Cene Gostinčar

Omics

Using genomic distances to delineate fungal species. The calculation of genomic distance by simple and easy to use tools Mash and Dashing is a powerful approach for delineating fungal species.

>>> Cene Gostinčar (2020). Towards genomic criteria for delineating fungal species. Journal of Fungi 6(4): 1-18, doi: 10.3390/jof6040246

Population genomics. Genome sequencing of several strains of the same species can provide us with much deeper insights into the species genomics compared to sequencing a single genome: the amount of recombination and evidence of sexual reproduction in supposedly asexual species, to name just one example.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Xiaohuan Sun, Anja Černoša, Chao Fang, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Zewei Song (2022). Clonality, inbreeding, and hybridization in two extremotolerant black yeasts. GigaScience. 11: 1-16. doi 10.1093/gigascience/giac095

>>> Janja Zajc, Anja Černoša, Xiaohuan Sun, Chao Fang, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Zewei Song, Cene Gostinčar (2022). From glaciers to refrigerators: the population genomics and biocontrol potential of the black yeast Aureobasidium subglaciale. Microbiology spectrum. 10(4): 1-21. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01455-22

>>> Anja Černoša, Xiaohuan Sun, Cene Gostinčar, Chao Fang, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Zewei Song (2021). Virulence Traits and Population Genomics of the Black Yeast Aureobasidium melanogenum. Journal of Fungi 7(8), 665, doi: 10.3390/jof7080665

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Martina Turk, Janja Zajc, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2019). Fifty Aureobasidium pullulans genomes reveal a recombining polyextremotolerant generalist. Environmental microbiology 21(10): 3638-3652, doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14693

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Xiaohuan Sun, Janja Zajc, Chao Fang, Hou Yong, Yonglun Luo, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Zewei Song (2019). Population genomics of an obligately halophilic basidiomycete Wallemia ichthyophaga. Frontiers in microbiology 10: 1-12, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02019

>>> Sun Xiaohuan*, Cene Gostinčar*, Chao Fang, Janja Zajc, Yong Hou, Zewei Song, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2019). Genomic evidence of recombination in the basidiomycete Wallemia mellicola. Genes 10(6): 1-15, doi: 10.3390/genes10060427 --- *equally contributed

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Jason Eric Stajich, Jerneja Zupančič, Polona Zalar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2018). Genomic evidence for intraspecific hybridization in a clonal and extremely halotolerant yeast. BMC Genomics 19: 1-12, doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4751-5

Whole-genome sequencing projects.

>>> Benjamin H. Conlon, Cene Gostinčar, Janis Fricke, Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Jan-Martin Daniel, Malte S.L. Schlosser, Nils Peereboom, Duur K. Aanen, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Christine Beemelmanns, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Michael Poulsen (2021). Genome reduction and relaxed selection is associated with the transition to symbiosis in the basidiomycete genus Podaxis. iScience. 24(6): 1-20, doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102680

>>> Felix Schalk, Cene Gostinčar, Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Benjamin H. Conlon, Elisabeth Sommerwerk, Patrick Rabe, Immo Burkhardt, Thomas Krüger, Olaf Kniemeyer, Axel A. Brakhage, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Wilhelm de Beer, Jeroen S. Dickschat, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns (2021). The termite fungal cultivar Termitomyces combines diverse enzymes and oxidative reactions for plant biomass conversion. mBio. 12(3): 1-17, doi: 10.1128/mBio.03551-20

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Robin A Ohm, Tina Kogej, Silva Sonjak, Martina Turk, Janja Zajc, Polona Zalar, Martin Grube, Hui Sun, James Han, Aditi Sharma, Jennifer Chiniquy, Chew Yee Ngan, Anna Lipzen, Kerrie Barry, Igor V Grigoriev, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2014) Genome sequencing of four Aureobasidium pullulans varieties: biotechnological potential, stress tolerance, and description of new species. BMC Genomics 15:549, doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-549

