Did you know? Neurospora is a genus of fungi. The genus name, meaning "nerve spore" refers to the characteristic striations on the spores that resemble axons. The best known species in this genus is Neurospora crassa, which is used as a model organism in biology. Neurospora was chosen because it is quickly reproducing, is easy to culture, and was already able to survive on minimal media (inorganic salts, glucose, water and biotin in agar).

People who made major contributions in the field Bernard Ogilvie Dodge (1872-1960) Dr. David D. Perkins and Dorothy Perkins conducted pioneering genetic research at Stanford University for nearly six decades. Dr Alan Radford, is known for his significant work in genomics of fungi particularly Neurospora crassa. Dr. George Beadle Dr. Edward Tatum

Resources Broad institute - community annotation Fungal Genetics Stock Center Neurospora Genome Project at University of New Mexico MIPS Neurospora crassa database Fungal Genomic Cosmid and cDNA Sequencing Fungal Genome Resource Neurospora crassa Gene list