Francis M Martin

The paper identifies Poplar CLE peptides that promote ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, showing functional divergence from their roles in repressing other symbioses.

This study identifies plant and fungal genetic factors governing ectomycorrhizal compatibility through comparative transcriptomics in poplar and its fungal partners.

This study identifies horizontal gene transfer events in Armillaria fungi that contribute to plant biomass degradation and pathogenicity.

The paper expands the global RNA virome by five-fold, identifying new clades of RNA bacteriophages and revealing novel virus-host interactions.

This study compares the genomes of pathogenic and endophytic Phyllosticta species colonizing citrus to determine the lifestyle of Phyllosticta citrichinaensis, finding it to be intermediate between the two.

This study identifies genomic traits of ectomycorrhizal transitions in Boletales by comparing gene repertoires and reconstructing gene duplication/loss histories.

This study analyzes genome-wide structural variation and recombination in Cenococcum geophilum using whole-genome sequencing, revealing lineage-specific copy-number variation and heterothallism.

The paper surveys fungal lectins through phylogenetic analysis and bioinformatics, identifying 33,485 putative lectin sequences across 1,223 fungal species.