Lab members are underlined. *Contributed equally. + Co-Corresponding authors (Otherwise, last position is always corresponding author.
Preprints Antunes P.M., Fahey C., Corradi N. and V. Kokkoris. Do homokaryotic and dikaryotic Rhizophagus irregularis strains exhibit divergent adaptive strategies in response to contrasting soil P conditions? Authorea
Mandal K., Malar M.C., Upadhyay A., Ravichandran V. , Bilodeau G.J., Corradi N., Behera S.S., Tripathy S.Three-Dimensional Genome Architecture of Pathogenic Oomycete Provides First Insights into Chromatin-Architecture, Regulatory Complexity and Pathogenicity.
2025
Corradi N., Antunes MA and Magurno F. A call for reform: implementing genome-based approaches for species classification in Glomeromycotina.In press. New Phytologist
Oliveira J.I.N, Lane C., Mugambi K., Yildirir G., Nicol M.A.,Kokkoris V., Banchini C., Dadej K., Dettman J., Stefani F. and N. Corradi. Analyses of transposable elements in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi support evolutionary parallels with filamentous plant pathogens. In Press. Genome Biology and Evolution
Ferguson R,Mugambi K., Villeneuve-Laroche M., Kallenbach C.M., Antunes P.M.* and N. Corradi *Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal genotype and nuclear organization as driving factors in host plant nutrient acquisition and stable carbon capture. In Press. Plants People Planet
2024
Sorwar E., Oliveira J.I.N., Malar M.C., Krüger M. and N. Corradi. Assembly and comparative analyses of the Geosiphon pyriformis metagenome. Environmental Microbiology. Volume26, Issue7, e16681
Oliveira J.I.N.*, Yildirir G.* and N. Corradi. From Chaos comes Order: Genetics and Genome Biology of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. Annual Review of Microbiology. Vol. 78:147-168
Oliveira J.I.N.and N. Corradi. Strain-specific evolution and host-specific regulation of transposable elements in the model plant symbiont Rhizophagus irregularis. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. Volume 14, Issue 5
Jiménez E.M., Ferrol N., Corradi N., Peñalosa J.M, and M. Rillig. Perspectives of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance metallic micronutrient uptake and mitigate food contamination in agriculture. New Phytologist. 242 (4).
Kokkoris V., Banchini C., Paré L., Abdellatif L., Séguin S., Hubbard K., Findlay W., Dalpé Y., Dettman J., Corradi N. and F. Stefani. Rhizophagus irregularis, the model fungus in arbuscular mycorrhiza research, forms dimorphic spores. New Phytologist. 242 (4).
2023
Sperschneider J. *, Yildirir Y.,* Rizzi, Y, Malar C. M., Mayrand Nicol A., Sorwar E., Chen E.C.H. , Brauer E.K , Bosnich W., Gutjahr C. and N. Corradi. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi heterokaryons have two nuclear populations with distinct roles in host-plant interactions. Nature Microbiology (8) 2142-53
Kokkoris V. and N.Corradi. AMF genetics and the future of AMF applications. IMS Newsletter. November issue
Terry V., Kokkoris V., Villeneuve-Laroche M., Turcu B., Chapman K., Cornell C, Zheng Z., Stefani F. and N. Corradi. Mycorrhizal response of Solanum tuberosum to homokaryotic versus dikaryotic arbuscular fungi. Mycorrhiza. 33, pages 333–344, (2023)
Manley BF., Lotharukpong J.S., Barrera-Redondoosue J., Yildirir G., Sperschneider J., Corradi N., Paszkowski U., Miska E.A and Dallaire A. A highly contiguous genome assembly reveals sources of genomic novelty in the symbiotic fungus Rhizophagus irregularis. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics.
2022
Corradi N. The genetics of prominent plant symbionts: the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Microbiology Today. Oct 2022 issue.
