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*Pinchi-Davila Xiomy-Janiria, *Vargas-Hernández Diana, *Romero-Jiménez María-José , Jumpponen Ari, Rudgers Jennifer A. , Herrera  Jose, Hutchinson Miriam , Dunbar John M., Kuske Cheryl , Porras-Alfaro Andrea. 2023.  Pleoardoris graminearum, gen. et sp. nov., a new member of Pleosporales from North American Plains, its biogeography and effects on a foundation grass species, Mycologia, 115: 749-767, DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2023.2258269

Porras-Alfaro, Andrea (2024) Soil Processes, Diversity, and Ecosystem Services. In: Scheiner Samuel M. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity 3rd edition, vol. 1, pp. 503–510. Oxford: Elsevier.

*Romero-Jimenez Maria-Jose, Rudgers J., Jumpponen A., Herrera J., Hutchinson M., Kuske C., Dunbar J., Knapp D.G., Kovacs G.M., Porras-Alfaro A. 2022. Darksidea phi sp. nov., a dark septate root-associated fungus in foundation grasses in North American Great Plains. Mycologia 114:254-269.

Rudgers J.A., Porras-Alfaro A., Herrera J., Reazin C., Kent D.R., Souza L., Chung Y.A., Jumpponen A. 2022. Biogeographic patterns of root-associated fungi in foundation grasses of North American Plains. Journal of Biogeography 49: 22-37.

Rudgers, J.A., S. Fox, A. Porras-Alfaro, J. Herrera, D. Kent, L. Souza, Y.A. Chung, and A. Jumpponen. 2021. Biogeography of root fungi in grasslands ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/c8255a205f34e101c41063f4cfee850d (Accessed 2021-08-20).

*Muniania Ndinga C., Mueller R.C., Kuske C.R., Porras-Alfaro, A. 2021. Seasonal Variation and Potential Roles of Dark Septate Fungi in an Arid Grasslands. Mycologia 113: 1181-1198.

Bhattacharjee A., Anderson L.N., Alfaro T., Porras-Alfaro A., Jumpponen A., Hofmockel K.S., Jansson J.K., Anderton C.R., Nelson W.C. 2021. Draft Genome Sequence of Fusarium sp. Strain DS 682, a Novel Fungal Isolate from the Grass Rhizosphere. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10: e00884–20.

Lagueux D., Jumpponen A., Porras-Alfaro A., Herrera J., Chung Y.A., Baur L.E., Smith M.D., Knapp A.K., Collins S.L., Rudgers J.A. 2021. Experimental drought re-ordered assemblages of root-associated fungi across North American grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 109: 776–792.

Herrera J., Haskew-Layton R.E., Narayanan M., Porras-Alfaro A., Jumpponen A., Chung Y.A., Rudgers J.A. 2020. Improving Instructional Fitness Requires Change. BioScience 70: 1027–1035

*Hamm P.S., Dunlap C.A., Mullowney M.W., Caimi N.A., Kelleher N.L., Thomson R.J., Porras-Alfaro A., Northup D.E. 2020. Streptomyces buecherae sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from multiple bat species. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 113: 2213–2221.

*Johnson L.JAN, González-Chávez M.C.A, Carrillo-González R., Porras-Alfaro A., Mueller G.M. 2020. Vanilla epiphytic and terrestrial roots host rich orchid mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi. Plants, People and Planet, 00: 1-12.

*Hamm P., Mueller R., Kuske C., Porras-Alfaro A. 2020. Keratinophilic fungi: specialized fungal communities in a desert ecosystem identified using cultured-based and Illumina sequencing approaches. Microbiological Research 239:126530.

*Deaver N.R., Hesse C., Kuske C.R., Porras-Alfaro, A. 2019. Presence and Distribution of Insect-Associated and Entomopathogenic Fungi in Temperate Pine Forest Soil: an Integrated Approach. Applied Soil Ecology 123: 864-874.

*Hamm P.S., Caimi N.A., Northup D.E., Valdez E.W., Buecher D.C., Dunlap C.A, Labeda D.P., Porras-Alfaro A. 2019. Streptomyces verpertilionus sp. nov., isolated from Townsend’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 112: 1297-1305.

