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  • Genera of phytopathogenic fungi : GOPHY 3 
    Marin-Felix, Yasmina; Hernandez-Restrepo, M.; Iturrieta-Gonzalez, I.; Garcia, D.; Gene, J.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Cai, L.; Chen, Q.; Quaedvlieg, W.; Schumacher, R.K.; Taylor, P.W.J.; Ambers, C.; Bonthond, G.; Edwards, J.; Krueger-Hadfield, S.A.; Luangsa-ard, J.J.; Morton, L.; Moslemi, A.; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Tan, Y.P.; Thangavel, R.; Vaghefi, N.; Cheewangkoon, R.; Crous, Pedro W. (Elsevier, 2019-03)
    This paper represents the third contribution in the Genera of Phytopathogenic Fungi (GOPHY) series. The series provides morphological descriptions, information about the pathology, distribution, hosts and disease symptoms ...
  • Genetic basis of antigenic variation of SAT3 foot-and-mouth disease viruses in Southern Africa 
    Maake, Lorens; Harvey, William T.; Rotherham, Lia; Opperman, Pamela Anne; Theron, Jacques; Reeve, Richard; Maree, Francois Frederick (Frontiers Media, 2020-09)
    Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) continues to be a major burden for livestock owners in endemic countries and a continuous threat to FMD-free countries. The epidemiology and control of FMD in Africa is complicated by the ...
  • The genetic consequences of habitat specificity for fig trees in southern African fragmented forests 
    Deng, Jun-Yin; Van Noort, Simon; Compton, Stephen G.; Chen, Yan; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree) (Elsevier, 2020-01)
    Theory predicts that fragmentation will lead to reduced gene flow between populations, with loss of genetic diversity and increased population differentiation. However, these predictions may not always hold true, especially ...
  • Genetic containment in vegetatively propagated forest trees : CRISPR disruption of LEAFY function in Eucalyptus gives sterile indeterminate inflorescences and normal juvenile development 
    Elorriaga, Estefania; Klocko, Amy L.; Ma, Cathleen; Du Plessis, Marc; An, Xinmin; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Strauss, Steven H. (Wiley Open Access, 2021-09)
    Eucalyptus is among the most widely planted taxa of forest trees worldwide. However, its spread as an exotic or genetically engineered form can create ecological and social problems. To mitigate gene flow via pollen and ...
  • Genetic diversity of Amylostereum areolatum, the fungal symbiont of the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio in South Africa 
    Mlonyeni, X.O.M. (Xolile Osmond Mnyamezeli); Wingfield, Michael J.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Wingfield, Brenda D.; Slippers, Bernard (Wiley, 2018-12)
    Amylostereum areolatum is a wood‐decaying homobasidiomycete fungal symbiont of Sirex noctilio. Together, they cause serious damage to pine plantations in the Southern Hemisphere. The fungus reproduces asexually and is ...
  • Genetic diversity of Teratosphaeria pseudoeucalypti in Eucalyptus plantations in Australia and Uruguay 
    Aylward, Janneke; Havenga, Minette; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Roets, Francois; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Perez, C.A.; Ramirez-Berrutti, Nazaret; Carnegie, A.J.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2021-11)
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  • Genetic diversity of the pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola in Slovenia and Croatia 
    Sadikovic, D.; Piskur, B.; Barnes, Irene; Hauptman, T.; Diminic, D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Jurc, D. (Wiley, 2019-08)
    Brown spot needle blight (BSNB), a disease of pine trees caused by the fungus Lecanosticta acicola, has been known in Slovenia since 2008 and in Croatia since 1975. Recent outbreaks in Slovenia prompted this study to compare ...
  • Genetic diversity of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter africanus’ in South Africa based on microsatellite markers 
    Roberts, Ronel; Lin, Hong; Pietersen, Gerhard (Springer, 2021-02)
    Citrus Greening disease (CG) in South Africa (SA) is associated with the fastidious bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter africanus’ (Laf). It has been observed that Laf isolates obtained from different geographic localities ...
  • Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved 
    Hoban, Sean; Bruford, Michael; Jackson, Josephine D'Urban; Lopes-Fernandes, Margarida; Heuertz, Myriam; Hohenlohe, Paul A.; Paz-Vinas, Ivan; Sjögren-Gulve, Per; Segelbacher, Gernot; Vernesih, Cristiano; Aitkeni, Sally; Bertola, Laura D.; Bloomer, Paulette; Breed, Martin; Rodríguez-Correa, Hernando; Funk, W. Chris; Grueber, Catherine E.; Hunterp, Margaret E.; Jaffe, Rodolfo; Liggins, Libby; Mergeay, Joachim; Moharrek, Farideh; O'Brien, David; Ogden, Rob; Palma-Silva, Clarisse; Piersona, Jennifer; Ramakrishnan, Uma; Simo-Droissarta, Murielle; Tani, Naoki; Waits, Lisette; Laikre, Linda (Elsevier, 2020-08)
    The 196 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will soon agree to a post-2020 global framework for conserving the three elements of biodiversity (genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity) while ensuring ...
  • Genetic diversity, relatedness and inbreeding of ranched and fragmented Cape buffalo populations in southern Africa 
    De Jager, G.J. (Deon); Harper, Cindy Kim; Bloomer, Paulette (Public Library of Science, 2020-08-14)
    Wildlife ranching, although not considered a conventional conservation system, provides a sustainable model for wildlife utilization and could be a source of valuable genetic material. However, increased fragmentation ...
  • Genetic rescue of an isolated African lion population 
    Miller, Susan M.; Druce, Dave J.; Dalton, Desire L.; Harper, Cindy Kim; Kotze, Antoinette; Packer, Craig; Slotow, Rob; Bloomer, Paulette (Springer, 2020-02)
    Fragmented wildlife populations are challenged by limited gene flow that can lead to significant inbreeding. The lion (Panthera leo) population in South Africa’s Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP) started from a small founder ...
  • Genetic uniformity characterizes the invasive spread of Neofusicoccum parvum and Diplodia sapinea in the Western Balkans 
    Zlatković, Milica; Wingfield, Michael J.; Jami, Fahimeh; Slippers, Bernard (Wiley, 2019-02)
    In the past decade, trees and shrubs in the Western Balkans region have been damaged by canker and die‐back disease caused by Botryosphaeriaceae species. These pathogens include Neofusicoccum parvum and Diplodia sapinea. ...
  • Genetic variants of APOC3 promoter and HLA-B genes in an HIV infected cohort in Northern South Africa : a pilot study 
    Masebe, Tracy; Bessong, Pascal Obong; Ndip Ndip, Roland; Meyer, Debra (MDPI Publishing, 2014-06-26)
    Metabolic disorders and hypersensitivities affect tolerability and impact adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of C-482T/T-455C variants in the ...
  • Genetic, epigenetic and phenotypic diversity of four Bacillus velezensis strains used for plant protection or as probiotics 
    Reva, Oleg N.; Swanevelder, Dirk Z.H.; Mwita, Liberata; Mwakilili, Aneth David; Muzondiwa, Dillon; Joubert, Monique; Chan, Wai Yin; Lutz, Stefanie; Ahrens, Christian H.; Avdeev, Lylia V.; Kharkhota, Maksim A.; Tibuhwa, Donatha; Lyantagaye, Sylvester; Vater, Joachim; Borriss, Rainer; Meijer, Johan (Frontiers Media, 2019-11-15)
    Bacillus velezensis strains are applied as ecologically safe biopesticides, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), and in veterinary probiotics. They are abundant in various environments including soil, plants, ...
  • Genome of Crucihimalaya himalaica, a close relative of Arabidopsis, shows ecological adaptation to high altitude 
    Zhang, Ticao; Qiao, Qin; Novikova, Polina Yu.; Wang, Qia; Yue, Jipei; Guan, Yanlong; Ming, Shengping; Liu, Tianmeng; De, Ji; Liu, Yixuan; Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; Sun, Hang; Van Montagu, Marc; Huang, Jinling; Van de Peer, Yves; Qiong, La (National Academy of Sciences, 2019-04)
    Crucihimalaya himalaica, a close relative of Arabidopsis and Capsella, grows on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) about 4,000 m above sea level and represents an attractive model system for studying speciation and ecological ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 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 ...