John W. Taylor

Multicyclic Peptides Synthesized Using the Kaiser Oxime Resin: Helix Stabilizing Effects of Lactam Bridges, (9999)

Oesapay, George, Gulyas, Jozsef, Profit, Adam A., Gulyas, Erzsebet S., Taylor, John W.

The p-nitrobenzophenone oxime resin is useful for the preparation, in their fully protected forms and in high yield and purity, of cyclic peptides and peptides incorporating lactam-bridged side...

Mechanisms of intron gain and loss in Cryptococcus (2008)

Sharpton, Thomas J, Neafsey, Daniel E, Galagan, James E, Taylor, John W

Abstract Background Genome comparisons across deep phylogenetic divergences have revealed that spliceosomal intron gain and loss are common evolutionary events. However, because of the deep...

Cryptic Speciation and Recombination in the Fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as Revealed by Gene Genealogies (2006)

Matute, Daniel R., McEwen, Juan G., Puccia, Rosana, Montes, Beatriz A., San-Blas, Gioconda, Bagagli, Eduardo, ...

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the etiologic agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a disease confined to Latin America and of marked importance in the endemic areas due to its frequency and severity....

The Novel and Endemic Pathogen Hypotheses: Competing Explanations for the Origin of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife (2005)

Rachowicz, Lara J., Hero, Jean-Marc, Alford, Ross A., Taylor, John W., Morgan, Jess A.T., Vredenburg, Vance T., ...

Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is an emerging infectious disease implicated in declines of amphibian populations around the globe. An emerging...

The Novel and Endemic Pathogen Hypotheses: Competing Explanations for the Origin of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife (2005)

Rachowicz, Lara J., Hero, Jean-Marc, Alford, Ross A., Taylor, John W., Morgan, Jess A.T., Vredenburg, Vance T., ...

Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is an emerging infectious disease implicated in declines of amphibian populations around the globe. An emerging...

The Novel and Endemic Pathogen Hypotheses: Competing Explanations for the Origin of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife (2005)

Rachowicz, Lara J., Hero, Jean-Marc, Alford, Ross A., Taylor, John W., Morgan, Jess A.T., Vredenburg, Vance T., ...

Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is an emerging infectious disease implicated in declines of amphibian populations around the globe. An emerging...

The Novel and Endemic Pathogen Hypotheses: Competing Explanations for the Origin of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife (2005)

Rachowicz, Lara J., Hero, Jean-Marc, Alford, Ross A., Taylor, John W., Morgan, Jess A.T., Vredenburg, Vance T., ...

Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is an emerging infectious disease implicated in declines of amphibian populations around the globe. An emerging...

Recombination Shapes the Natural Population Structure of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus 'islandicus' (2005)

Whitaker, Rachel J., Grogan, Dennis W., Taylor, John W.

Although microorganisms make up the preponderance of the biodiversity on Earth, the ecological and evolutionary factors that structure microbial populations are not well understood. We investigated...

Cryptic Speciation and Recombination in the Fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as Revealed by Gene Genealogies (2005)

Matute, Daniel R., McEwen, Juan G., Puccia, Rosana, Montes, Beatriz A., San-Blas, Gioconda, Bagagli, Eduardo, ...

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the etiologic agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a disease confined to Latin America and of marked importance in the endemic areas due to its frequency and severity....

Long-oligomer microarray profiling in Neurospora crassa reveals the transcriptional program underlying biochemical and physiological events of conidial germination (2005)

Kasuga, Takao, Townsend, Jeffrey P., Tian, Chaoguang, Gilbert, Luz B., Mannhaupt, Gertrud, Taylor, John W., ...

To test the inferences of spotted microarray technology against a biochemically well-studied process, we performed transcriptional profiling of conidial germination in the filamentous fungus,...

Recombination Shapes the Natural Population Structure of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus (2005)

Whitaker, Rachel J., Grogan, Dennis W., Taylor, John W.

Although microorganisms make up the preponderance of the biodiversity on Earth, the ecological and evolutionary factors that structure microbial populations are not well understood. We investigated...

Recombination Shapes the Natural Population Structure of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus 'islandicus' (2005)

Whitaker, Rachel J., Grogan, Dennis W., Taylor, John W.

Although microorganisms make up the preponderance of the biodiversity on Earth, the ecological and evolutionary factors that structure microbial populations are not well understood. We investigated...

