RNAseq of Mucor strains cultured on potato dextrose agar (PDA). RNAseq of Mucor strains cultured on potato dextrose agar (PDA)

Mucor species belongs to the Mucorales order within the phylum Mucoromycota, an early diverging fungal lineage. The purpose of this study was to investigate at the transcriptome scale the similarities and differences that could be linked to different lifestyles. Five strains pertaining to five species were studied: M. fuscus and M. lanceolatus, two species used in cheese ripening, M. racemosus, a recurrent cheese spoiler sometimes described as an opportunistic pathogen, M. circinelloides, often described as an opportunistic pathogen and M. endophyticus, a plant endophyte species.