Malar M.C., Wang Y., Stajich J.E, Kokkoris V., Villeneuve- Laroche M., Yildirir G., and N. Corradi. The early branching arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Paraglomus occultum carries a small and repeat poor genome compared to relatives in the Glomeromycotina. Microbial Genomics. 8 (4), 000810
Cornell C.*, Kokkoris V.* , Turcu B., Dettman J., Stefani F. and N. Corradi. The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis harmonizes nuclear dynamics in the presence of distinct abiotic factors. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 158, 103639
Yildirir G.*, Sperschneider J. *, Malar MC, Chen ECH., Iwasaki W., Cornell, C. and N. Corradi. Long reads and Hi-C sequencing illuminate the two-compartment genome of the model arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiont Rhizophagus irregularis. New Phytologist. 223, 1097-1107
2021
Serghi E.U*, Kokkoris V. *, Cornell C., Dettman J., Stefani F. and N. Corradi . Homo- and dikaryons of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis differ in life history strategy. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12:715377
Malar M.C.,Roux C.R. and Corradi N . Regulation of mating genes during arbuscular mycorrhizal isolate coexistence – where is the evidence? ISME 15 , 2173-2179
Malar M.C. *, Krüger M.*, Krüger C.*, Wang Y., Stajich J.E., Keller J., Chen C.H., Yildirir G., Villeneuve-Laroche M., Roux C.R., Delaux P.M. and Corradi N. The genome of Geosiphon pyriformis reveals ancestral traits linked to the emergence of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Current Biology. 31, 1570-1577.e4
Kokkoris V., Chagnon P.L., Yildirir G., Clarke K., Goh D., MacLean A.M., Dettman J., Stefani F. and Corradi N. Host identity influences nuclear dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Current Biology. 31, 1531-1538.e6
Reinhardt D., Roux C., Corradi N. and A. Di Pietro. Lineage-specific genes and cryptic sex: parallels and differences between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and fungal pathogens. Trends in Plant Science. 26, p. 111-123
2020
Corradi N. Genetic Dominance in Oomycete Sex. Current Biology 30 (20), R1256-R1258
Kokkoris V., Stefani F., Dalpé Y., Dettman J. and N. Corradi. Nuclear Dynamics in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. Trends in Plant Science 25 p. 41-48.
Yldirir G.*, Malar M.*, Kokkoris V. and N. Corradi. Parasexual and Sexual Reproduction in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Room for Both. Trends in Microbiology 28 (7), 518-520
Chen ECH, Mathieu S, Hoffrichter A., Ropars J., Deissig S., Fuchs J., Brachmann A. and N. Corradi. More filtering on SNP calling does not remove evidence of inter-nucleus recombination in dikaryotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Frontiers in Plant Sciences
2019
Morin E., Miyauchi S., San Clemente H., Chen E.C.H, Pelin A., de la Providencia I., Ndikumana S., Beaudet D., Hainaut M., Drula E., Kuo A., Tang N., Roy S., Viala J., Henrissat B., Grigoriev I.V. , Corradi N.+, Christophe Roux+, Francis Martin+. Comparative genomics of Rhizophagus irregularis, R. cerebriforme, R. diaphanus and Gigaspora rosea highlights specific genetic features in Glomeromycotina. New Phytologist 222 (3), 1584-1598
Peters M.J., Suwannapong G., Pelin A. and Corradi N. . Genetic and genome analyses reveal genetically distinct populations of the bee pathogen Nosema ceranae from Thailand. Microbial Ecology 77: 877-889
2018
Chen E.C.H, Mathieu S., Hoffrichter A., Sedzielewska-Toro K., Peart M., Pelin A., Ndikumana S., Ropars J., Dreissig S., Fuchs J., Brachmann A. and N. Corradi. 2018. Single nucleus sequencing reveals evidence of inter-nucleus recombination in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. eLife 7:e39813
Bruns T., Corradi N., Redecker D., Taylow J.W., Öpik M. 2018. The Glomeromycotina: What is a species and why should we care? New Phytologist220 (4), 963-967.
