Monika Coton

Cheese adaptation beyond Penicillium: contrasting genomic trajectories in the distantly related Nectriaceae molds

This study compares genomic adaptations of cheese-associated Nectriaceae fungi, revealing contrasting evolutionary paths involving gene family expansions, reductions, and horizontal gene transfer.

A recent domestication event in Penicillium biforme, independent of the emblematic cheese mold P. camemberti

The paper identifies a new Penicillium biforme lineage, cheesy, selected for food fermentation, with genetic and phenotypic differences from P. camemberti and traits advantageous for cheesemaking.

Generation of diversity in the blue cheese mold Penicillium roqueforti and identification of pleiotropic QTL for key cheese-making phenotypes

This study identifies pleiotropic QTLs for key cheese-making traits in Penicillium roqueforti by analyzing F1 hybrids from cheese and non-cheese populations.