Table 1 Common names or descriptions of the species analyzed
Species | Common name or description |
|---|---|
Fungi | |
Aspergillus nidulans | A soil fungus that can self-fertilize without a mating partner |
Cryptococcus neoformans | A causal pathogen of cryptococcal disease |
Gibberella zeae | A plant pathogen that causes Fusarium head blight |
Magnaporthe oryzae | Rice blast fungus; rice rotten neck |
Marssonina brunnea | A fungal pathogen of the Populus genus |
Metarhizium anisopliae | A pathogen of insects |
Myceliophthora thermophila | A fungus that degrades cellulose (used in biofuel production) |
Neurospora crassa | A type of red bread mould |
Pichia pastoris | A fungus widely used for producing recombinant proteins |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Yeast used in baking and brewing |
Schizosaccharomyces pombe | Fission yeast |
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum | A white mould on plants |
Thielavia terrestris | A soil-borne thermophilic fungus |
Yarrowia lipolytica | A fungus that can use unusual carbon sources, e.g., hydrocarbons |
Protists | |
Babesia bovis | A single-celled protozoan parasite of cattle |
Blastocystis hominis | An intestinal protozoan parasite |
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | A single-celled green alga |
Phytophthora infestans | An oomycete, the causal agent of potato late blight |
Trypanosoma cruzi | A parasite that causes trypanosomiasis disease in animals |
Plants | |
Arabidopsis thaliana | Arabidopsis |
Medicago truncatula | Barrel medic, an annual yellow flower related to alfalfa |
Oryza sativa | Rice |
Populus trichocarpa | Western balsam poplar; California poplar; black cottonwood |
Solanum lycopersicum | Tomato |
Solanum tuberosum | Potato |
Sorghum bicolor | Sorghum |
Zea mays | Maize (corn) |
Animals | |
Apis mellifera | Honey bee |
Bos taurus | Cattle |
Caenorhabditis elegans | A free-living, transparent nematode (roundworm) |
Callithrix jacchus | Common marmoset, a New World monkey |
Canis lupus familiaris | Dog |
Ciona intestinalis | Sea squirt |
Danio rerio | Zebrafish |
Drosophila melanogaster | Common fruit fly |
Equus caballus | Horse |
Gallus gallus | Chicken |
Homo sapiens | Human |
Mus musculus | Mouse |
Oryctolagus cuniculus | Rabbit |
Pongo abelii | Sumatran orangutan |
Rattus norvegicus | Rat |
Sus scrofa | Pig |
Taeniopygia guttata | Zebra finch |