Cryptic Speciation and Recombination in the Fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as Revealed by Gene Genealogies (2005)

Matute, Daniel R., McEwen, Juan G., Puccia, Rosana, Montes, Beatriz A., San-Blas, Gioconda, Bagagli, Eduardo, ...

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the etiologic agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a disease confined to Latin America and of marked importance in the endemic areas due to its frequency and severity....

Positive Directional Selection in the Proline-Rich Antigen (PRA) Gene among the Human Pathogenic Fungi Coccidioides immitis, C. posadasii and Their Closest Relatives (2004)

Johannesson, Hanna, Vidal, Pilar, Guarro, Josep, Herr, Roger A., Cole, Garry T., Taylor, John W.

In this study we investigate the possibility of selection acting on the proline-rich antigen (PRA) gene in natural populations of the two human pathogens Coccidioides immitis, Coccidioides posadasii...

Positive Directional Selection in the Proline-Rich Antigen (PRA) Gene Among the Human Pathogenic Fungi Coccidioides immitis, C. posadasii and Their Closest Relatives (2004)

Johannesson, Hanna, Vidal, Pilar, Guarro, Josep, Herr, Roger A., Cole, Garry T., Taylor, John W.

In this study, we investigate the possibility of selection acting on the proline-rich antigen (PRA) gene in natural populations of the two human pathogens, Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides...

Positive Directional Selection in the Proline-Rich Antigen (PRA) Gene among the Human Pathogenic Fungi Coccidioides immitis, C. posadasii and Their Closest Relatives (2004)

Johannesson, Hanna, Vidal, Pilar, Guarro, Josep, Herr, Roger A., Cole, Garry T., Taylor, John W.

In this study we investigate the possibility of selection acting on the proline-rich antigen (PRA) gene in natural populations of the two human pathogens Coccidioides immitis, Coccidioides posadasii...

A MULTILOCUS GENEALOGICAL APPROACH TO PHYLOGENETIC SPECIES RECOGNITION IN THE MODEL EUKARYOTE NEUROSPORA (2003)

Jeremy R. Dettman, David J. Jacobson, John W. Taylor

To critically examine the relationship between species recognized by phylogenetic and reproductive compatibility criteria, we applied phylogenetic species recognition (PSR) to the fungus in which...

REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AND PHYLOGENETIC DIVERGENCE IN NEUROSPORA: COMPARING METHODS OF SPECIES RECOGNITION IN A MODEL EUKARYOTE (2003)

Jeremy R. Dettman, David J. Jacobson, Elizabeth Turner, Anne Pringle, John W. Taylor

We critically examined methods for recognizing species in the model filamentous fungal genus Neurospora by comparing traditional biological species recognition (BSR) with more comprehensive...

Kudzu (Pueraria montana) community responses to herbicides, burning, and high-density loblolly pine (2003)

Timothy B. Harrington, John W. Taylor Jr.

Kudzu is an aggressive, nonnative vine that currently dominates an estimated 810,000 ha of mesic forest communities in the eastern United States. To test an integrated method of weed control,...

Sexual Fecundity is Correlated to Size in the Lichenized Fungus Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia (2003)

Anne Pringle, Diana Chen, John W. Taylor

There are no standard measures of fungal fitness, and yet descriptions of natural selection in fungi require an understanding of how to compare the success of two individuals. Success, or fitness, is...

Energy Atlas of Colorado. (2002)

Smith,Charles L., Christenson,John G., Taylor,John W., Wagner,John R.

This report presents the locational aspects of the energy resources available in Colorado. Resources include coal, oil and gas, uranium, oil shale and water. The location of power plants and power...

Gene Genealogies, Cryptic Species, and Molecular Evolution in the Human Pathogen Coccidioides immitis and Relatives (Ascomycota, Onygenales) (2001)

Koufopanou, Vassiliki, Burt, Austin, Szaro, Timothy, Taylor, John W.

Previous genealogical analyses of population structure in Coccidioides immitis revealed the presence of two cryptic and sexual species in this pathogenic fungus but did not clarify their origin and...

Phylogenetic Species, Reproductive Mode, and Specificity of the Green Alga Trebouxia Forming Lichens with the Fungal Genus Letharia (2000)

Scott Kroken, John W. Taylor

The green algal symbionts of the lichenized fungus Letharia are identified as members of the morphospecies Trebouxia jamesii, based on ITS sequences that place them in a molecularly diverse clade...

