Mycology • Evolution • Symbiosis
Discoveries
Identified fungus Geomyces sp. associated with Bat White Nose Syndrome
Named Geomyces destructans Blehert et Gargas, fungal pathogen of Bat WNS
First DNA-based Phylogeny for the Fungal Kingdom. Showed multiple origins of Lichen-forming fungi.
Early Origins of Cup-forming Ascomycetes within the filamentous Ascomycotina
Described a New Order of Fungi Neolectales Based on DNA Sequence Data
Discovered Convergent Inter-Empire Sites of Group I Introns in Ribosomal DNA
Conserved Secondary Structure of ITS2 rDNA region
Original Techniques Developed
PCR Primers for Specific Amplification of Field-Collected Microbes
Real Time PCR Primers Specific for Bat WNS fungus
Nomenclature for rDNA PCR Primers
Classification of rDNA group I Introns Based on Location
Improved DNA Isolation from Small Mixed Samples
On-Line Tables
PCR Primers for fungal SSU rDNA
Insertions and introns in fungal SSU rDNA
List of known fungal SSU rDNA introns
General fungal systematics and evolution