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David S. Hibbett

David S. Hibbett

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
36348
World Ranking
2290
National Ranking
1226

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David S. Hibbett is affiliated with Clark University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Key subfields include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Cell Biology, and Insect Science.

The scientist's main research topics encompass Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Fungal Biology and Applications, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Enzyme-mediated dye degradation, and Microbial Metabolism and Applications.

David S. Hibbett has contributed to various scientific venues, frequently publishing in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

  • Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Genomic Analysis Enlightens Agaricales Lifestyle Evolution and Increasing Peroxidase Diversity, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Fruiting body form, not nutritional mode, is the major driver of diversification in mushroom-forming fungi, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Evolutionary transition to the ectomycorrhizal habit in the genomes of a hyperdiverse lineage of mushroom-forming fungi, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Population genomics provides insights into the genetic basis of adaptive evolution in the mushroom-forming fungus Lentinula edodes, 2021, Journal of Advanced Research

Frequent collaborators include Igor V. Grigoriev, Anna Lipzen, Steven Ahrendt, Robert Riley, and Robert A. Blanchette. These coauthors have worked jointly on various projects, reflecting a continuing network of scientific partnerships.

David S. Hibbett received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi

    David S Hibbett;Manfred Binder;Joseph F Bischoff;Meredith Blackwell

  • Phylogenetic Species Recognition and Species Concepts in Fungi

    John W. Taylor;David J. Jacobson;Scott Kroken;Takao Kasuga

  • Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny

    Timothy Y. James;Frank Kauff;Conrad L. Schoch;P. Brandon Matheny

  • The paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

    Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Robert Riley;Kerrie Barry

  • Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists.

    Annegret Kohler;Annegret Kohler;Alan Kuo;Laszlo G Nagy;Laszlo G Nagy;Emmanuelle Morin;Emmanuelle Morin

  • Assembling the fungal tree of life: progress, classification, and evolution of subcellular traits

    François Lutzoni;Frank Kauff;Cymon J. Cox;David McLaughlin

  • Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life

    Cody E. Hinchliff;Stephen A. Smith;James F. Allman;J. Gordon Burleigh

  • Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white-rot/brown-rot paradigm for wood decay fungi

    Robert Riley;Asaf A. Salamov;Daren W. Brown;Laszlo G. Nagy

  • Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview

    P. Brandon Matheny;Judd M. Curtis;Valérie Hofstetter;M. Catherine Aime

  • Genome, transcriptome, and secretome analysis of wood decay fungus Postia placenta supports unique mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion

    Diego Martinez;Diego Martinez;Jean Challacombe;Ingo Morgenstern;David Hibbett

  • The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

    Daniel C. Eastwood;Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Andrzej Majcherczyk

  • Evolutionary instability of ectomycorrhizal symbioses in basidiomycetes

    David S. Hibbett;David S. Hibbett;Luz-Beatriz Gilbert;Luz-Beatriz Gilbert;Michael J. Donoghue;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Contributions of rpb2 and tef1 to the phylogeny of mushrooms and allies (Basidiomycota, Fungi)

    P Brandon Matheny;Zheng Wang;Manfred Binder;Judd M Curtis

  • The phylogenetic distribution of resupinate forms across the major clades of mushroom-forming fungi (Homobasidiomycetes)

    Manfred Binder;David S. Hibbett;Karl-Henrik Larsson;Ellen Larsson

  • Evolution of gilled mushrooms and puffballs inferred from ribosomal DNA sequences

    David S. Hibbett;Elizabeth M. Pine;Ewald Langer;Gitta Langer

  • The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature

    David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;Pedro W. Crous;Scott A. Redhead;Don R. Reynolds

  • Genome sequence of the button mushroom Agaricus bisporus reveals mechanisms governing adaptation to a humic-rich ecological niche

    Emmanuelle Morin;Annegret Kohler;Adam R. Baker;Marie Foulongne-Oriol

  • Evolutionary relationships within the fungi: Analyses of nuclear small subunit rRNA sequences

    Thomas D. Bruns;Rytas Vilgalys;Susan M. Barns;Dolores Gonzalez

  • Molecular systematics and biological diversification of Boletales

    Manfred Binder;David S. Hibbett

  • Primer -- The Fungi

    Jason E. Stajich;Mary L. Berbee;Meredith Blackwell;David S. Hibbett

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine
Joseph W. Spatafora
Joseph W. Spatafora Oregon State University
Kurt LaButti
Kurt LaButti United States Department of Energy
Robin A. Ohm
Robin A. Ohm Utrecht University
Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy
Asaf Salamov
Asaf Salamov Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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