Subunit Ribosomal DNA Groups This Pathogen among Members of the Protoctistan Mesomycetozoa Clade (1999)

Roger A. Herr, Libero Ajello, John W. Taylor, Sarath N. Arseculeratne, Leonel Mendoza

For the past 100 years the phylogenetic affinities of Rhinosporidium seeberi have been controversial. Based on its morphological features, it has been classified as a protozoan or as a member of the...

Micronyx, Inc. Triad Plus, Version 1.3. (1998)

Arnold, James L., Carlton, Stephen F., Rovansek, Shawn M., Taylor, John W.

The Micronyx, Inc. Traid Plus product was evaluated against the I&A (identification and authentication), DAC (discretionary access control), object reuse and audit requirements detailed in the...

Sub-System Evaluation Report on Cortana Systems Corporation Cortana Personal Computer Security System, Version 1.21. (1998)

Carlton, Stephen F., Dasher, Donald N., Taylor, John W.

The Cortana Personal Computer Security System Version 1.21 has been evaluated by the National Computer Security Center (NCSC). The Cortana Personal Computer Security System is considered to be a...

Evaluation Report of Sytek PFX A2000 and PFX A2100. (1998)

Schanken, Mary D., Taylor, John W.

The Sytek PFX and A2100 systems were evaluated against the authentication, identification, and audit requirements specified by the DoD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, dated 15 August...

Infotron INX4400/USM. (1998)

Bielat, Karen M., Crescenzi, Caralyn C., Robidoux, David N., Taylor, John W.

The Infotron Intelligent Network Exchange with the User Security Module option (INX4400/USM) is a high capacity digital data switching system (front-end connection switch) that handles asynchronous...

Fungal Model Organisms: Phylogenetics of Saccharomyces, Aspergillus, and Neurospora (1993)

Taylor, John W., Bowman, Barbara H., Berbee, Mary L., White, Thomas J.

Fungal model organisms are widely used because, in general, they are less expensive to maintain under laboratory conditions than are members of the two other higher eukaryotic kingdoms, the animals...

CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA IN RELATION TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURES (1989)

MALONE, KATHLEEN E., KOEPSELL, THOMAS D., DALING, JANET R., WEISS, NOEL S., MORRIS, PETER D., TAYLOR, JOHN W., ...

As part of a population-based case-control study carried out in four areas of the United States, 427 cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia diagnosed between July 1, 1977, and December 31, 1981, and...

ANTIGENIC STIMULATION AND THJ OCCURRENCE OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA (1987)

KOEPSELL, THOMAS D., DALING, JANET R, WEISS, NOEL S., TAYLOR, JOHN W., OLSHAN, ANDREW F., LYON, JOSEPH L., ...

To evaluate whether potent or prolonged stimulation of the immune system increases the risk of multiple myeloma, the authors compared 698 myeloma cases which occurred between July 1, 1977 and June...

The use of phosphorothioate-modified DNA in restriction enzyme reactions to prepare nicked DNA (1985)

Taylor, John W., Schmidt, Walter, Cosstick, Richard, Okruszek, Andrzej, Eckstein, Fritz

The RF IV form of M13 DNA was synthesized enzymatically in vitro, using the viral (+)strand as template, to contain phosphorothioate-modified inter-nucleotidic linkages of the Rp configuration on the...

NORWALK-RELATED VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS DUE TO CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER (1981)

TAYLOR, JOHN W., GARY, G. WILLIAM, GREENBERG, HARRY B.

An explosive outbreak of gastrointestinal illness clinically compatible with infection by an agent serologically related to Norwalk virus agent occurred in an elementary school in May 1978....

Cryptic speciation and recombination in the aflatoxin-producing fungus Aspergillus flavus

Geiser, David M., Pitt, John I., Taylor, John W.

Aspergillus flavus, like approximately one–third of ascomycete fungi, is thought to be cosmopolitan and clonal because it has uniform asexual morphology. A. flavus produces aflatoxin on nuts,...

Concordance of gene genealogies reveals reproductive isolation in the pathogenic fungus Coccidioides immitis

Koufopanou, Vassiliki, Burt, Austin, Taylor, John W.

Simple cladogenetic theory suggests that gene genealogies can be used to detect mixis in a population and delineate reproductively isolated groups within sexual taxa. We have taken this approach in a...

Biogeographic range expansion into South America by Coccidioides immitis mirrors New World patterns of human migration

Fisher, Matthew C., Koenig, Gina L., White, Thomas J., San-Blas, Gioconda, Negroni, Ricardo, Alvarez, Isidro Gutiérrez, ...

