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Merje Toome-Heller
Researcher at Ministry for Primary Industries
Publications - 19
Citations - 858
Merje Toome-Heller is an academic researcher from Ministry for Primary Industries. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pucciniomycotina & Biology. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 15 publications receiving 489 citations. Previous affiliations of Merje Toome-Heller include Purdue University & Laos Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
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Basidiomycete yeasts in the cortex of ascomycete macrolichens
Toby Spribille,Toby Spribille,Veera Tuovinen,Veera Tuovinen,Philipp Resl,Dan Vanderpool,Heimo Wolinski,M. Catherine Aime,Kevin Schneider,Edith Stabentheiner,Merje Toome-Heller,Göran Thor,Helmut Mayrhofer,Hanna Johannesson,John P. McCutcheon,John P. McCutcheon +15 more
TL;DR: Many common lichens are composed of the known ascomycete, the photosynthesizing partner, and, unexpectedly, specific basidiomycete yeasts, and their abundance correlates with previously unexplained variations in phenotype.
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FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles
Sergei Põlme,Sergei Põlme,Kessy Abarenkov,R. Henrik Nilsson,Björn D. Lindahl,Karina E. Clemmensen,Håvard Kauserud,Nhu H. Nguyen,Rasmus Kjøller,Scott T. Bates,Petr Baldrian,Tobias Guldberg Frøslev,Kristjan Adojaan,Alfredo Vizzini,Ave Suija,Donald H. Pfister,Hans Otto Baral,Helle Järv,Hugo Madrid,Hugo Madrid,Jenni Nordén,Jian-Kui Liu,Julia Pawłowska,Kadri Põldmaa,Kadri Pärtel,Kadri Runnel,Karen Hansen,Karl-Henrik Larsson,Kevin D. Hyde,Marcelo Sandoval-Denis,Matthew E. Smith,Merje Toome-Heller,Nalin N. Wijayawardene,Nelson Menolli,Nicole K. Reynolds,Rein Drenkhan,Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura,Tatiana Baptista Gibertoni,Thomas Læssøe,William J. Davis,Yuri Tokarev,Adriana Corrales,Adriene Mayra Soares,Ahto Agan,A. R. Machado,Andrés Argüelles-Moyao,Andrew P. Detheridge,Angelina de Meiras-Ottoni,Annemieke Verbeken,Arun Kumar Dutta,Bao-Kai Cui,C. K. Pradeep,César Marín,Daniel E. Stanton,Daniyal Gohar,Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe,Eveli Otsing,Farzad Aslani,Gareth W. Griffith,Thorsten Lumbsch,Hans-Peter Grossart,Hans-Peter Grossart,Hossein Masigol,Ina Timling,Inga Hiiesalu,Jane Oja,John Y. Kupagme,József Geml,Julieta Alvarez-Manjarrez,Kai Ilves,Kaire Loit,Kalev Adamson,Kazuhide Nara,Kati Küngas,Keilor Rojas-Jimenez,Krišs Bitenieks,Laszlo Irinyi,Laszlo Irinyi,Laszlo Nagy,Liina Soonvald,Li-Wei Zhou,Lysett Wagner,M. Catherine Aime,Maarja Öpik,María Isabel Mujica,Martin Metsoja,Martin Ryberg,Martti Vasar,Masao Murata,Matthew P. Nelsen,Michelle Cleary,Milan C. Samarakoon,Mingkwan Doilom,Mohammad Bahram,Mohammad Bahram,Niloufar Hagh-Doust,Olesya Dulya,Peter R. Johnston,Petr Kohout,Qian Chen,Qing Tian,Rajasree Nandi,Rasekh Amiri,Rekhani H. Perera,Renata dos Santos Chikowski,Renato Lucio Mendes-Alvarenga,Roberto Garibay-Orijel,Robin Gielen,Rungtiwa Phookamsak,Ruvishika S. Jayawardena,Saleh Rahimlou,Samantha C. Karunarathna,Saowaluck Tibpromma,Shawn P. Brown,Siim-Kaarel Sepp,Sunil Mundra,Sunil Mundra,Zhu Hua Luo,Tanay Bose,Tanel Vahter,Tarquin Netherway,Teng Yang,Tom W. May,Torda Varga,Wei Li,Victor R. M. Coimbra,Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira,Vitor Xavier de Lima,Vladimir S. Mikryukov,Yong-Zhong Lu,Yosuke Matsuda,Yumiko Miyamoto,Urmas Kõljalg,Urmas Kõljalg,Leho Tedersoo,Leho Tedersoo +135 more
TL;DR: Fungal traits and character database FungalTraits operating at genus and species hypothesis levels is presented in this article, which includes 17 lifestyle related traits of fungal and Stramenopila genera.
