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Peter M. Letcher

University of Alabama · US
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Area of research
Molecular Biology · Plant Science
Research interest
Research interests include Protist diversity and phylogeny, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.
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citations
5,707
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94
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Recent publications

Genomic analysis reveals cryptic diversity in aphelids and sheds light on the emergence of Fungi
Current Biology 2022cited by 25position: middledoi
The Collection of Zoosporic Eufungi at the University of Michigan (CZEUM): introducing a new repository of barcoded Chytridiomyceta and Blastocladiomycota cultures
IMA Fungus 2020cited by 37position: middledoi
A taxonomic summary of Aphelidiaceae
IMA Fungus 2019cited by 40position: firstdoi
Notes for genera: basal clades of Fungi (including Aphelidiomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota and Zoopagomycota)
Fungal Diversity 2018cited by 124position: middledoi
A taxonomic summary and revision of Rozella (Cryptomycota)
IMA Fungus 2018cited by 56position: firstdoi
A novel predatory bacterium infecting the eukaryotic alga Nannochloropsis
Algal Research 2018cited by 37position: middledoi
Zopfochytrium is a new genus in the Chytridiales with distinct zoospore ultrastructure
Fungal Biology 2018cited by 23position: middledoi
Inventory of chytrid diversity in two temporary forest ponds using a multiphasic approach
Mycologia 2018cited by 11position: middledoi
Ultrastructure of early stages of Rozella allomycis (Cryptomycota) infection of its host, Allomyces macrogynus (Blastocladiomycota)
Fungal Biology 2018cited by 10position: lastdoi
Morphology, zoospore ultrastructure, and molecular position of taxa in the Asterophlyctis lineage (Chytridiales, Chytridiomycota)
Fungal Biology 2018cited by 8position: firstdoi
Morphology, zoospore ultrastructure, and phylogenetic position of Polyphlyctis willoughbyi, a new species in Chytridiales (Chytridiomycota)
Fungal Biology 2018cited by 5position: firstdoi
Cytochemical Localization of Polyphenol Oxidase Activity in K2‐Bodies of <i>Saprolegnia ferax</i> Secondary Zoospores
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 2018cited by 1position: lastdoi
Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology: research gaps and needs
Environmental Microbiology 2017cited by 203position: middledoi
Ultrastructural characterization of the host–parasite interface between Allomyces anomalus (Blastocladiomycota) and Rozella allomycis (Cryptomycota)
Fungal Biology 2017cited by 35position: middledoi
Molecular Phylogeny and Ultrastructure of <i>Aphelidium desmodesmi</i>, a New Species in Aphelida (Opisthosporidia)
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 2017cited by 29position: firstdoi
Morphology, Ultrastructure, and Molecular Phylogeny of <i>Rozella multimorpha</i>, a New Species in Cryptomycota
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 2017cited by 25position: firstdoi
Morphological, molecular, and ultrastructural characterization of Rozella rhizoclosmatii, a new species in Cryptomycota
Fungal Biology 2016cited by 41position: firstdoi
Synchytrium microbalum sp. nov. is a saprobic species in a lineage of parasites
Fungal Biology 2016cited by 25position: lastdoi
Characterization of a new chytrid species parasitic on the dinoflagellate, <i>Peridinium gatunense</i>
Mycologia 2016cited by 21position: middledoi
Phylogenetic Diversity of Chytridiomycetes in a Temporary Forest Pond Surveyed Using Culture-Based Methods
Southeastern Naturalist 2016cited by 9position: middledoi
<i>Borealophlyctis nickersoniae</i> , a new species in Rhizophlyctidales
Mycologia 2016cited by 5position: middledoi
A new family and four new genera in Rhizophydiales (Chytridiomycota)
Mycologia 2015cited by 38position: firstdoi
A new isolate of<i>Amoeboaphelidium protococcarum</i>, and<i>Amoeboaphelidium occidentale</i>, a new species in phylum Aphelida (Opisthosporidia)
Mycologia 2015cited by 37position: firstdoi
An ultrastructural study of Paraphysoderma sedebokerense (Blastocladiomycota), an epibiotic parasite of microalgae
Fungal Biology 2015cited by 34position: firstdoi
A new genus and family for the misclassified chytrid, <i>Rhizophlyctis harderi</i>
Mycologia 2015cited by 21position: middledoi
<i>Fayochytriomyces</i> , a new genus within Chytridiales
Mycologia 2015cited by 15position: middledoi
9 Subcellular Structure and Biochemical Characters in Fungal Phylogeny
2015cited by 7position: middledoi
Finding needles in haystacks: linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi
Database 2014cited by 479position: middledoi
6 Chytridiomycota, Monoblepharidomycota, and Neocallimastigomycota
2014cited by 68position: lastdoi
Hypothesized evolutionary trends in zoospore ultrastructural characters in Chytridiales (Chytridiomycota)
Mycologia 2014cited by 36position: firstdoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: AFTOL: Resolving the Evolutionary History of the Fungi
NSF0732599$227,4992007–2012PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Martha J. Powell · University of Alabama34 papers (2012–2020) · 10 papers (2012–2020)William J. Davis · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor8 papers (2013–2018)Philip A. Lee · Florida Department of Health6 papers (2013–2022)D. Rabern Simmons · University of Florida4 papers (2012–2020)Timothy Y. James · University of Michigan4 papers (2016–2020) · 4 papers (2013–2017) · 3 papers (2013–2015) · 3 papers (2012–2018)Meredith Blackwell · University of South Carolina3 papers (2013–2015)Robert W. Roberson · Arizona State University3 papers (2013–2015)David J. McLaughlin · University of Minnesota3 papers (2013–2015)Sabina Schultz · Freie Universität Berlin2 papers (2012–2013) · 2 papers (2012–2013) · 2 papers (2015–2017)T. K. Arun Kumar · University of Calicut2 papers (2013–2015) · 2 papers (2016–2017)Jonathan Antonetti · University of Alabama at Birmingham2 papers (2016–2018)C. Alisha Quandt · University of Colorado Boulder1 papers (2016–2016) · 1 papers (2018–2018)
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