Long-distance population dispersal leaves its characteristic signature in genomes, namely, reduced diversity and increased linkage between genetic markers. This signature enables historical patterns...

Phylogenetic Relationships of Varieties and Geographical Groups of the Human Pathogenic Fungus Histoplasma capsulatum Darling

Kasuga, Takao, Taylor, John W., White, Thomas J.

The phylogeny of 46 geographically diverse Histoplasma capsulatum isolates representing the three varieties capsulatum, duboisii, and farciminosum was evaluated using partial DNA sequences of four...

Phylogenetic Analysis of Rhinosporidium seeberi’s 18S Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA Groups This Pathogen among Members of the Protoctistan Mesomycetozoa Clade

Herr, Roger A., Ajello, Libero, Taylor, John W., Arseculeratne, Sarath N., Mendoza, Leonel

For the past 100 years the phylogenetic affinities of Rhinosporidium seeberi have been controversial. Based on its morphological features, it has been classified as a protozoan or as a member of the...

Pathogenic Clones versus Environmentally Driven Population Increase: Analysis of an Epidemic of the Human Fungal Pathogen Coccidioides immitis

Fisher, Matthew C., Koenig, Gina L., White, Thomas J., Taylor, John W.

For many pathogenic microbes that utilize mainly asexual modes of reproduction, it is unknown whether epidemics are due to either the emergence of pathogenic clones or environmentally determined...

Phylogenetic Analysis of Lacazia loboi Places This Previously Uncharacterized Pathogen within the Dimorphic Onygenales

Herr, Roger A., Tarcha, Eric J., Taborda, Paulo R., Taylor, John W., Ajello, Libero, Mendoza, Leonel

Lacazia loboi is the last of the classical fungal pathogens to remain a taxonomic enigma, primarily because it has resisted cultivation and only causes cutaneous and subcutaneous infections in humans...

The Evolutionary Biology and Population Genetics Underlying Fungal Strain Typing

Taylor, John W., Geiser, David M., Burt, Austin, Koufopanou, Vassiliki

Strain typing of medically important fungi and fungal population genetics have been stimulated by new methods of tapping DNA variation. The aim of this contribution is to show how awareness of fungal...

Disease surveillance in recombining pathogens: Multilocus genotypes identify sources of human Coccidioides infections

Fisher, Matthew C., Rannala, Bruce, Chaturvedi, Vishnu, Taylor, John W.

Molecular surveillance of pathogenic microbes works by genotyping isolates with DNA fingerprinting techniques and then using these genotypes to assign individuals to populations. Clonality is assumed...

Phylogenomic analysis of type I polyketide synthase genes in pathogenic and saprobic ascomycetes

Kroken, Scott, Glass, N. Louise, Taylor, John W., Yoder, O. C., Turgeon, B. Gillian

Fungal type I polyketides (PKs) are synthesized by PK synthases (PKSs) and include well known secondary metabolites such as the anticholesterol drug lovastatin and the potent natural carcinogen...

Detection and Selection of Microsatellites in the Genome of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as Molecular Markers for Clinical and Epidemiological Studies

Nascimento, Érika, Martinez, Roberto, Rodrigues Lopes, André, De Souza Bernardes, Luciano Angelo, Pomponio Barco, Carolina, Goldman, Maria Helena S., ...

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a thermodimorphic fungus, is the causative agent of the prevalent systemic mycosis in Latin America, paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM). Here, we describe the microsatellite...

Long-oligomer microarray profiling in Neurospora crassa reveals the transcriptional program underlying biochemical and physiological events of conidial germination

Kasuga, Takao, Townsend, Jeffrey P., Tian, Chaoguang, Gilbert, Luz B., Mannhaupt, Gertrud, Taylor, John W., ...

To test the inferences of spotted microarray technology against a biochemically well-studied process, we performed transcriptional profiling of conidial germination in the filamentous fungus,...

Mutation and Evolution of Microsatellite Loci in Neurospora

Dettman, Jeremy R., Taylor, John W.

The patterns of mutation and evolution at 13 microsatellite loci were studied in the filamentous fungal genus Neurospora. First, a detailed investigation was performed on five microsatellite loci by...

Concerted Evolution in the Repeats of an Immunomodulating Cell Surface Protein, SOWgp, of the Human Pathogenic Fungi Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii

Johannesson, Hanna, Townsend, Jeffrey P., Hung, Chiung-Yu, Cole, Garry T., Taylor, John W.