>>> Metka Lenassi*, Cene Gostinčar*, Shaun Jackman, Martina Turk, Ivan Sadowski, Corey Nislow, Steven Jones, Inanc Birol, Nina Gunde Cimerman, Ana Plemenitaš (2013) Whole genome duplication and enrichment of metal cation transporters revealed by de novo genome sequencing of extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii. PLoS ONE 8(8): e71328. --- *equally contributed doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071328

>>> Sunita Sinha, Stephane Flibotte, Mauricio Neira, Sean Formby, Ana Plemenitaš, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Metka Lenassi, Cene Gostinčar, Jason Eric Stajich, Corey Nislow (2017) Insight into the recent genome duplication of the halophilic yeast Hortaea werneckii: combining an improved genome with gene expression and chromatin structure. G3 7(7):2015-2022, doi: 10.1534/g3.117.040691

>>> Janja Zajc, Yongfeng Liu, Wenkui Dai, Zhenyu Yang, Jingzhi Hu, Cene Gostinčar* and Nina Gunde-Cimerman* (2013) Genome and transcriptome sequencing of the halophilic fungus Wallemia ichthyophaga: haloadaptations present and absent. BMC Genomics 14:617. e71328, doi:10.1186/1471-2164-14-617 --- *equally contributed

>>> Vera Y. Matrosova, Elena K. Gaidamakova, Kira S. Makarova, Olga Grichenko, Polina Klimenkova, Robert P. Volpe, Rok Tkavc, Gözen Ertem, Isabel H. Conze, Evelyne Brambilla, [24 other authors], Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Tine Grebenc, Cene Gostinčar, Michael J. Daly (2017) High-quality genome sequence of the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus ficus KS 0460. Standards in genomic sciences 12:46, doi: 10.1186/s40793-017-0258-y

Transcriptomics.

>>> Yordanis Pérez-Llano, Eya Caridad Rodríguez-Pupo, Irina S. Druzhinina, Komal Chenthamara, Feng Cai, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Polona Zalar, Cene Gostinčar, Rok Kostanjšek, Jorge Luis Folch-Mallol, Ramón Alberto Batista-García, María del Rayo Sánchez-Carbente (2020). Stress reshapes the physiological response of halophile fungi to salinity. Cells 9(3): 1-21, doi: 10.3390/cells9030525

Evolution of extremophiles and pathogens

Long-term experimental evolution at high salinity.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Jason Eric Stajich, Anja Kejžar, Sunita Sinha, Corey Nislow, Metka Lenassi, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2021). Seven years at high salinity - experimental evolution of the extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii. Journal of Fungi. 2021. 7(9): 1-22. doi: 10.3390/jof7090723

Fungal opportunism and extremotolerance are found in the same phylogenetic lineages and the co-occurrence is statistically significant. Also, apart from the ability to grow at 37 °C there appear to be few if any traits distinguishing fungal opportunists from non-pathogenic species.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Janja Zajc, Metka Lenassi, Ana Plemenitaš, Sybren de Hoog, Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2018). Fungi between extremotolerance and opportunistic pathogenicity on humans. Fungal diversity, 93(1): 195-213, doi: 10.1007/s13225-018-0414-8

Metabolite accumulation and oligotrophism - extremophilic fungi and lichens.

>>> Martin Grube, Lucia Muggia, Cene Gostinčar (2013) Niches and Adaptations of Polyextremotolerant Black Fungi. Polyextremophiles (Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology book series), Vol. 27 (Joseph Seckbach, Aharon Oren, Helga Stan-Lotter, eds.), pp 551-566. ISBN: 978-94-007-6487-3 (Print) 978-94-007-6488-0 (Online). Link to the chapter on the website of the publisher.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Lucia Muggia, Martin Grube (2012) Polyextremotolerant black fungi: oligotrophism, adaptive potential, and a link to lichen symbioses. Frontiers in Microbiology 3:390, doi:10.3389/fmicb.2012.00390 Link to the paper on the journal website.

