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  • The genome of hibiscus hamabo reveals its adaptation to saline and waterlogged habitat 
    Wang, Zhiquan; Xue, Jia-Yu; Hu, Shuai-Ya; Zhang, Fengjiao; Yu, Ranran; Chen, Dijun; Van de Peer, Yves; Jiang, Jiafu; Song, Aiping; Ni, Longjie; Hua, Jianfeng; Lu, Zhiguo; Yu, Chaoguang; Yin, Yunlong; Gu, Chunsun (Oxford University Press, 2022-03-23)
    Hibiscus hamabo is a semi-mangrove species with strong tolerance to salt and waterlogging stress. However, the molecular basis and mechanisms that underlie this strong adaptability to harsh environments remain poorly ...
  • The genome of homosporous maidenhair fern sheds light on the euphyllophyte evolution and defences 
    Fang, Yuhan; Qin, Xing; Liao, Qinggang; Du, Ran; Luo, Xizhi; Zhou, Qian; Li, Zhen; Chen, Hengchi; Jin, Wanting; Yuan, Yaning; Sun, Pengbo; Zhang, Rui; Zhang, Jiao; Wang, Li; Cheng, Shifeng; Yang, Xueyong; Yan, Yuehong; Zhang, Xingtan; Zhang, Zhonghua; Bai, Shunong; Van de Peer, Yves; Lucas, William John; Huang, Sanwen; Yan, Jianbin (Nature Research, 2022-09)
    Euphyllophytes encompass almost all extant plants, including two sister clades, ferns and seed plants. Decoding genomes of ferns is the key to deep insight into the origin of euphyllophytes and the evolution of seed plants. ...
  • 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 ...
  • The genome of the Antarctic polyextremophile Nesterenkonia sp. AN1 reveals adaptive strategies for survival under multiple stress conditions 
    Aliyu, Habibu; De Maayer, Pieter; Cowan, Don A. (Oxford University Press, 2016-02)
    Nesterenkonia sp. AN1 is a polyextremophile isolated from Antarctic desert soil. Genomic analyses and genome comparisons with three mesophilic Nesterenkonia strains indicated that the unique genome fraction of Nesterenkonia ...
  • Genome of the destructive oomycete Phytophthora cinnamomi provides insights into its pathogenicity and adaptive potential 
    Engelbrecht, Juanita; Duong, Tuan A.; Prabhu, Sreedhara Ashok; Seedat, Mohamed; Van den Berg, Noelani (BMC, 2021)
    BACKGROUND: Phytophthora cinnamomi is an oomycete pathogen of global relevance. It is considered as one of the most invasive species, which has caused irreversible damage to natural ecosystems and horticultural crops. ...
  • The genome of the extremophile Artemia provides insight into strategies to cope with extreme environments 
    De Vos, Stephanie; Rombauts, Stephane; Coussement, Louis; Dermauw, Wannes; Vuylsteke, Marnik; Sorgeloos, Patrick; Clegg, James S.; Nambu, Ziro; Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip; Norouzitallab, Parisa; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; De Meyer, Tim; Van Stappen, Gilbert; Van de Peer, Yves; Bossier, Peter (BMC, 2021-08-31)
    BACKGROUND : Brine shrimp Artemia have an unequalled ability to endure extreme salinity and complete anoxia. This study aims to elucidate its strategies to cope with these stressors. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION : Here, we ...
  • The genome of the seagrass Zostera marina reveals angiosperm adaptation to the sea 
    Olsen, Jeanine L.; Rouzé, Pierre; Verhelst, Bram; Lin, Yao-Cheng; Bayer, Till; Collen, Jonas; Dattolo, Emanuela; De Paoli, Emanuele; Dittami, Simon; Maumus, Florian; Michel, Gurvan; Kersting, Anna; Lauritano, Chiara; Lohaus, Rolf; Töpel, Mats; Tonon, Thierry; Vanneste, Kevin; Amirebrahimi, Mojgan; Brakel, Janina; Boström, Christoffer; Chovatia, Mansi; Grimwood, Jane; Jenkins, Jerry W.; Jueterbock, Alexander; Mraz, Amy; Stam, Wytze T.; Tice, Hope; Bornberg-Bauer, Erich; Green, Pamela J.; Pearson, Gareth A.; Procaccini, Gabriele; Duarte, Carlos M.; Schmutz, Jeremy; Reusch, Thorsten B.H.; Van de Peer, Yves (Nature Publishing Group, 2016-02)
    Seagrasses colonized the sea1 on at least three independent occasions to form the basis of one of the most productive and widespread coastal ecosystems on the planet2. Here we report the genome of Zostera marina (L.), ...
