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Timothy Y. James is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans several fields with a strong focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science.

Their work covers various subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology. Within these areas, key topics addressed include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Fungal Biology and Applications, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Plant and Animal Studies, and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies.

Timothy Y. James has contributed to numerous papers across multiple journals. Recent publications include:

  • "A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi" (2021) in Current Biology
  • "Toward a Fully Resolved Fungal Tree of Life" (2020) in Annual Review of Microbiology
  • "Unraveling the functional dark matter through global metagenomics" (2023) in Nature
  • "Survey of Early-Diverging Lineages of Fungi Reveals Abundant and Diverse Mycoviruses" (2020) in mBio
  • "Early-diverging fungal phyla: taxonomy, species concept, ecology, distribution, anthropogenic impact, and novel phylogenetic proposals" (2021) in Fungal Diversity

Frequent coauthors working alongside Timothy Y. James include:

  • D. Rabern Simmons
  • Jason Stajich
  • Luı́s Felipe Toledo
  • Igor V. Grigoriev
  • Kensuke Seto

The scientist frequently publishes in respected venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, mBio, Mycologia, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Keith A. Seifert;Sabine Huhndorf;Vincent Robert

  • A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi

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

  • The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists

    Sina M Adl;Alastair G. B. Simpson;Mark A Farmer;Robert A. Andersen

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

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

  • A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data

    Joseph W. Spatafora;Ying Chang;Gerald L. Benny;Katy Lazarus

  • Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes

    Sina M. Adl;David Bass;David Bass;Christopher E. Lane;Julius Lukes;Julius Lukes

  • One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics

    Jean-Marc Moncalvo;Rytas Vilgalys;Scott A Redhead;James E Johnson

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

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

  • 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

  • Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines

    Simon J. O’Hanlon;Adrien Rieux;Rhys A. Farrer;Gonçalo M. Rosa;Gonçalo M. Rosa

  • Phylogenetic comparison and classification of laccase and related multicopper oxidase protein sequences

    Patrik J. Hoegger;Sreedhar Kilaru;Timothy Y. James;Jason R. Thacker

  • A molecular phylogeny of the flagellated fungi (Chytridiomycota) and description of a new phylum (Blastocladiomycota).

    Timothy Y. James;Peter M. Letcher;Joyce E. Longcore;Sharon E. Mozley-Standridge

  • Insights into evolution of multicellular fungi from the assembled chromosomes of the mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea (Coprinus cinereus)

    Jason E. Stajich;Jason E. Stajich;Jason E. Stajich;Sarah K. Wilke;Dag Ahrén;Chun Hang Au

  • Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Is Inhibited by the Cutaneous Bacteria of Amphibian Species

    Reid N. Harris;Timothy Y. James;Antje Lauer;Mary Alice Simon

  • Multilocus sequence typing suggests the chytrid pathogen of amphibians is a recently emerged clone

    Erica A. Morehouse;Timothy Y. James;Austen R. D. Ganley;Rytas Vilgalys

  • Primer -- The Fungi

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

  • Shared Signatures of Parasitism and Phylogenomics Unite Cryptomycota and Microsporidia

    Timothy Y. James;Adrian Pelin;Linda Bonen;Steven Ahrendt

  • Rapid global expansion of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis into declining and healthy amphibian populations

    Timothy Y. James;Timothy Y. James;Anastasia P. Litvintseva;Rytas Vilgalys;Jess A. T. Morgan

  • Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis

    Elena Fernandez-Fueyo;Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Patricia Ferreira;Dimitrios Floudas

  • Novel, panzootic and hybrid genotypes of amphibian chytridiomycosis associated with the bullfrog trade.

    Lisa M. Schloegel;Luís Felipe Toledo;Joyce E. Longcore;Sasha E. Greenspan

Frequent Co-Authors

Joyce E. Longcore
Joyce E. Longcore University of Maine
Jason E. Stajich
Jason E. Stajich University of California, Riverside
Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Rytas Vilgalys
Rytas Vilgalys Duke University
Joseph W. Spatafora
Joseph W. Spatafora Oregon State University
Kelly R. Zamudio
Kelly R. Zamudio Cornell University
Ursula Kües
Ursula Kües University of Göttingen
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
David S. Hibbett
David S. Hibbett Clark University
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy

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