Genome dynamics that allow pathogens to escape host immune responses are fundamental to our understanding of host-pathogen interactions. Here we present the first population-based study of the...

Microsatellite Analysis of Three Phylogenetic Species of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis†

Matute, Daniel R., Sepulveda, Victoria E., Quesada, Lina M., Goldman, Gustavo H., Taylor, John W., Restrepo, Angela, ...

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the etiological agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, an important human systemic mycosis in Latin America. Recently, the existence of three different phylogenetic species...

Cryptic speciation and recombination in the aflatoxin-producing fungus Aspergillus flavus

Geiser, David M., Pitt, John I., Taylor, John W.

Aspergillus flavus, like approximately one–third of ascomycete fungi, is thought to be cosmopolitan and clonal because it has uniform asexual morphology. A. flavus produces aflatoxin on nuts,...

Concordance of gene genealogies reveals reproductive isolation in the pathogenic fungus Coccidioides immitis

Koufopanou, Vassiliki, Burt, Austin, Taylor, John W.

Simple cladogenetic theory suggests that gene genealogies can be used to detect mixis in a population and delineate reproductively isolated groups within sexual taxa. We have taken this approach in a...

Biogeographic range expansion into South America by Coccidioides immitis mirrors New World patterns of human migration

Fisher, Matthew C., Koenig, Gina L., White, Thomas J., San-Blas, Gioconda, Negroni, Ricardo, Alvarez, Isidro Gutiérrez, ...

Long-distance population dispersal leaves its characteristic signature in genomes, namely, reduced diversity and increased linkage between genetic markers. This signature enables historical patterns...

Phylogenetic Relationships of Varieties and Geographical Groups of the Human Pathogenic Fungus Histoplasma capsulatum Darling

Kasuga, Takao, Taylor, John W., White, Thomas J.

The phylogeny of 46 geographically diverse Histoplasma capsulatum isolates representing the three varieties capsulatum, duboisii, and farciminosum was evaluated using partial DNA sequences of four...

Phylogenetic Analysis of Rhinosporidium seeberi’s 18S Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA Groups This Pathogen among Members of the Protoctistan Mesomycetozoa Clade

Herr, Roger A., Ajello, Libero, Taylor, John W., Arseculeratne, Sarath N., Mendoza, Leonel

For the past 100 years the phylogenetic affinities of Rhinosporidium seeberi have been controversial. Based on its morphological features, it has been classified as a protozoan or as a member of the...

Pathogenic Clones versus Environmentally Driven Population Increase: Analysis of an Epidemic of the Human Fungal Pathogen Coccidioides immitis

Fisher, Matthew C., Koenig, Gina L., White, Thomas J., Taylor, John W.

For many pathogenic microbes that utilize mainly asexual modes of reproduction, it is unknown whether epidemics are due to either the emergence of pathogenic clones or environmentally determined...

Phylogenetic Analysis of Lacazia loboi Places This Previously Uncharacterized Pathogen within the Dimorphic Onygenales

Herr, Roger A., Tarcha, Eric J., Taborda, Paulo R., Taylor, John W., Ajello, Libero, Mendoza, Leonel

Lacazia loboi is the last of the classical fungal pathogens to remain a taxonomic enigma, primarily because it has resisted cultivation and only causes cutaneous and subcutaneous infections in humans...

The Evolutionary Biology and Population Genetics Underlying Fungal Strain Typing

Taylor, John W., Geiser, David M., Burt, Austin, Koufopanou, Vassiliki

Strain typing of medically important fungi and fungal population genetics have been stimulated by new methods of tapping DNA variation. The aim of this contribution is to show how awareness of fungal...

Disease surveillance in recombining pathogens: Multilocus genotypes identify sources of human Coccidioides infections

Fisher, Matthew C., Rannala, Bruce, Chaturvedi, Vishnu, Taylor, John W.

Molecular surveillance of pathogenic microbes works by genotyping isolates with DNA fingerprinting techniques and then using these genotypes to assign individuals to populations. Clonality is assumed...

Phylogenomic analysis of type I polyketide synthase genes in pathogenic and saprobic ascomycetes

Kroken, Scott, Glass, N. Louise, Taylor, John W., Yoder, O. C., Turgeon, B. Gillian

Fungal type I polyketides (PKs) are synthesized by PK synthases (PKSs) and include well known secondary metabolites such as the anticholesterol drug lovastatin and the potent natural carcinogen...