  • Genome of wild olive and the evolution of oil biosynthesis 
    Unver, Turgay; Wu, Zhangyan; Sterck, Lieven; Turktas, Mine; Lohaus, Rolf; Li, Zhen; Yang, Ming; He, Lijuan; Deng, Tianquan; Javier Escalante; Llorens, Carlos; Roig, Francisco J.; Parmaksiz, Iskender; Dundar, Ekrem; Xie, Fuliang; Zhang, Baohong; lpek, Arif; Uranbey, Serkan; Erayman, Mustafa; llhan, Emre; Badad, Oussama; Ghazal, Hassan; Lightfoot, David A.; Kasarla, Pavan; Colantonio, Vincent; Tombuloglu, Huseyin; Hernandez, Pilar; Mete, Nurengin; Cetin, Oznur; Van Montagu, Marc; Yang, Huanming; Gao, Qiang; Dorado, Gabriel; Van de Peer, Yves (National Academy of Sciences, 2017-10)
    Here we present the genome sequence and annotation of the wild olive tree (Olea europaea var. sylvestris), called oleaster, which is considered an ancestor of cultivated olive trees. More than 50,000 protein-coding genes ...
  • Genome reduction and relaxed selection is associated with the transition to symbiosis in the basidiomycete genus Podaxis 
    Conlon, Benjamin H.; Gostincar, Cene; Fricke, Janis; Kreuzenbeck, Nina B.; Daniel, Jan-Martin; Schlosser, Malte S.L.; Peereboom, Nils; Aanen, Duur K.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Beemelmanns, Christine; Gunde-Cimerman, Nina; Poulsen, Michael (Cell Press, 2021-06)
    Insights into the genomic consequences of symbiosis for basidiomycete fungi associated with social insects remain sparse. Capitalizing on viability of spores from centuries-old herbarium specimens of free-living, facultative, ...
  • Genome sequence analysis of in vitro and in vivo phenotypes of Bunyamwera and Ngari virus isolates from Northern Kenya 
    Odhiambo, Collins; Venter, Marietjie; Limbaso, Konongoi; Swanepoel, Robert; Sang, Rosemary; Aguilar, Patricia V. (Public Library of Science, 2014-08-25)
    Biological phenotypes of tri-segmented arboviruses display characteristics that map to mutation/s in the S, M or L segments of the genome. Plaque variants have been characterized for other viruses displaying varied ...
  • The genome sequence and aspects of epidemiology of rabies-related Duvenhage virus 
    Van Eeden, Charmaine (University of Pretoria, 2011-02-21)
    Duvenhage virus (DUVV) belongs to genotype (gt) 4 of the lyssavirus genus, in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. This virus causes fatal rabies encephalitis and has only been reported from the African continent. ...
  • Genome sequence and functional genomic analysis of the oil-degrading bacterium Oleispira antarctica 
    Kube, Michael; Chernikova, Tatyana N.; Al-Ramahi, Yamal; Beloqui, Ana; Lopez-Cortes, Nieves; Guazzaroni, Marıa-Eugenia; Heipieper, Hermann J.; Klages, Sven; Kotsyurbenko, Oleg R.; Langer, Ines; Nechitaylo, Taras Y.; Lunsdorf, Heinrich; Fernandez, Marisol; Juarez, Silvia; Ciordia, Sergio; Singer, Alexander; Kagan, Olga; Egorova, Olga; Petit, Pierre Alain; Stogios, Peter; Kim, Youngchang; Tchigvintsev, Anatoli; Flick, Robert; Denaro, Renata; Genovese, Maria; Albar, Juan P.; Reva, Oleg N.; Martınez-Gomariz, Montserrat; Tran, Hai; Ferrer, Manuel; Savchenko, Alexei; Yakunin, Alexander F.; Yakimov, Michail M.; Golyshina, Olga V.; Reinhardt, Richard; Golyshin, Peter N. (Nature Publising Group, 2013-07-23)
    Ubiquitous bacteria from the genus Oleispira drive oil degradation in the largest environment on Earth, the cold and deep sea. Here we report the genome sequence of Oleispira antarctica and show that compared with ...
  • Genome sequence and genetic diversity analysis of an under-domesticated orphan crop, white fonio (Digitaria exilis) 
    Wang, Xuewen; Chen, Shiyu; Chen, Shiyu; Yssel, A.E.J. (Anna); Chaluvadi, Srinivasa R.; Johnson, Matthew S.; Gangashetty, Prakash; Hamidou, Falalou; Sanogo, Moussa D.; Zwaenepoel, Arthur; Wallace, Jason; Van de Peer, Yves; Bennetzen, Jeffrey L.; Van Deynze, Allen (Oxford University Press, 2021-03)
    Background: Digitaria exilis, white fonio, is a minor but vital crop of West Africa that is valued for its resilience in hot, dry, and low-fertility environments and for the exceptional quality of its grain for human ...