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Fungal Planet description sheets: 558-624
Pedro W. Crous,Michael J. Wingfield,Treena I. Burgess,G.E.St.J. Hardy,Paul A. Barber,Pablo Alvarado,C. W. Barnes,Peter K. Buchanan,M. Heykoop,Gabriel Moreno,R. Thangavel,S. van der Spuy,A. Barili,S. Barrett,Santa Olga Cacciola,J. F. Cano-Lira,C. E. Crane,Cony Decock,Tatiana Baptista Gibertoni,Josep Guarro,Marcela Guevara-Suarez,Vit Hubka,Miroslav Kolarik,Carla Rejane Sousa de Lira,M.E. Ordoñez,Mahajabeen Padamsee,Leif Ryvarden,Adriene Mayra Soares,Alberto M. Stchigel,Deanna A. Sutton,Alfredo Vizzini,Bevan S. Weir,Krishnendu Acharya,Francesco Aloi,Iuri Goulart Baseia,Robert A. Blanchette,Juan-Julián Bordallo,Zoltán Bratek,T. Butler,J. Cano-Canals,J. R. Carlavilla,Jagdish Chander,Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon,Rhudson Henrique Santos Ferreira da Cruz,M. da Silva,Arun Kumar Dutta,Enrico Ercole,V. Escobio,Fernando Esteve-Raventós,J.A. Flores,Josepa Gené,J. S. Góis,L. Haines,Benjamin W. Held,M. Horta Jung,Kentaro Hosaka,Thomas Jung,Z. Jurjevic,V. Kautman,Ivona Kautmanová,A. A. Kiyashko,M. Kozanek,Alena Kubátová,M. Lafourcade,F. La Spada,K. P. D. Latha,Hugo Madrid,E. F. Malysheva,Patinjareveettil Manimohan,José Luis Manjón,María P. Martín,M. Mata,Zsolt Merényi,Asunción Morte,I. Nagy,A. C. Normand,Soumitra Paloi,N. Pattison,Julia Pawłowska,Olinto Liparini Pereira,Megan Petterson,B. Picillo,K. N. A. Raj,A. Roberts,A. Rodríguez,F.J. Rodriguez-Campo,M. Romanski,Małgorzata Ruszkiewicz-Michalska,Bruno Scanu,Leonardo Schena,M. Semelbauer,Rohit Sharma,Yogesh S. Shouche,V. Silva,M. Staniaszek-Kik,J. B. Stielow,C. Tapia,Paul J. Taylor,Merje Toome-Heller,Josiah M.C. Vabeikhokhei,A.D. van Diepeningen,N. van Hoa,M. Van Tri,Nathan P. Wiederhold,Marta Wrzosek,John Zothanzama,Johannes Z. Groenewald +106 more
TL;DR: Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia: Banksiophoma australsis on Banksia coccinea, Davidiellomyces australiensis on Cyperaceae, Didymocyrtis banksiae on banksia sessilis var.
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Atractiella rhizophila, sp. nov., an endorrhizal fungus isolated from the Populus root microbiome
Gregory Bonito,Khalid Hameed,Merje Toome-Heller,Rosanne A. Healy,C. D. Reid,Hui-Ling Liao,M. Catherine Aime,Christopher W. Schadt,Rytas Vilgalys +8 more
TL;DR: With inoculation studies, it is demonstrated that A. rhizophila is nonpathogenic, asymptomatically colonizes plant roots, and appears to foster plant growth and elevated photosynthesis rates.
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Delimiting species in Basidiomycota: a review
Bin Cao,Danny Haelewaters,Danny Haelewaters,Danny Haelewaters,Nathan Schoutteten,Dominik Begerow,Teun Boekhout,Teun Boekhout,Admir José Giachini,Sergio P. Gorjón,Nina Gunde-Cimerman,Kevin D. Hyde,Kevin D. Hyde,Kevin D. Hyde,Martin Kemler,Guo-Jie Li,Dong-Mei Liu,Xin-Zhan Liu,Jorinde Nuytinck,Jorinde Nuytinck,Viktor Papp,Anton Savchenko,Kyryll G. Savchenko,Leho Tedersoo,Bart Theelen,Marco Thines,Michal Tomšovský,Merje Toome-Heller,Judith P. Urón,Annemieke Verbeken,Alfredo Vizzini,Andrey Yurkov,Juan Carlos Zamora,Rui-Lin Zhao +33 more
TL;DR: The second largest phylum of Fungi, Basidiomycota, contains some of the best known species of mushrooms, rusts, smuts, and jelly fungi as discussed by the authors.