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François Lutzoni

François Lutzoni

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
25966
World Ranking
5236
National Ranking
2490

Overview

François Lutzoni is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, cell biology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Lichen and Fungal Ecology
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

François Lutzoni's recent publications cover a range of fungal biology and ecology topics. Notable papers include:

  • "101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens," 2020, published in Studies in Mycology
  • "Climate and seasonality drive the richness and composition of tropical fungal endophytes at a landscape scale," 2021, published in Communications Biology
  • "New and Interesting Fungi. 4," 2021, published in Fungal Systematics and Evolution
  • "Ecological generalism drives hyperdiversity of secondary metabolite gene clusters in xylarialean endophytes," 2021, published in New Phytologist
  • "Turnover of Lecanoroid Mycobionts and Their Trebouxia Photobionts Along an Elevation Gradient in Bolivia Highlights the Role of Environment in Structuring the Lichen Symbiosis," 2021, published in Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent collaborators on these studies include Jolanta Miądlikowska, Nicolas Magain, A. Elizabeth Arnold, Carlos J. Pardo-De la Hoz, and Ian D. Medeiros.

Publications by François Lutzoni are commonly found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Plant and Fungal Systematics, The Lichenologist, and Studies in Mycology. The scientist has published multiple papers specifically in bioRxiv, New Phytologist, Plant and Fungal Systematics, and The Lichenologist, with at least one publication in Studies in Mycology.

Best Publications

  • A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi

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

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

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

  • Bayes or Bootstrap? A Simulation Study Comparing the Performance of Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling and Bootstrapping in Assessing Phylogenetic Confidence

    Michael E. Alfaro;Stefan Zoller;François Lutzoni

  • Diversity and host range of foliar fungal endophytes: are tropical leaves biodiversity hotspots?

    A. Elizabeth Arnold;F. Lutzoni

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

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

  • Phylogenetic relationships of agaric fungi based on nuclear large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences.

    Jean-Marc Moncalvo;François M. Lutzoni;Stephen A. Rehner;Jacqui Johnson

  • Major fungal lineages are derived from lichen symbiotic ancestors

    François Lutzoni;François Lutzoni;Mark Pagel;Valérie Reeb;Valérie Reeb;Valérie Reeb

  • Contribution of RPB2 to multilocus phylogenetic studies of the euascomycetes (Pezizomycotina, Fungi) with special emphasis on the lichen-forming acarosporaceae and evolution of polyspory

    Valérie Reeb;François Lutzoni;Claude Roux

  • The utility of the incongruence length difference test.

    F. Keith Barker;François M. Lutzoni

  • Diversity and phylogenetic affinities of foliar fungal endophytes in loblolly pine inferred by culturing and environmental PCR

    A. Elizabeth Arnold;Daniel A. Henk;Rebecca L. Eells;François Lutzoni

  • Host and geographic structure of endophytic and endolichenic fungi at a continental scale

    Jana M. U'Ren;François Lutzoni;Jolanta Miadlikowska;Alexander D. Laetsch

  • A phylogenetic estimation of trophic transition networks for ascomycetous fungi: are lichens cradles of symbiotrophic fungal diversification?

    A. Elizabeth Arnold;A. Elizabeth Arnold;Jolanta Miadlikowska;K. Lindsay Higgins;K. Lindsay Higgins;Snehal D. Sarvate;Snehal D. Sarvate

  • A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina

    Joseph W. Spatafora;Gi Ho Sung;Desiree Johnson;Cedar Hesse

  • Phylogenetic relationships, host affinity, and geographic structure of boreal and arctic endophytes from three major plant lineages.

    K. Lindsay Higgins;A. Elizabeth Arnold;Jolanta Miadlikowska;Snehal D. Sarvate

  • Integrating ambiguously aligned regions of DNA sequences in phylogenetic analyses without violating positional homology.

    François Lutzoni;Peter Wagner;Valérie Reeb;Stefan Zoller

  • Evidence for Sexuality in the Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

    Mathieu Paoletti;Carla Rydholm;Elke U. Schwier;Michael J. Anderson

  • New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes

    Jolanta Miadlikowska;Frank Kauff;Valérie Hofstetter;Emily Fraker

  • A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families

    Jolanta Miadlikowska;Frank Kauff;Filip Högnabba;Jeffrey C. Oliver

  • Phylogeny of the Gyalectales and Ostropales (Ascomycota, Fungi): among and within order relationships based on nuclear ribosomal RNA small and large subunits

    Frank Kauff;François Lutzoni

  • Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence

    Ana Crespo;Frank Kauff;Pradeep K. Divakar;Ruth del Prado

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Elizabeth Arnold
A. Elizabeth Arnold University of Arizona
Cécile Gueidan
Cécile Gueidan Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Bernard Goffinet
Bernard Goffinet University of Connecticut
Conrad L. Schoch
Conrad L. Schoch National Institutes of Health
Robert Lücking
Robert Lücking Freie Universität Berlin
Rytas Vilgalys
Rytas Vilgalys Duke University
Imke Schmitt
Imke Schmitt Goethe University Frankfurt
Martin Grube
Martin Grube University of Graz
Harrie J. M. Sipman
Harrie J. M. Sipman Freie Universität Berlin
Ignazio Carbone
Ignazio Carbone North Carolina State University

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