Detection and Selection of Microsatellites in the Genome of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as Molecular Markers for Clinical and Epidemiological Studies

Nascimento, Érika, Martinez, Roberto, Rodrigues Lopes, André, De Souza Bernardes, Luciano Angelo, Pomponio Barco, Carolina, Goldman, Maria Helena S., ...

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a thermodimorphic fungus, is the causative agent of the prevalent systemic mycosis in Latin America, paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM). Here, we describe the microsatellite...

Long-oligomer microarray profiling in Neurospora crassa reveals the transcriptional program underlying biochemical and physiological events of conidial germination

Kasuga, Takao, Townsend, Jeffrey P., Tian, Chaoguang, Gilbert, Luz B., Mannhaupt, Gertrud, Taylor, John W., ...

To test the inferences of spotted microarray technology against a biochemically well-studied process, we performed transcriptional profiling of conidial germination in the filamentous fungus,...

Mutation and Evolution of Microsatellite Loci in Neurospora

Dettman, Jeremy R., Taylor, John W.

The patterns of mutation and evolution at 13 microsatellite loci were studied in the filamentous fungal genus Neurospora. First, a detailed investigation was performed on five microsatellite loci by...

Concerted Evolution in the Repeats of an Immunomodulating Cell Surface Protein, SOWgp, of the Human Pathogenic Fungi Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii

Johannesson, Hanna, Townsend, Jeffrey P., Hung, Chiung-Yu, Cole, Garry T., Taylor, John W.

Genome dynamics that allow pathogens to escape host immune responses are fundamental to our understanding of host-pathogen interactions. Here we present the first population-based study of the...

Microsatellite Analysis of Three Phylogenetic Species of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis†

Matute, Daniel R., Sepulveda, Victoria E., Quesada, Lina M., Goldman, Gustavo H., Taylor, John W., Restrepo, Angela, ...

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the etiological agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, an important human systemic mycosis in Latin America. Recently, the existence of three different phylogenetic species...

Eukaryotic microbes, species recognition and the geographic limits of species: examples from the kingdom Fungi

Taylor, John W, Turner, Elizabeth, Townsend, Jeffrey P, Dettman, Jeremy R, Jacobson, David

The claim that eukaryotic micro-organisms have global geographic ranges, constituting a significant departure from the situation with macro-organisms, has been supported by studies of morphological...

Population genetics of the frog-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Morgan, Jess A. T., Vredenburg, Vance T., Rachowicz, Lara J., Knapp, Roland A., Stice, Mary J., Tunstall, Tate, ...

Global amphibian decline by chytridiomycosis is a major environmental disaster that has been attributed to either recent fungal spread or environmental change that promotes disease. Here, we present...

Mechanisms of intron gain and loss in Cryptococcus

Sharpton, Thomas J, Neafsey, Daniel E, Galagan, James E, Taylor, John W

Comparison of five relatively closely related yeast Cryptococcus genomes suggests that recombination causes internal intron loss and that DNA repeat expansion can create new introns in a population.

Rapid Global Expansion of the Fungal Disease Chytridiomycosis into Declining and Healthy Amphibian Populations

James, Timothy Y., Litvintseva, Anastasia P., Vilgalys, Rytas, Morgan, Jess A. T., Taylor, John W., Fisher, Matthew C., ...

The fungal disease chytridiomycosis, caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is enigmatic because it occurs globally in both declining and apparently healthy (non-declining) amphibian populations....

A standard and rapid method for determining nozzle-tip abrasion*

Jensen, Jens A., Taylor, John W., Pearce, George W.

The wear resistance of nozzle tips used in malaria eradication programmes has, in the past, been measured with water suspensions of a variety of wettable powder insecticides. The abrasive powers of...

Comparative genomic analyses of the human fungal pathogens Coccidioides and their relatives

Sharpton, Thomas J., Stajich, Jason E., Rounsley, Steven D., Gardner, Malcolm J., Wortman, Jennifer R., Jordar, Vinita S., ...

While most Ascomycetes tend to associate principally with plants, the dimorphic fungi Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii are primary pathogens of immunocompetent mammals, including...

Broad Neutralization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Elicited from Human Rhinoviruses That Display the HIV-1 gp41 ELDKWA Epitope▿ †

Arnold, Gail Ferstandig, Velasco, Paola K., Holmes, Andrew K., Wrin, Terri, Geisler, Sheila C., Phung, Pham, ...

In efforts to develop AIDS vaccine components, we generated combinatorial libraries of recombinant human rhinoviruses that display the well-conserved ELDKWA epitope of the membrane-proximal external...