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  • Genome streamlining in a minute herbivore that manipulates its host plant 
    Greenhalgh, Robert; Dermauw, Wannes; Glas, Joris J.; Rombauts, Stephane; Wybouw, Nicky; Thomas, Jainy; Alba, Juan M.; Pritham, Ellen J.; Legarrea, Saioa; Feyereisen, Rene; Van de Peer, Yves; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Clark, Richard M.; Kant, Merijn R. (eLife Sciences Publications, 2020-10)
    The tomato russet mite, Aculops lycopersici, is among the smallest animals on earth. It is a worldwide pest on tomato and can potently suppress the host’s natural resistance. We sequenced its genome, the first of an ...
  • Genome-informed Bradyrhizobium taxonomy : where to from here? 
    Avontuur, Juanita R.; Palmer, Marike; Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Chan, Wai Yin; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Blom, Jochen; Stępkowski, Tomasz; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Woyke, Tanja; Shapiro, Nicole; Whitman, William B.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2019-07)
    Bradyrhizobium is thought to be the largest and most diverse rhizobial genus, but this is not reflected in the number of described species. Although it was one of the first rhizobial genera recognised, its taxonomy remains ...
  • Genome-wide analyses of repeat-induced point mutations in the Ascomycota 
    Van Wyk, Stephanie; Wingfield, Brenda D.; De Vos, Lieschen; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Frontiers Media, 2021-02)
    The Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutation pathway is a fungus-specific genome defense mechanism that mitigates the deleterious consequences of repeated genomic regions and transposable elements (TEs). RIP mutates targeted ...
  • Genome-wide expression and network analyses of mutants in key brassinosteroid signaling genes 
    Seyed Rahmani, Razgar; Shi, Tao; Zhang, Dongzhi; Gou, Xiaoping; Yi, Jin; Miclotte, Giles; Marchal, Kathleen; Li, Jia (BMC, 2021-06)
    BACKGROUND: Brassinosteroid (BR) signaling regulates plant growth and development in concert with other signaling pathways. Although many genes have been identified that play a role in BR signaling, the biological and ...
  • Genomes of early-diverging streptophyte algae shed light on plant terrestrialization 
    Wang, Sibo; Li, Linzhou; Li, Haoyuan; Sahu, Sunil Kumar; Wang, Hongli; Xu, Yan; Xian, Wenfei; Song, Bo; Liang, Hongping; Cheng, Shifeng; Chang, Yue; Song, Yue; Cebi, Zehra; Wittek, Sebastian; Reder, Tanja; Peterson, Morten; Yang, Huanming; Wang, Jian; Melkonian, Barbara; Van de Peer, Yves; Xu, Xun; Wong, Gane Ka-Shu; Melkonian, Michael; Liu, Huan; Liu, Xin (Nature Research, 2020-02)
    Mounting evidence suggests that terrestrialization of plants started in streptophyte green algae, favoured by their dual existence in freshwater and subaerial/terrestrial environments. Here, we present the genomes of ...
  • A genomic analysis and transcriptomic atlas of gene expression in Psoroptes ovis reveals feeding- and stage-specific patterns of allergen expression 
    Burgess, Stewart T.G.; Marr, Edward J.; Bartley, Kathryn; Nunn, Francesca G.; Down, Rachel E.; Weaver, Robert J.; Prickett, Jessica C.; Dunn, Jackie; Rombauts, Stephane; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Van de Peer, Yves; Nisbet, Alasdair J. (BioMed Central, 2019)
    BACKGROUND : Psoroptic mange, caused by infestation with the ectoparasitic mite, Psoroptes ovis, is highly contagious, resulting in intense pruritus and represents a major welfare and economic concern for the livestock industry ...
  • Genomic analysis of Caldithrix abyssi, the thermophilic anaerobic bacterium of the novel bacterial phylum Calditrichaeota 
    Kublanov, IIya V.; Sigalova, Olga M.; Gavrilov, Sergey N.; Lebedinsky, Alexander V.; Rinke, Christian; Kovaleva, Olga; Chernyh, Nikolai A.; Ivanova, Natalia; Daum, Chris; Reddy, T.B.K.; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Spring, Stefan; Goker, Markus; Reva, Oleg N.; Miroshnichenko, Margarita L.; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Woyke, Tanja; Gelfand, Mikhall S.; Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Elizaveta A. (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2017-02-20)
    The genome of Caldithrix abyssi, the first cultivated representative of a phylum-level bacterial lineage, was sequenced within the framework of Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA) project. The genomic ...
  • 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 ...
  • Genomic breeding for diameter growth and tolerance to Leptocybe gall wasp and Botryosphaeria/Teratosphaeria fungal disease complex in Eucalyptus grandis 
    Mphahlele, M.M. (Makobatjatji); Isik, Fikret; Hodge, Gary R.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew (Frontiers Media, 2021-02)
    Eucalyptus grandis is one of the most important species for hardwood plantation forestry around the world. At present, its commercial deployment is in decline because of pests and pathogens such as Leptocybe invasa gall ...
  • Genomic characterization of grapevine viruses N and O : novel vitiviruses from South Africa 
    Read, David Alan; Thompson, Genevieve Dawn; Le Cordeur, Nathan; Swanevelder, Dirk; Pietersen, Gerhard (Springer, 2022-02)
  • Genomic characterization of mating type loci and mating type distribution in two apparently asexual plantation tree pathogens 
    Aylward, Janneke; Havenga, Minette; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Roets, Francois; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Wiley, 2020-01)
    The Eucalyptus stem canker pathogens Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis (Capnodiales, Teratosphaeriaceae) are found in many tropical regions of the world where their hosts are cultivated for plantation forestry. ...
