evolution of the fungi using a six gene phylogeny. Nature 443: 818-822.
  • 2004. White MM, Lichtwardt RW. Fungal symbionts (Harpellales) in Norwegian aquatic insect larvae. Mycologia 96: 891-910.
  • 2004. Suh S-O, White MM, Nguyen NH, Blackwell M. The status and characterization of Enteroramus dimorphus: a xylose-fermenting yeast attached to the gut of beetles. Mycologia 96: 756-760.
  • 2003. Ferrington LC, White MM, Lichtwardt RW. A new genus of Trichomycetes from Dixa fluvica Peters (Diptera: Dixidae). Aquatic Insects 25: 85-94.
  • 2003. White MM. First report of Basidiolum fimbriatum since 1861, with comments on its development, occurrence, distribution and relationship with other fungi. Mycological Research 107: 245-250.
  • 2001. Lichtwardt RW, White MM, Colbo MH. Harpellales in Newfoundland aquatic insect larvae. Mycologia 93: 764-773.
  • 2000. White MM, Cafaro MJ, Lichtwardt RW. Arthropod gut fungi from Puerto Rico and summary of tropical Trichomycetes worldwide. Caribbean Journal of Science 36: 210-220.
  • 2000. White MM, McLaren IA. Copepod development rates in relation to genome size and 18S rDNA copy number. Genome 43: 750-755.
  • 1999. White MM. Legerioides, a new genus of Harpellales in isopods and other Trichomycetes from New England, USA. Mycologia 91: 1021-1030.
  • 1999. Misra JK, White MM, Lichtwardt RW. Furculomyces septentrionalis reveals an unusual distribution for this genus of Harpellales. Mycologia 91: 703-706.
  • 1999. Lichtwardt RW, White MM, Cafaro MJ, Misra JK. Fungi associated with passalid beetles and their mites. Mycologia 91: 694-702.