*Torres-Cruz T.J., Porras-Alfaro A., Caimi N.A., Nwabologu O., Strach E.W., Read K.J.H., Young J.M., Buecher D.C., Northup D.E. 2019. Microclimate conditions ideal to sustain Pseudogymnoascus growth in El Malpais National Monument caves in New Mexico, USA. Journal of Speleology 48: 191-202

*Sandona K., Billingsley Tobias T.L.*, Hutchinson M.I., Natvig D.O., Porras-Alfaro A. 2019. Diversity of thermophilic fungi in corn grain. Mycologia 111: 719-729.

Challacombe J.F., Hesse C.N., Bramer L.M., McCue L.A., Lipton M., Purvine S., Nicora C., Gallegos-Graves L., Porras-Alfaro A., Kuske C.R. 2019. Genomes and Secretomes of Ascomycota Fungi Reveal Diverse Functions in Plant Biomass Decomposition and Pathogenesis. BMC Genomics 20: 976.

*Lueschow S.R., *Johnson L.JAN., Williams T.F.*, McCleery R., Porras-Alfaro A. 2019. Opportunistic Pseudogymnoascus and Geomyces species isolated from human and bats. Sydowia  71: 25-33. 

*Torres-Cruz T.J., Hesse C., Kuske C.R., Porras-Alfaro A. 2019. Presence and distribution of heavy metal tolerant fungi in surface soils ofa temperate pine forest. Applied Soil Ecology 131: 66-74.

González-Chávez M.C.A., *Torres-Cruz T.J., Albarrán Sánchez S., Carrillo-González R., Carrillo-López L.M., Porras-Alfaro A. 2018. Microscopic characterization of orchid mycorrhizal fungi: Scleroderma as a putative novel orchid mycorrhizal fungus of Vanilla in different crop systems. Mycorrhiza 28: 147-157.

Winter A.S., Hathaway J.J.M., Kimble J.C., Buecher D.C., Valdez E.W., Porras-Alfaro A.,Young J.M., Read K.J.H., Northup D.E. 2017. Skin and fur bacterial diversity and community structure on American southwestern bats: effects of habitat, geography and bat traits. PeerJ 5: e3944.

*Torres-Cruz T.J., *Billingsley Tobias T.L., *Almatruk M., Hesse C.N., Kuske C.R., Desirò A., Niccolò Benucci G.M., Bonito G., Stajich J., Dunlap C., Arnold A.E., Porras-Alfaro, A. 2017. Bifiguratus adelaidae gen. et sp. Nov., a new member of Mucoromycotina in endophytic and soil-dwelling habitats. Mycologia 109:363-368.

*Billingsley Tobias T.L., Farrer E.C., Sinsabaugh R.L, Suding K.N., Porras-Alfaro, A. 2017. Seed associated fungi in the alpine tundra: Both mutualistic and pathogens could impact plant recruitment. Fungal Ecology 30: 10-18.

Jumpponnen A, Herrera J, Porras-Alfaro A., Rudgers J. 2017. Biogeography of root-associated endophytes. In: Biogeography of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. Ecological Studies 230, Ed. Tederso L. Springer. pp. 195-222.

*Hamm P.S., *Caimi N.A., Northup D.E., Valdez E.W., Buecher D.C., Dunlap C.A., Labeda D.P., Lueschow S., Porras-Alfaro A. 2017. Western Bats as a Reservoir of Novel Streptomyces Species with Antifungal Activity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83:E03057-16,  doi: 10.1128/AEM.03057-16 (Journal Cover)

Porras-Alfaro A., *Muniania-Nninga C., *Hamm P.S., *Torres-Cruz T.J., Kuske C.L. 2017. Fungal Diversity and Function in Desert Ecosystems. Ed. Steven B. In: The Biology of Arid Soils Biology. De Gruyter. pp 97-115. ISBN: 978-3-11-041904-7.