  • Genomic evidence of introgression and adaptation in a model subtropical tree species, Eucalyptus grandis 
    Mostert-O'Neill, Marja Mirjam; Reynolds, Sharon Melissa; Acosta, Juan Jose; Lee, David John; Borevitz, Justin O.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew (Wiley, 2021-02)
    The genetic consequences of adaptation to changing environments can be deciphered using population genomics, which may help predict species' responses to global climate change. Towards this, we used genome‐wide SNP marker ...
  • Genomic insight into mechanisms of reversion of antibiotic resistance in multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis induced by a nanomolecular iodine-containing complex FS-1 
    llin, Aleksandr l.; Kulmanov, Murat E.; Korotetskiy, llya S.; Islamov, Rinat A.; Akhmetova, Gulshara K.; Lankina, Marina V.; Reva, Oleg N. (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2017-05-08)
    Drug induced reversion of antibiotic resistance is a promising way to combat multidrug resistant infections. However, lacking knowledge of mechanisms of drug resistance reversion impedes employing this approach in medicinal ...
  • Genomic overview of closely related fungi with different Protea host ranges 
    Aylward, Janneke; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Roets, Francois; Wingfield, Michael J.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2018-12)
    Genome comparisons of species with distinctive ecological traits can elucidate genetic divergence that influenced their differentiation. The interaction of a microorganism with its biotic environment is largely regulated ...
  • Genomic resources to guide improvement of the shea tree 
    Hale, Iago; Ma, Xiao; Melo, Arthur T.O.; Padi, Francis Kwame; Hendre, Prasad S.; Kingan, Sarah B.; Sullivan, Shawn T.; Chen, Shiyu; Boffa, Jean-Marc; Muchugi, Alice; Danquaah, Agyemang; Danquah, Agyemang; Barnor, Michael Teye; Jamnadass, Ramni; Van de Peer, Yves; Van Deynze, Allen (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2021-09-09)
    A defining component of agroforestry parklands across Sahelo-Sudanian Africa (SSA), the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) is central to sustaining local livelihoods and the farming environments of rural communities. Despite ...
  • Genomics of alkaliphiles 
    Lebre, Pedro H.; Cowan, Don A. (Springer, 2019)
    Alkalinicity presents a challenge for life due to a “reversed” proton gradient that is unfavourable to many bioenergetic processes across the membranes of microorganisms. Despite this, many bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes, ...
  • The Geobacillus pan-genome : implications for the evolution of the genus 
    Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Gomri, Amin M.; Adesioye, Fiyinfoluwa Adenike; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Kharroub, Karima; Cowan, Don A. (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2016-05-24)
    The genus Geobacillus is comprised of a diverse group of spore-forming Gram-positive thermophilic bacterial species and is well known for both its ecological diversity and as a source of novel thermostable enzymes. ...
  • The global diversity of Deladenus siricidicola in native and non-native populations 
    Fitza, Katrin N.E.; Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Lombardero, Maria J.; Ayres, Matthew P.; Krivak-Tetley, Flora E.; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Wingfield, Michael J.; Slippers, Bernard (Elsevier, 2019-05)
    The nematode Deladenus siricidicola is the primary biological control agent of Sirex noctilio, a globally invading woodwasp pest of Pinus species. Preliminary studies on the diversity of populations of D. siricidicola ...
  • Global features of the Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2 genome 
    Reva, Oleg N.; Hallin, Peter F.; Willenbrock, Hanni; Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas; Tummler, Burkhard; Ussery, David W. (Blackwell, 2008)
    The global feature of the completely sequenced Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2 type strain chromosome is its symmetry and homogeneity. The origin and terminus of replication are located opposite to each other in the chromosome ...
  • Global geographic distribution and host range of Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pine pitch canker 
    Drenkhan, Rein; Ganley, Beccy; Martin-Garcia, Jorge; Vahalík, Petr; Adamson, Kalev; Adamcikova, Katarina; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Blank, Lior; Braganca, Helena; Capretti, Paolo; Cleary, Michelle; Cornejo, Carolina; Davydenko, Kateryna; Diez, Julio J.; Dogmus Lehtijarvi, Hatice Tugba; Dvorak, Milon; Enderle, Rasmus; Fourie, Gerda; Georgieva, Margarita; Ghelardini, Luisa; Hantula, Jarkko; Ioos, Renaud; Iturritxa, Eugenia; Kanetis, Loukas; Karpun, Natalia N.; Koltay, Andras; Landeras, Elena; Markovskaja, Svetlana; Mesanza, Nebai; Milenkovic, Ivan; Musolin, Dmitry L.; Nikolaou, Konstantinos; Nowakowska, Justyna A.; Ogris, Nikica; Oskay, Funda; Oszako, Tomasz; Papazova-Anakieva, Irena; Paraschiv, Marius; Pasquali, Matias; Pecori, Francesco; Rafoss, Trond; Raitelaityte, Kristina; Raposo, Rosa; Robin, Cecile; Rodas, Carlos A.; Santini, Alberto; Sanz-Ros, Antonio V.; Selikhovkin, Andrey V.; Solla, Alejandro; Soukainen, Mirkka; Soulioti, Nikoleta; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Tsopelas, Panaghiotis; Vemic, Aleksandar; Vettraino, Anna Maria; Wingfield, Michael J.; Woodward, Stephen; Zamora-Ballesteros, Cristina; Mullett, Martin S. (MDPI Publishing, 2020-07-01)
    Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pine pitch canker (PPC), is currently one of the most important threats of Pinus spp. globally. This pathogen is known in many pine-growing regions, including natural and planted ...