Didymocrea sadasivanii CBS 438.65 was originally
collected by T.K. Ramachandra Reddy in the early 1960s from
soil under Oryza sativa in India.
Didymocrea sadasivanii is a member of the Dothideomycetes
(incertae sedis) and was sequenced as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes
Project. Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class
of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders, 90 families, 1300
genera, and over 19000 known species. The 1000 Fungal Genomes
Project aims to fill in gaps in the Fungal Tree of Life by
sequencing at least two reference genomes from the more than 500
recognized families of Fungi. This project additionally aims to
inform research on plant-microbe interactions, microbial emission
and capture of greenhouse gasses, and environmental metagenomic
sequencing.