Dean S.L., *Billingsley Tobias T, Phippen W.B., Clayton A.W., Gruver J., Porras-Alfaro, A. 2016. A study of Glycine max (soybean) fungal communities under different agricultural practices. Plant Gene 11:8-16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2016.11.003.

Hesse C.N., *Torres-Cruz T.J., *Billingsley Tobias T., *Al-Matruk M., Porras-Alfaro A., Kuske C.R. 2016. Ribosomal RNA gene detection and targeted culture of novel nitrogen-responsive fungal taxa from temperate pine forest soil. Mycologia 108: 1082-1090.

Hibbett D., Abarenkov K., Kõljalg U., Öpik M., Chai B., Cole J., Wang Q., Crous P., Robert V., Helgason T., Herr J.R., Kirk P., *Lueschow S., O’Donnell K., Nilsson R.H., Oono R., Schoch C., Smyth C., Walker D.M., Porras-Alfaro A., Taylor J.W., Geiser D.M. 2016. Sequence-Based Classification and Identification of Fungi. Mycologia 108: 1049-1068.

Gonzalez Chavez, M.C., Carrilo Gonzalez R., Porras-Alfaro A. 2016. Manual Basico para el Estudio de Hongos Endofitos y Micorrizicos de Vainilla. Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico. ISBN:978607715319-1.

Deshpande V., Wang Q., Greenfield P., Charleston M., Porras-Alfaro A., Kuske C.R., Cole J.R., Midgley D.J., Tran-Dinh N. 2016. Fungal Identification using a Bayesian Classifier and the 'Warcup' training set of Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences. Mycologia 108: 1-5.

Bolaños J., De León L.F., Ochoa E., Darias J., Raja H.A., Shearer C., Miller A.N., Vanderheyden P., Porras-Alfaro A., Caballero-George C. 2015. Phylogenetic Diversity of Sponge-associated Fungi from the Caribbean and the Pacific of Panama and their In Vitro Effect on Angiotensin and Endothelin Receptors. Marine Biotechnology 17: 533-564.

*Dean S.L., Warnock D., Litvak M., Porras-Alfaro A., Sinsabaugh R. 2015. Root Associated Fungal Community Response to Drought-Like Changes in Vegetation Community. Mycologia 6: 1089-1104.

Porras-Alfaro A., *Raghavan S., *Garcia M., Sinsabugh R., Natvig D.O., Lowrey T. 2014. Endophytic Symbionts Associated with Gypsophilous Plants. Botany 92: 295-301.

Porras-Alfaro A., Liu K.-L., Kuske C.R., Xie G. 2014. From Genus to Phylum: Large-Subunit and Internal Transcribed Spacer rRNA Operon Regions Show Similar Classification Accuracies Influenced by Database Composition. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80: 829-840.

*Dean S.L., Farrer E.C., Porras-Alfaro A., Suding K.N., Sinsabaugh R.L. 2015. Assembly of Root Associated Bacteria Communities: Interactions between Abiotic and Biotic Factors. Environmental Microbiology Reports 7: 102-110.

Cole J.R., Wang Q., Fish J.A., Chai B., McGarrell D.M., Sun Y., Brown C.T., Porras-Alfaro A., Kuske C.R., Tiedje J.M. 2014. Ribosomal Database Project: Data and Tools for High Throughput rRNA Analysis Nuclei Acids Research 41: 1-10.

*Dean S.L., Farrer E.C., Taylor D.L., Porras-Alfaro A., Suding K.N., Sinsabaugh R.L. 2013. Nitrogen Deposition Alters Plant-Fungal Relationships: Linking Belowground Dynamics to Aboveground Vegetation Change. Molecular Ecology 23: 1364-1378.

*Johnson L., Miller A.N., McCleery R.A., McClanahan R., Kath J.A., Lueschow S., Porras-Alfaro A. 2013. Psychrophilic and Psychrotolerant Fungi on Bats and the Presence of Geomyces spp. on Bat Wings Prior to the Arrival of White Nose Syndrome. Applied Environmental Microbiology 79: 5465-5471.

