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  • Symmetrical arrangement of positively charged residues around the 5-fold axes of SAT type foot-and-mouth disease virus enhances cell culture of field viruses 
    Chitray, Melanie; Kotecha, Abhay; Nsamba, Peninah; Ren, Jingshan; Maree, Sonja; Ramulongo, Tovhowani; Paul, Guntram; Theron, Jacques; Fry, Elizabeth E.; Stuart, David I.; Maree, Francois Frederick (Public Library of Science, 2020-09-29)
    Field isolates of foot-and-mouth disease viruses (FMDVs) utilize integrin-mediated cell entry but many, including Southern African Territories (SAT) viruses, are difficult to adapt to BHK- 21 cells, thus hampering ...
  • Biology of a putative male aggregation-sex pheromone in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) 
    Guignard, Quentin; Bouwer, Marc Clement; Slippers, Bernard; Allison, Jeremy D. (Public Library of Science, 2020-12-31)
    A putative male-produced pheromone has recently been described for the global pest of pines, Sirex noctilio, but field-activity has not been demonstrated. This study aimed to investigate the pheromone biology of S. ...
  • Genomic and transcriptomic analysis unveils population evolution and development of pesticide resistance in fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda 
    Gui, Furong; Lan, Tianming; Zhao, Yue; Guo, Wei; Dong, Yang; Fang, Dongming; Liu, Huan; Li, Haimeng; Wang, Hongli; Hao, Ruoshi; Cheng, Xiaofang; Li, Yahong; Yang, Pengcheng; Sahu, Sunil Kumar; Chen, Yaping; Cheng, Le; He, Shuqi; Liu, Ping; Fan, Guangyi; Lu, Haorong; Hu, Guohai; Dong, Wei; Chen, Bin; Jiang, Yuan; Zhang, Yongwei; Xu, Hanhong; Lin, Fei; Slippers, Bernard; Postma, Alisa; Jackson, Matthew; Abate, Birhan Addisie; Tesfaye, Kassahun; Demie, Aschalew Lemma; Bayeleygne, Meseret Destaw; Degefu, Dawit Tesfaye; Chen, Feng; Kuria, Paul K.; Kinyua, Zachary M.; Liu, Tong-Xian; Yang, Huanming; Huang, Fangneng; Liu, Xin; Sheng, Jun; Kang, Le (SpringerOpen, 2022-07)
    The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a destructive pest native to America and has recently become an invasive insect pest in China. Because of its rapid spread and great risks in China, understanding of FAW ...
  • Antimalarial benzimidazole derivatives incorporating phenolic Mannich base side chains inhibit microtubule and hemozoin formation : structure–activity relationship and in vivo oral efficacy studies 
    Dziwornu, Godwin Akpeko; Coertzen, Dina; Leshabane, Meta Kgaogelo; Korkor, Constance M.; Cloete, Cleavon K.; Njoroge, Mathew; Gibhard, Liezl; Lawrence, Nina; Reader, Janette; Van der Watt, Mariette Elizabeth; Wittlin, Sergio; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Chibale, Kelly (American Chemical Society, 2021-04)
    A novel series of antimalarial benzimidazole derivatives incorporating phenolic Mannich base side chains at the C2 position, which possess dual asexual blood and sexual stage activities, is presented. Structure–activity ...
  • Gymnosporangium species on Malus : species delineation, diversity and host alternation 
    Zhao, p.; Qi, X.H.; Crous, Pedro W.; Duan, W.J.; Cai, L. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2020-01-10)
    Gymnosporangium species (Pucciniaceae, Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) are the causal agents of cedarapple rust diseases, which can lead to significant economic losses to apple cultivars. Currently, the genus contains 17 ...
  • Fungal associates of an invasive pine-infesting bark beetle, Dendroctonus valens, including seven new Ophiostomatalean fungi 
    Marincowitz, Seonju; Duong, Tuan A.; Taerum, Stephen J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Michael J. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2020-07-22)
    The red turpentine beetle (RTB; Dendroctonus valens) is a bark beetle that is native to Central and North America. This insect is well-known to live in association with a large number of Ophiostomatalean fungi. The beetle ...
  • High diversity of Diaporthe species associated with pear shoot canker in China 
    Guo, Y.S.; Crous, Pedro W.; Bai, Q.; Fu, M.; Yang, M.M.; Wang, X.H.; Du, Y.M.; Hong, N.; Xu, W.X.; Wang, G.P. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2020-02-06)
    Species of Diaporthe (syn. Phomopsis) are important endophytes, saprobes and pathogens, infecting a wide range of plants and resulting in important crop diseases. However, the species occurring on pear remain largely unresolved. ...