Evolution of fungal pathogens in our homes. The selection processes in domestic environments and focus on the case of black fungi.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Martin Grube, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2011) Evolution of fungal pathogens in domestic environments? Fungal Biology 115(10): 1008-1018. Link to the paper on the journal website. Supplemental file - Glossary

Evolution of extremophilic fungi.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Martin Grube, Sybren De Hoog, Polona Zalar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2010) Extremotolerance in fungi: evolution on the edge. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 71: 2-11. Link to the paper on the journal website.

Biotechnology

The use of fungi as biocontrol agents, their usefulness and possible shortcomings.

>>> Janja Zajc, Anja Černoša, Xiaohuan Sun, Chao Fang, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Zewei Song, Cene Gostinčar (2022). From glaciers to refrigerators: the population genomics and biocontrol potential of the black yeast Aureobasidium subglaciale. Microbiology spectrum. 10(4): 1-21. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01455-22

>>> Janja Zajc*, Cene Gostinčar*, Anja Černoša, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2019). Stress-tolerant yeasts: Opportunistic pathogenicity versus biocontrol potential. Genes 10(42): 1-25, doi: 10.3390/genes10010042 --- *equally contributed

>>> Janja Zajc, Anja Černoša, Alessandra di Francesco, Raffaello Castoria, Filippo De Curtis, Giuseppe Lima, Hanene Badri, Haissam Jijakli, Antonio Ippolito, Cene Gostinčar, Polona Zalar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Wojciech J. Janisiewicz (2020). Characterization of Aureobasidium pullulans isolates selected as biocontrol agents against fruit decay pathogens. Fungal genomics & biology 10(1): 1-13, doi: 10.35248/2165-8056.20.10.163

Genetics of neutral lipid synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

>>> Klavdija Pačnik, Mojca Brložnik, Matthias Diepold, Tobias Eisenberg, Mia Žganjar, Gašper Žun, Beti Kužnik, Cene Gostinčar, Tomaž Curk, Uroš Petrovič, Klaus Natter (2021). Identification of novel genes involved in neutral lipid storage by quantitative trait loci analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC genomics. 22: 1-15, doi: 10.1186/s12864-021-07417-4

Radiation tolerance.

>>> William H. Horne, Robert P. Volpe, George Korza, Sarah DePratti, Isabel H. Conze, Igor Shuryak, Tine Grebenc, Vera Y. Matrosova, Elena K. Gaidamakova, Rok Tkavc, Ajay Sharma, Cene Gostinčar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Brian M. Hoffman, Peter Setlow, Michael J. Daly (2022). Effects of desiccation and freezing on microbial ionizing radiation survivability: considerations for Mars sample return. Astrobiology. 22(11): 1337-1350. doi: 10.1089/ast.2022.0065

>>> Elena K. Gaidamakova, Ajay Sharma, Vera Y. Matrosova, Olga Grichenko, Robert P. Volpe, Rok Tkavc, Isabel H. Conze, Polina Klimenkova, Irina Balygina, William H. Horne, Cene Gostinčar, Xiao Chen, Kira S. Makarova, Igor Shuryak, Chandra Srinivasan, Belinda Jackson-Thompson, Brian M. Hoffman, Michael J. Daly (2022) Small-molecule Mn antioxidants in Caenorhabditis elegans and Deinococcus radiodurans supplant MnSOD enzymes during aging and irradiation. mBio 13:1, doi: 10.1128/mbio.03394-21

>>> Ajay Sharma, Elena K. Gaidamakova, Olga Grichenko, Vera Y. Matrosova, Veronika Hoeke, Polina Klimenkova, Isabel H. Conze, Robert P. Volpe, Rok Tkavc, Cene Gostinčar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Jocelyne Diruggiero, Igor Shuryak, Andrzej Ozarowski, Brian M. Hoffman, Michael J. Daly (2017) Across the tree of life, radiation resistance is governed by antioxidant Mn2+,gauged by paramagnetic resonance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114:44, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1713608114

>>> Rok Tkavc, Vera Y. Matrosova, Olga E. Grichenko, Cene Gostinčar, Robert P. Volpe, Polina Klimenkova, Elena K. Gaidamakova, Carol E. Zhou, Benjamin J. Stewart, Mathew G. Lyman, Stephanie A. Malfatti, Bonnee Rubinfeld, Melanie Courtot, Jatinder Singh, Clifton L. Dalgard, Theron Hamilton, Kenneth G. Frey, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Lawrence Dugan, Michael J. Daly (2018) Prospects for fungal bioremediation of acidic radioactive waste sites: characterization and genome sequence of Rhodotorula taiwanensis MD1149. Frontiers in microbiology 8:21, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02528

Peptidases of thermophilic fungi.