Bates S.T., Ahrendt S., Bik H., Bruns T., Caparaso J.G., Cole J., Dwan M., Fierer N., Gu D., Houston S., Knight R., Leff J., Lewis C., McDonald D., Nilsson H., Porras-Alfaro A., Robert V., Schoch C., Scott J., Taylor L., Wegener-Parfrey L., Stajich J.E. 2013. Meeting report: Fungal ITS workshop. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 8: 1.

Weber C.F., Balasch M.M., *Gossage Z., Porras-Alfaro A., Kuske C.R. 2012. Soil Fungal Cellobiohydrolase I Gene (cbhI) Composition and Expression in a Loblolly Pine Plantation under Conditions of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and Nitrogen Fertilization. Applied Environmental Microbiology 78:3950-3957.

*Odenbach K., Spilde M., Porras-Alfaro A., Nyberg A., Northup D. 2012. Fungal Communities Associated with Rock Varnish in Black Canyon, NM: Casual Inhabitants or Essential Partners? Geomicrobiology Journal 29:752-766.

Liu K.L., Porras-Alfaro A., Kuske C.R., Eichorst S.A., Xie G. 2012. Accurate, Rapid Taxonomic Classification of Fungal Large Subunit rRNA Genes. Applied Environmental Microbiology 78: 1523-1533.

Porras-Alfaro A., *Lipinski K., Herrera J., Natvig D.O., Sinsabaugh R.L. 2011. Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Soil Fungal Communities in a Semiarid Grassland. Mycologia 103:10-21.

Porras-Alfaro A., Bayman P. 2011. Hidden Fungi, Emergent Properties: Endophytes and Microbiomes. Annual Review of Phytopathology 49: 291-315.

Khidir H.K., Eudy D.M., Porras-Alfaro A., Herrera J., Natvig D.O., Sinsabaugh R.L. 2010. A General Suite of Fungal Endophytes Dominate the Roots of two Dominant Grasses in a Semiarid Grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 74: 35-42.

Bayman P., Mosquera-Espinosa A.T., Porras-Alfaro A. 2010. Mycorrhizal relationships of Vanilla and prospects for  biocontrol of root rots. In: Handbook of Vanilla Science and Technology. Ed. Havkin-Frenkel D. and Belanger FC. Wiley-Blackwell, 266-279.

Herrera J., Khidir H.H., Eudy D.M., Porras-Alfaro A., Natvig D.O., Sinsabaugh R.L. 2010. Variation in Root-Associated Fungal Endophytes: Some Taxonomic Consistency at a Transcontinental Scale. Mycologia 102: 1012-1026.

Porras-Alfaro A., Herrera J., *Odenbach K., Lowrey T., Sinsabaugh R.L., Natvig D.O. 2008. A Novel Root Fungal Consortium Associated with a Dominant Desert Grass. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74: 2805-2813.

Collins S., Sinsabaugh R.L., Crenshaw C., Green L., Porras-Alfaro A., Stursova M., Zeglin L. 2008. Pulse Dynamics and Microbial Processes in Aridland Ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 96: 413-420.

Green L.E., Porras-Alfaro A., Sinsabaugh R.L. 2008. Translocation of Nitrogen and Carbon Integrates Biotic Crust and Grass Production in Desert Grassland. Journal of Ecology 96: 1076-1085.

Gallo M., Porras-Alfaro A., Odenbach K., Sinsabaugh R.L. 2008 Photoaccelaration of Plant Litter Decomposition in an Arid Environment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41:1433-1441.

Porras-Alfaro A., Herrera J., Natvig D.O., Sinsabaugh R.L. 2007. Effect of Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization on Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with a Dominant Grass in a Semiarid Grassland. Plant and Soil 296: 65-75.

 Porras-Alfaro A., Bayman P. 2007. Mycorrhizal fungi of Vanilla: Specificity, Phylogeny and Effects on Seed Germination and Plant Growth. Mycologia 99: 510-525 (Journal Cover).

Porras A., Bayman P. 2003. Mycorrhizal Fungi of Vanilla: Root Colonization Patterns and Fungal Identification. Lankesteriana 7: 147-150.