  • Mating genes in Calonectria and evidence for a heterothallic ancestral state 
    Li, JieQiong; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Barnes, Irene; Fourie, Arista; Crous, Pedro W.; Chen, S.F. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2020-03-17)
    The genus Calonectria includes many important plant pathogens with a wide global distribution. In order to better understand the reproductive biology of these fungi, we characterised the structure of the mating type ...
  • Multistage and transmission-blocking targeted antimalarials discovered from the open-source MMV Pandemic Response Box 
    Reader, Janette; Van der Watt, Mariette Elizabeth; Taylor, Dale; Le Manach, Claire; Mittal, Nimisha; Ottilie, Sabine; Theron, Anjo; Moyo, Phanankosi; Erlank, Erica; Nardini, Luisa; Venter, Nelius; Lauterbach, Sonja; Bezuidenhout, Belinda; Horatscheck, Andre; Van Heerden, Ashleigh; Spillman, Natalie J.; Cowell, Anne N.; Connacher, Jessica I.; Opperman, Daniel; Orchard, Lindsey M.; Llinas, Manuel; Istvan, Eva S.; Goldberg, Daniel E.; Boyle, Grant A.; Calvo, David; Mancama, Dalu; Coetzer, Theresa L.; Winzeler, Elizabeth A.; Duffy, James; Koekemoer, Lizette L.; Basarab, Gregory; Chibale, Kelly; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (Nature Publishing Group, 2021-01)
    Chemical matter is needed to target the divergent biology associated with the different life cycle stages of Plasmodium. Here, we report the parallel de novo screening of the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) Pandemic ...
  • Machine learning uses chemo-transcriptomic profiles to stratify antimalarial compounds with similar mode of action 
    Van Heerden, Ashleigh; Van Wyk, Roelof Daniel Jacobus; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (Frontiers Media, 2021-06)
    The rapid development of antimalarial resistance motivates the continued search for novel compounds with a mode of action (MoA) different to current antimalarials. Phenotypic screening has delivered thousands of promising ...
  • Parasite genetic diversity reflects continued residual malaria transmission in Vhembe District, a hotspot in the Limpopo Province of South Africa 
    Gwarinda, Hazel B.; Tessema, Sofonias K.; Raman, Jaishree; Greenhouse, Bryan; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (BMC, 2021-02)
    BACKGROUND : South Africa aims to eliminate malaria transmission by 2023. However, despite sustained vector control efforts and case management interventions, the Vhembe District remains a malaria transmission hotspot. To ...
  • H3K36 methylation reprograms gene expression to drive early gametocyte development in Plasmodium falciparum 
    Connacher, Jessica I.; Josling, Gabrielle A.; Orchard, Lindsey M.; Reader, Janette; Llinas, Manuel; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (BMC, 2021-04)
    BACKGROUND : The Plasmodium sexual gametocyte stages are the only transmissible form of the malaria parasite and are thus responsible for the continued transmission of the disease. Gametocytes undergo extensive functional ...
  • Benzimidazole derivatives are potent against multiple life cycle stages of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites 
    Leshabane, Meta Kgaogelo; Dziwornu, Godwin Akpeko; Coertzen, Dina; Reader, Janette; Moyo, Phanankosi; Van der Watt, Mariette Elizabeth; Chisanga, Kelly; Nsanzubuhoro, Consolata; Ferger, Richard; Erlank, Erica; Venter, Nelius; Koekemoer, Lizette; Chibale, Kelly; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (American Chemical Society, 2021-03)
    The continued emergence of resistance to front-line antimalarial treatments is of great concern. Therefore, new compounds that potentially have a novel target in various developmental stages of Plasmodium parasites are ...
  • Chromosome-level genome assembly of a parent species of widely cultivated azaleas 
    Yang, Fu-Sheng; Nie, Shuai; Liu, Hui; Shi, Tian-Le; Tian, Xue-Chan; Zhou, Shan-Shan; Bao, Yu-Tao; Jia, Kai-Hua; Guo, Jing-Fang; Zhao, Wei; An, Na; Zhang, Ren-Gang; Yun, Quan-Zheng; Wang, Xin-Zhu; Mannapperuma, Chanaka; Porth, Ilga; El-Kassaby, Yousry Aly; Street, Nathaniel Robert; Wang, Xiao-Ru; Van de Peer, Yves; Mao, Jian-Feng (Nature Publising Group, 2020-10-19)
    Azaleas (Ericaceae) comprise one of the most diverse ornamental plants, renowned for their cultural and economic importance. We present a chromosome-scale genome assembly for Rhododendron simsii, the primary ancestor of ...