>>> Tássio Brito de Oliveira, Cene Gostinčar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Andre Rodrigues (2018) Genome mining for peptidases in heat-tolerant and mesophilic fungi and putative adaptations for thermostability. BMC Genomics 19: 1-10, doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4549-5

Improvement of plant tolerance to salt using an amino acid motif from the halotolerant yeast Aureobasidium pullulans.

>>> Meti Buh Gašparič*, Metka Lenassi*, Cene Gostinčar*, Ana Rotter, Ana Plemenitaš, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Kristina Gruden, Jana Žel (2013) Insertion of a specific fungal 3′-phosphoadenosine-5′-phosphatase motif into a plant homologue improves halotolerance and drought tolerance of plants. PLoS ONE 8(12): e81872. --- *equally contributed

A method for identification of stress-tolerance-conferring genes from fungi.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Martina Turk (2012) Genetic resources of extremotolerant fungi: A method for identification of genes conferring stress tolerance. Bioresource Technology 111: 360–367, doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.039

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Martina Turk (2012) Extremotolerant fungi as genetic resources for biotechnology (Addendum). Bioengineered Bugs 3(5):293-297, doi: 10.4161/bioe.20713

Biodiversity of extreme environments

Fungal and bacterial diversity of glacial ice.

>>> Laura Perini, Cene Gostinčar, Matevž Likar, Jens C. Frisvad, Rok Kostanjšek, Miranda Nicholes, Christopher Williamson, Alexandre M. Anesio, Polona Zalar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2022). Interactions of fungi and algae from the Greenland ice sheet. Environmental microbiology. xx:xx. doi: 10.1007/s00248-022-02033-5

>>> David Touchette, Ianina Altshuler, Cene Gostinčar, Polona Zalar, Isabelle Raymond-Bouchard, Janja Zajc, Chris P McKay, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Lyle G. Whyte (2021). Novel Antarctic yeast adapts to cold by switching energy metabolism and increasing small RNA synthesis. The ISME Journal. 16. 1-12, doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-01030-9

>>> Laura Perini, Kristina Andrejašič, Cene Gostinčar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Polona Zalar (2021). Greenland and Svalbard glaciers host unknown basidiomycetes: the yeast Camptobasidium arcticum sp. nov. and the dimorphic Psychromyces glacialis gen. and sp. nov. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 71: 1-17, doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004655

>>> Laura Perini, Cene Gostinčar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2019). Fungal and bacterial diversity of Svalbard subglacial ice. Scientific Reports 9: 1-15, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56290-5

>>> Laura Perini, Cene Gostinčar, Alexandre Anesio, Christopher Williamson, Martyn Tranter, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2019). Darkening of the Greenland Ice Sheet: fungal abundance and diversity are associated with algal bloom. Frontiers in microbiology 10: 1-14, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00557

Virulence traits of Arctic fungi and bacteria.

>>> Laura Perini, Diana C. Mogrovejo, Rok Tomazin, Cene Gostinčar, Florian H. H. Brill, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2019). Phenotypes associated with pathogenicity: their expression in Arctic fungal isolates. Microorganisms 7(12): 1-15, doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7120600

>>> Diana C. Mogrovejo, Laura Perini, Cene Gostinčar, Kristina Sepčić, Martina Turk, Jerneja Ambrožič, Florian H. H. Brill, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2020). Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and hemolytic phenotypes in culturable Arctic bacteria. Frontiers in microbiology 3: 1-13, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00570

The taxonomic challenges of hybrid fungi.