Mathieu S. Cusant L. Roux C.R. and N. Corradi. 2018 . Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: intraspecific diversity and pangenomes. New Phytologist 220 (4), 1129-1134
Chen E.C.H, Morin E, Beaudet D., Noel J., Yildirir G., Ndikumana S., Charron P., St-Onge C., Giorgi J., Kruger M., Marton T., Ropars J., Grigoriev I.V., Hainaut M, Henrissat B., Roux C., Martin F+ and N. Corradi+. 2018. High intraspecific genome diversity in the model arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiont Rhizophagus irregularis. New Phytologist 220 (4), 1161-1171
Requena N., Voss S., Betz R., Heidt S. and N. Corradi. 2018 . RiCRN1, a crinkler effector from the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis, functions in arbuscule development. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 2068
Beaudet D., Chen E.C.H., Mathieu S.,Yildirir G., Ndikumana S., Dalpé Y.,Séguin S., Stajich J.E. and N. Corradi. 2018. Ultra-low input transcriptomics reveal the spore functional content and phylogenetic affiliations of poorly studied arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. DNA Research. 25 (2), 217-227
2017
Quandt C.A, Beaudet D., Corsaro D., Walochnik J., Michel R., Corradi N. + and T.Y. James +. 2017. The genome of an intranuclear parasite unveils alternative adaptations to obligate intracellular parasitism. eLife 6:e29594
Da Fonte D., Martyniuk C., Xing L, Pelin A., Corradi N., Hu W. and V. Trudeau. 2017. Secretoneurin A regulates neurogenic and inflammatory transcriptional networks in goldfish (Carassius auratus) radial glia. Scientific Reports 7: 14930
Corradi N. and Brachmann A. 2017. Fungal mating in the most widespread plant symbionts? Trends in Plant Science 22 (2), 175–183
Ndikumana S, Pelin A., Williot A., Sanders J.L., Kent M. and N. Corradi. 2017. Genome analysis of Pseudoloma neurophilia: a microsporidian parasite of Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 64 (1), 18-30
2016
Riley R.,Charron P., Marton T. and N. Corradi. 2016. Evolutionary genomics of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. In "Molecular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis". Francis Martin (ed). Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher). ISBN: 978-1-118-95141-5
Schauer K.L., LeMoine C.M.R., Pelin A., Corradi N., Warren W.C., Grosell M. 2016. A proteinaceous organic matrix regulates carbonate production in the marine teleost intestine. Scientific reports
Spatafora J., Chang Y., Benny G., Lazarus K., Smith M., Berbee M., Bonito G., Corradi N., Grigoriev I., Gryganskyi A., James T., O'Donnell K., Roberson R.,Taylor T., Uehling J., Vilgalys R., White M., J. Stajich. 2016. A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data. Mycologia
Ropars J.*, Kinga Sędzielewska Toro K.*, Noel J., Pelin A., Charron P., Farinelli L., Marton T., Krüger M., Fuchs J., Brachmann A. and N. Corradi. 2016. Evidence for the sexual origin of heterokaryosis in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. Nature Microbiology, 1, 16033 Pelin A., Moteshareie H, Sak B., Selman M., Naor A., Eyahpaise M.E. , Farinelli L., Golshani A., Kvac M., and Corradi N. 2016. The genome of an Encephalitozoon cuniculi type III strain reveals insights into the genetic diversity and mode of reproduction of a ubiquitous vertebrate pathogen.Heredity, 116, 458–465
2015
Corradi, N. 2015. Microsporidia: Intracellular Parasites Shaped by Gene Loss and Horizontal Gene Transfer. Annual Review of Microbiology.69 (1), 167-183
Pelin A., Selman M., Laurent Farinelli, Aris-Brosou S. and N. Corradi. 2015. Genome analyses suggest the presence of polyploidy and recent human-driven expansions in eight global populations of the honeybee pathogen Nosema ceranae. Environmental Microbiology, 17 (11), 4443–4458.
Ropars J. and N. Corradi. 2015. Homokaryotic vs heterokaryotic mycelium in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: different techniques, different results? New Phytologist. 208 (3), 638–641
Sokolova Y. ,Pelin A., Hawke J.and N. Corradi. 2015. Morphology and Phylogeny of Agmasoma penaei (Microsporidia) infecting its type host from type location (Litopenaeus setiferus , Louisiana, USA). International Journal of Parasitology, 45 (1), 1–16
2014
Parisot N. *, Pelin A. *, Gasc C., Polonais V., Belkorchia A., Panek J.,El Alaoui H., Biron D.G., Brasset E., Vaury C., Peyret P., Corradi N.+, Peyretaillade E.+ and E. Lerat +. 2014.. Microsporidian genomes harbour a diverse array of transposable elements that demonstrate an ancestry of horizontal exchange with metazoa. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6 (9): 2289-2300.
Keeling P.J., Fast, NM. and Corradi N. 2014.The Microsporidian Genome Structure and Function, pages 221-229 in "Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity". Weiss and Widmer (ed). Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Corradi N. and P. J. Keeling. 2014. Ecological Genomics of the Microsporidia. In "The Ecological Genomics of Fungi"; Francis Martin (ed). Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher).
Riley R., Charron P., Idnurm A., Farinelli F., Yolande D. , Martin F. and N. Corradi. 2014. Extreme diversification of the mating type–high‐mobility group (MATA‐HMG) gene family in a plant‐associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus. New Phytologist. 201: 254–268. Also see associated commentary on same issue - "Unseen sex in ancient virgin fungi" by Lee, Sun and Heitman.