  • Genome sequence of a clinical Salmonella Enteritidis sequence type 11 strain from South Africa 
    Rule, Roxanne; Said, Mohamed; Mbelle, Nontombi Marylucy; Osei Sekyere, John (Elsevier, 2019-12)
    OBJECTIVES : The underlying resistance mechanism and phylogenetic relationship of a colistin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis strain EC20120916 that resulted in fatal meningitis in an immunocompromised ...
  • Genome sequence of a tomato-infecting tomato mosaic virus isolate from Zimbabwe 
    Karavina, Charles; Ibaba, Jacques D.; Gubba, Augustine (American Society for Microbiology, 2018-03-15)
    A tomato-infecting tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) isolate was detected in Zimbabwe using lateral flow kits and double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Next-generation sequencing and de novo assembly were ...
  • Genome sequence of B. amyloliquefaciens type strain DSM7T reveals differences to plant-associated B. amyloliquefaciens FZB42 
    Ruckert, Christian; Blom, Jochen; Chen, XiaoHau; Reva, Oleg N.; Borriss, Rainer (Elsevier, 2011-08)
    The complete genome sequence of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens type strain DSM7T is presented. A comparative analysis between the genome sequences of the plant associated strain FZB42 (Chen et al., 2007) with the genome of ...
  • Genome sequence of Malania oleifera, a tree with great value for nervonic acid production 
    Xu, Chao-Qun; Liu, Hui; Zhou, Shan-Shan; Zhang, Dong-Xu; Zhao, Wei; Wang, Sihai; Chen, Fu; Sun, Yan-Qiang; Nie, Shuai; Jia, Kai-Hua; Jiao, Si-Qian; Zhang, Ren-Gang; Yun, Quan-Zheng; Guan, Wenbin; Wang, Xuewen; Gao, Qiong; Bennetzen, Jeffrey L.; Maghuly, Fatemeh; Porth, Ilga; Van de Peer, Yves; Wang, Xiao-Ru; Ma, Yongpeng; Mao, Jian-Feng (Oxford University Press, 2019-01-24)
    BACKGROUND : Malania oleifera, a member of the Olacaceae family, is an IUCN red listed tree, endemic and restricted to the Karst region of southwest China. This tree’s seed is valued for its high content of precious fatty ...
  • Genome sequence of Pantoea ananatis LMG20103, the causative agent of Eucalyptus blight and dieback 
    De Maayer, Pieter; Yin Chan, Wai; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Toth, Ian K.; Birch, P.R.J. (Paul); Joubert, Fourie; Coutinho, Teresa A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2010-06)
    Pantoea ananatis is a Gram-negative plant pathogen that causes disease on a broad range of host plants, including pineapple, maize, rice, onion, melons, and Eucalyptus, and has been implicated in several cases of human ...
  • The genome sequence of the orchid Phalaenopsis equestris 
    Caì, Jing; Liu, Xin; Vanneste, Kevin; Proost, Sebastian; Tsai, Wen-Chieh; Liu, Ke-Wei; Chen, Li-Jun; He, Ying; Xu, Qing; Bian, Chao; Zheng, Zhijun; Sun, Fengming; Liu, Weiqing; Hsiao, Yu-Yun; Pan, Zhao-Jun; Hsu, Chia-Chi; Yang, Ya-Ping; Hsu, Yi-Chin; Chuang, Yu-Chen; Dievart, Anne; Dufayard, Jean-Francois; Xu, Xun; Wang, Jun-Yi; Wang, Jun; Xiao, Xin-Ju; Zhao, Xue-Min; Du, Rong; Zhang, Guo-Qiang; Wang, Meina; Su, Yong-Yu; Xie, Gao-Chang; Liu, Guo-Hui; Li, Li-Qiang; Huang, Lai-Qiang; Luo, Yi-Bo; Chen, Hong-Hwa; Van de Peer, Yves; Liu, Zhong-Jian (Nature Publishing Group, 2015-01)
    Orchidaceae, renowned for its spectacular flowers and other reproductive and ecological adaptations, is one of the most diverse plant families. Here we present the genome sequence of the tropical epiphytic orchid Phalaenopsis ...
  • Genome sequences of Brucella abortus and Brucella suis strains isolated from bovine in Zimbabwe 
    Ledwaba, Betty; Mafofo, Joseph; Van Heerden, Henriette (American Society for Microbiology, 2014-09)
    This is a report of whole-genome sequences of a Brucella abortus strain and two Brucella suis strains isolated from bovine in Zimbabwe. These strains were selected based on their origin and data obtained when using multiplex ...