>>> Polona Zalar, Jerneja Zupančič, Cene Gostinčar, Janja Zajc, Sybren de Hoog, Filomena de Leo, Armando Azua-Bustos, Nina Gunde-Cimerman. The extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii - a model for intraspecific hybridization in clonal fungi. IMA fungus 10(3): 1-27, doi: 10.1186/s43008-019-0007-5

Bacterial diversity in a unique saltern microbial mat.

>>> Rok Tkavc, Cene Gostinčar, Martina Turk, Pieter T. Visscher, Aharon Oren, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2011) Bacterial communities in the 'petola' microbial mat from the Sečovlje salterns (Slovenia). FEMS Microbiology Ecology 75(1): 48-62. Link to the paper on the journal website.

New varieties of Aureobasidium pullulans. The varieties have since been described as separate species (Gostinčar et al. 2014).

>>> Polona Zalar, Cene Gostinčar, G. Sybren De Hoog, Viktor Uršič, Montarop Sudhadham, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2008) Redefinition of Aureobasidium pullulans and its varieties. Studies in Mycology 61: 21–38. Link to the paper on the journal website.

Fatty acids in extreme environments

Evolution of eukaryotic fatty acid desaturases.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Martina Turk, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2010) The evolution of fatty acid desaturases and cytochrome b5 in eukaryotes. Journal of Membrane Biology 233: 63-72, doi: 10.1007/s00232-010-9225-x Supplemental file 1. Supplemental file 2.

Fungal fatty acid modifications triggered by stress.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Martina Turk, Ana Plemenitaš, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2009) The expressions of Δ⁹-, Δ¹²-desaturases and an elongase by the extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii are salt dependent. FEMS Yeast Research 9: 247-256, doi: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00481.x Link to the paper on the journal website.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Martina Turk, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2009) Environmental impacts on fatty acid composition of fungal membranes. Fungi from Different Environments, Vol. 1 (JK Misra, SK Deshmukh, eds.), pp. 278-327. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH, USA. Link to the book website.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Martina Turk, Tina Trbuha, Tomaž Vaupotič, Ana Plemenitaš, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2008) Expression of fatty-acid-modifying enzymes in the halotolerant black yeast Aureobasidium pullulans (de Bary) G. Arnaud under salt stress. Studies in Mycology 61: 51-59. Link to the paper on the journal website.

Other topics

The cave salamander Proteus anguinus, one of the most fascinating cave animals on the planet.

>>> Polona Zalar, Ana Gubenšek, Cene Gostinčar, Rok Kostanjšek, Lilijana Bizjak-Mali, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2022). Cultivable skin mycobiota of healthy and diseased blind cave salamander (Proteus anguinus). Frontiers in microbiology. 13: 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.926558

>>> Rok Kostanjšek, Borge Diderichsen, Hans Recknagel, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Cene Gostinčar, Guangyi Fan, Dušan Kordiš, Peter Trontelj, Hui Jiang, Lars Bolund, Yonglun Luo (2022). Toward the massive genome of Proteus anguinus - illuminating longevity, regeneration, convergent evolution, and metabolic disorders. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1507(1): 5-11. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14686

Fungal extracellular vesicles.

>>> Anja Černoša, Cene Gostinčar, Teja Lavrin, Rok Kostanjšek, Metka Lenassi, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2022). Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles from biotechnologically important fungus Aureobasidium pullulans. Fungal biology and biotechnology. 9: 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s40694-022-00146-7

Targeting DNA to a bacterial microorganelle.

>>> Jan Otoničar, Maja Hostnik, Maja Grundner, Rok Kostanjšek, Tajda Gredar, Maja Zorc, Zoran Arsov, Zdravko Podlesek, Cene Gostinčar, Jernej Jakše, Steve J. W. Busby, Matej Butala (2022). A method for targeting a specified segment of DNA to a bacterial microorganelle. Nucleic acids research. 50:19, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac714

Conservation and restoration of art threatened by fungal growth.