2013
Tisserant E., Malbreil M., Huang S., Kuo A., Kohler A., Symeonidi A. , Balestrini R., Charron P., Formey D., Geurts R., Gianinazzi-Pearson V., Gilbert B., Hijri M., Kaul R., Krajinski F., Lammers P., Lapierre D., Masclaux F., Murat C., Morin E., Ndikumana S., Pagni M., Petitpierre D., Requena N., Rosikiewicz P., Riley R. , Saito K., San Clemente H., Shapiro H., van Tuinen D., Bécard G., Bonfante P., Paszkowski U., Shachar-Hill Y., J. Young PW., Zhang Z., Sanders I.R., Henrissat B., Rensing S.A., Grigoriev I.V., Ton Bisseling, Corradi N., Roux C. and Martin F. 2013. Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - USA. 110 (50), 20117-20122
James T.Y., Pelin A., Bonen L., Ahrendt S., Sain D., Corradi N. and J.E. Stajich. 2013. Shared signatures of parasitism and phylogenomics unite the Cryptomycota with the Microsporidia. Current Biology. 23 (16), 1548–1553
Burki F., Corradi N., Sierra R., Pawlowski J., Meyer G.R., Abbott C.L. and P.J. Keeling. 2013. Phylogenomics of the intracellular parasite Mikrocytos mackini reveals evidence for a mitosome in Rhizaria. Current Biology. 23 (16), 1541-1547
Corradi N. and M. Selman. 2013. Latest progress in microsporidian genome research. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 60, 309–312
Selman M, Sak B., Kvac M., Farinelli L., Weiss L.M. and N. Corradi. 2013. Extremely reduced levels of heterozygosity in the vertebrate pathogen Encephalitozoon cuniculi. Eukaryotic Cell 4: 496–502. ("Editor's Spotlight" for the Aprii issue of Eukaryotic Cell)
Riley R. and N. Corradi. 2013. Searching for clues of sexual reproduction in the genomes of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Fungal Ecology. 6 : 44–49
2012
Corradi N. and L. Bonen. 2012. Mitochondrial genome invaders: an unselfish role as molecular markers. New Phytologist. 196: 963–965
Pombert J.F.*, Selman M*, Burki F., Bardell F.T., Farinelli, L, Solter L.F., Whitman D.W., Weiss L.M., Corradi N+ and P.J. Keeling+. 2012. Gain and loss of multiple functionally-related horizontally transferred genes in the reduced genomes of two microsporidian parasites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - USA. 109 (31) 12638-12643;
Corradi N and P. Bonfante.2012. The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: Origin and Evolution of a Beneficial Plant Infection. PLoS Pathogens 8(4): e1002600.
Pelin A.*, Pombert J.F.*, Salvioli A., Bonen L., Bonfante P. and N.Corradi. 2012.The mitochondrial genome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita reveals two unsuspected trans-splicing events of group I introns. New Phytologist 194 (3) 836-845.
Corradi N. and L. Lildhar.2012. Meiosis genes in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - what for? Communicative & Integrative Biology. 5 (2).
2011:
Selman, M. and N. Corradi. 2011. Microsporidia: horizontal gene transfers in vicious parasites. Mobile Genetic Elements. 1(4).
Halary S., Malik S.B., Lildhar L., Slamovits C.H., Hijri M.and N. Corradi. 2011. Conserved meiotic machinery in Glomus spp., a putatively ancient asexual fungal lineage. Genome Biology and Evolution. 3: 950-958. (Evaluated by Faculty of 1000 Biology. Also see dispatch in Current Biology
Selman M., Pombert J.F., Solter L., Farinelli L., Weiss L.M., Keeling P.J. and N. Corradi. 2011. Acquisition of an animal gene by microsporidian intracellular parasites. Current Biology. Volume 21, Issue 15, R576-R577.
Corradi N. and C. Charest. 2011. Some like it Toxic. Molecular Ecology. 20: 3289–3290
Keeling P.J. and N. Corradi . 2011. Shrink it or lose it: balancing loss of function with shrinking genomes in the microsporidia. Virulence. 2: 1
Corradi N. and C.H. Slamovits. 2011. The intriguing nature of microsporidian genomes. Briefings in Functional Genomics. 10 (3): 115-124.
