RNA sequencing of Umbilicaria muehlenbergii in yeast and pseudohyphal state

The lichen-forming fungus Umbilicaria muehlenbergii could undergo a phenotypic transition from the yeast-like to pseudohyphal form under certain nutrient-stress conditions. It is still an open question that whether common mechanism in transcriptomic level is involved in phenotype switch of Umbilicaria muehlenbergii. Here,, we compared RNA-sequencing date of Umbilicaria muehlenbergii grown between normal and nutrient-stress culture. We found that some altered biological pathways related to carbohydrate, protein, DNA/RNA and lipid metabolism, transporting in Umbilicaria muehlenbergii under nutrient stress.