>>> Katja Kavkler, Andrej Demšar, Črtomir Tavzes, Cene Gostinčar, Polona Zalar (2022). Discolouration of fungal stains on cotton textiles. International biodeterioration & biodegradation. 172: 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2022.105427

>>> Katja Kavkler, Miha Humar, Davor Kržišnik, Martina Turk, Črtomir Tavzes, Cene Gostinčar, Sašo Džeroski, Stefan Popovic, Ana Penko, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Polona Zalar (2022). A multidisciplinary study of biodeteriorated Celje Ceiling, a tempera painting on canvas. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 170: 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2022.105389

Spider webs are natural samplers of environmental DNA.

>>> Matjaž Gregorič, Denis Kutnjak, Katarina Bačnik, Cene Gostinčar, Anja Pecman, Maja Ravnikar, Matjaž Kuntner (2022). Spider webs as eDNA samplers: biodiversity assessment across the tree of life. Molecular ecology resources. 22(7): 2534-2545. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13629

Microorganisms from the water-related indoor biomes. Wet cells of indoor environments harbor diverse and often problematic microbial communities.

>>> Monika Novak Babič, Cene Gostinčar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2020). Microorganisms populating the water-related indoor biome. Applied microbiology and biotechnology 104: 6443-6462, doi: 10.1007/s00253-020-10719

Oxidative stress response genes in halotolerant fungi.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2018) Overview of oxidative stress response genes in selected halophilic fungi. Genes 9(3): 1-13, doi: 10.3390/genes9030143.

Glycerol management in two halotolerant yeasts.

>>> Martina Turk, Cene Gostinčar (2018) Glycerol metabolism genes in Aureobasidium pullulans and Aureobasidium subglaciale. Fungal biology 122(1): 63-73, doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.10.005

Engineering of a luminescence-based whole-cell mercury biosensor.

>>> Tomaž Rijavec, Jan Zrimec, Fani Oven, Manca Kovač Viršek, Matej Somrak, Zdravko Podlesek, Cene Gostinčar, Anu Leedjärv, Marko Virta, Janja Snoj Tratnik, Milena Horvat, Aleš Lapanje (2017): Development of highly sensitive, automatized and portable whole-cell Hg biosensor based on environmentally relevant microorganisms. Geomicrobiology Journal 34(7):596-605, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2016.1257661

The production of secondary metabolites by the seven species of the genus Wallemia (W. sebi, W. mellicola, W. canadensis, W. tropicalis, W. muriae, W. hederae and W. ichthyophaga).

>>> Sašo Jančič*, Jens C. Frisvad, Dragi Kocev, Cene Gostinčar*, Sašo Džeroski, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2016): Production of Secondary Metabolites in Extreme Environments: Food- and Airborne Wallemia spp. Produce Toxic Metabolites at Hypersaline Conditions. PLOS ONE 11(12): e0169116, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169116 --- *equally contributed

Reviews of fungal adaptation to hypersaline environment.

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Polona Zalar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2022). No need for speed: slow development of fungi in extreme environments. Fungal biology reviews. 39: 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.fbr.2021.11.002

>>> Ana Plemenitaš, Metka Lenassi, Tilen Konte, Anja Kejžar, Janja Zajc, Cene Gostinčar, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2014): Adaptation to high salt concentrations in halotolerant/halophilic fungi: a molecular perspective. Front Microbiol 5:199, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00199

>>> Cene Gostinčar, Metka Lenassi, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Ana Plemenitaš (2011): Fungal Adaptation to Extremely High Salt Concentrations. Adv Appl Microbiol, 77:71-96.

Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenases in two halophilic fungi.

>>> Metka Lenassi, Janja Zajc, Cene Gostinčar, Alenka Gorjan, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Ana Plemenitaš (2011) Adaptation of the glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase Gpd1 to high salinities in the extremely halotolerant Hortaea werneckii and halophilic Wallemia ichthyophaga. Fungal Biology 115(10): 959-970.

Mycosporines in extremophilic fungi.

>>> Tina Kogej, Cene Gostinčar, Marc Volkmann, Anna A. Gorbushina, Nina Gunde-Cimerman (2006) Mycosporines in extremophilic fungi — novel complementary osmolytes? Environmental Chemistry 3: 105-110.