  • Harmonising the fields of invasion science and forest pathology 
    Paap, Trudy; Wingfield, Michael J.; Burgess, Treena I.; Hulbert, J.M. (Joey); Santini, Alberto (Pensoft Publishers, 2020-10-15)
    Invasive alien species are widely recognised as significant drivers of global environmental change, with far reaching ecological and socio-economic impacts. The trend of continuous increases in first records, with no ...
  • Hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria are abundant in desert soils and strongly stimulated by hydration 
    Jordaan, Karen; Lappan, Rachael; Dong, Xiyang; Aitkenhead, Ian J.; Bay, Sean K.; Chiri, Eleonora; Wieler, Nimrod; Meredith, Laura K.; Cowan, Don A.; Chown, Steven L.; Greening, Chris (American Society for Microbiology, 2020-11-17)
    How the diverse bacterial communities inhabiting desert soils maintain energy and carbon needs is much debated. Traditionally, most bacteria are thought to persist by using organic carbon synthesized by photoautotrophs ...
  • No to neocosmospora : phylogenomic and practical reasons for continued inclusion of the fusarium solani species complex in the genus fusarium 
    O’Donnell, Kerry; Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M.S.; Aoki, Takayuki; Brankovics, Balazs; Cano-Lira, Jose F.; Coleman, Jeffrey J.; De Hoog, G. Sybren; Di Pietro, Antonio; Frandsen, Rasmus J.N.; Geiser, David M.; Gibas, Connie F.C.; Guarro, Josep; Kim, Hye-Seon; Kistler, H. Corby; Laraba, Imane; Leslie, John F.; Lopez-Berges, Manuel S.; Lysoe, Erik; Meis, Jacques F.; Monod, Michel; Proctor, Robert H.; Rep, Martijn; Ruiz-Roldan, Carmen; Sisic, Adnan; Stajich, Jason E.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Summerell, Brett A.; Van der Lee, Theo A.J.; Van Diepeningen, Anne D.; Verweij, Paul E.; Waalwijk, Cees; Ward, Todd J.; Wickes, Brian L.; Wiederhold, Nathan P.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Zhang, Ning; Zhang, Sean X. (American Society for Microbiology, 2020-09-16)
    This article is to alert medical mycologists and infectious disease specialists of recent name changes of medically important species of the filamentous mold Fusarium. Fusarium species can cause localized and life-threating ...
  • The genome of Prasinoderma coloniale unveils the existence of a third phylum within green plants 
    Li, Linzhou; Wang, Sibo; Wang, Hongli; Sahu, Sunil Kumar; Marin, Birger; Li, Haoyuan; Xu, Yan; Liang, Hongping; Li, Zhen; Cheng, Shifeng; Reder, Tanja; Cebi, Zehra; Wittek, Sebastian; Petersen, Morten; Melkonian, Barbara; Du, Hongli; Yang, Huanming; Wang, Jian; Wong, Gane Ka-Shu; Xu, Xun; Liu, Xin; Van de Peer, Yves; Melkonian, Michael; Liu, Huan (Nature Research, 2020-09)
    Genome analysis of the pico-eukaryotic marine green alga Prasinoderma coloniale CCMP 1413 unveils the existence of a novel phylum within green plants (Viridiplantae), the Prasinodermophyta, which diverged before the split ...
  • Novel species of Huntiella from naturally-occurring forest trees in Greece and South Africa 
    Liu, FeiFei; Marincowitz, Seonju; Chen, ShuaiFei; Mbenoun, Michael; Tsopelas, Panaghiotis; Soulioti, Nikoleta; Wingfield, Michael J. (Pensoft Publishers, 2020-07-10)
    Huntiella species are wood-infecting, filamentous ascomycetes that occur in fresh wounds on a wide variety of tree species. These fungi are mainly known as saprobes although some have been associated with disease symptoms. ...
  • Characterization of the Kenyan honey bee (Apis mellifera) gut microbiota : a first look at tropical and Sub-Saharan African bee associated microbiomes 
    Tola, Yosef Hamba; Waweru, Jacqueline Wahura; Hurst, Gregory D.D.; Slippers, Bernard; Paredes, Juan C. (MDPI, 2020-11-03)
    Gut microbiota plays important roles in many physiological processes of the host including digestion, protection, detoxification, and development of immune responses. The honey bee (Apis mellifera) has emerged as model ...