Ashbya gossypii

Classification

Higher Order Taxa:

Fungi, Ascomycota, Saccharomycetes, Saccharomycetales, Saccharomycetaceae

Species:

A. gossypii

Description and Significance

Fungus Ashbya gossypii. Nuclei are shown in green. Jaspersen Lab, 2007.

Ashbya gossypii (Eremothecium gossypii) is a filamentous fungus, meaning that it is an infectious agent of the fungus kingdom consisting of a long series of attached cells. It is closely related to unicellular yeasts, especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a yeast with which it shares more than 90% of its genome.

Genome Structure

References

• Jaspersen Lab, 2007. "Sue Jasperseon, Ph.D, Profile." Stowers Institute for Medical Research.
• Wikipedia Article "A. gossypii," March 2013. "Ashbya gossypii."
• Ashbya Genome Database, September 2013. "Ashbya gossypii." EnsemblFungi.