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  • Diversity and taxonomy of Chaetomium and chaetomium-like fungi from indoor environments 
    Wang, X.W.; Houbraken, J.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Meijer, M.; Andersen, B.; Nielsen, K.F.; Crous, Pedro W.; Samson, R.A. (Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS), 2016-12-08)
    During a study of indoor fungi, 145 isolates belonging to Chaetomiaceae were cultured from air, swab and dust samples from 19 countries. Based on the phylogenetic analyses of DNA-directed RNA polymerase II second largest ...
  • Diversity of Bartonella and Rickettsia spp. in bats and their blood-feeding ectoparasites from South Africa and Swaziland 
    Dietrich, Muriel; Tjale, Mabotse A.; Weyer, Jacqueline; Kearney, Teresa; Seamark, E.C.J. (Ernest); Nel, Louis Hendrik; Monadjem, Ara; Markotter, Wanda (Public Library of Science, 2016-03-21)
    In addition to several emerging viruses, bats have been reported to host multiple bacteria but their zoonotic threats remain poorly understood, especially in Africa where the diversity of bats is important. Here, we ...
  • Diversity of dicotyledenous-infecting geminiviruses and their associated DNA molecules in southern Africa, including the South-West Indian Ocean Islands 
    Rey, Marie E.C.; Ndunguru, Joseph; Berrie, Leigh C.; Paximadis, Maria; Berry, Shaun; Cossa, Nurbibi; Nuaila, Valter N.; Mabasa, Kenneth G.; Abraham, Natasha; Rybicki, Edward P.; Martin, Darren; Pietersen, Gerhard; Esterhuizen, Lindy L. (MDPI, 2012-09-24)
    The family Geminiviridae comprises a group of plant-infecting circular ssDNA viruses that severely constrain agricultural production throughout the temperate regions of the world, and are a particularly serious threat to ...
  • Diversity of free-living nitrogen fixing Streptomyces in soils of the badlands of South Dakota 
    Dahal, Bibha; NandaKafle, Gitanjali; Perkins, Lora; Brözel, Volker Siegfried (Elsevier, 2017-01)
    Biological Nitrogen Fixation is critical for ecosystem productivity. Select members of Bacteria and Archaea express a nitrogenase enzyme complex that reduces atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia. Several nitrogen fixing ...
  • Diversity of gall-forming rusts (Uromycladium, Pucciniales) on Acacia in Australia 
    Doungsa-ard, C.; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Geering, A.D.W.; Shivas, R.G. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2018-05-16)
    Uromycladium tepperianum has been reported on over 100 species of Acacia, as well as on the closely related plant genera, Falcataria, Racosperma and Paraserianthes. Previous studies have indicated that U. tepperianum may ...
  • Diversity of partial RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene sequences of soybean blotchy mosaic virus isolates from different host-, geographical- and temporal origins 
    Strydom, Elrea; Pietersen, Gerhard (Springer, 2018-05)
    Infection of soybean by the plant cytorhabdovirus soybean blotchy mosaic virus (SbBMV) results in significant yield losses in the temperate, lower-lying soybean production regions of South Africa. A 277 bp portion of the ...
  • Diversity of tree-infecting Botryosphaeriales on native and non-native trees in South Africa and Namibia 
    Jami, Fahimeh; Wingfield, Michael J.; Gryzenhout, Marieka; Slippers, Bernard (Springer Verlag, 2017-11)
    The Botryosphaeriales includes serious plant pathogens with a broad host and geographic distribution globally. In South Africa and Namibia, these fungi include important pathogens of native and non-native woody plants, ...
  • Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species 
    Vikram, Surendra; Arneodo, Joel D.; Calcagno, Javier; Ortiz, Maximiliano; Mon, Maria Laura; Etcheverry, Clara; Cowan, Don A.; Talia, Paola (PeerJ, 2021-04-07)
    The termite gut microbiome is dominated by lignocellulose degrading microorganisms. This study describes the intestinal microbiota of four Argentinian higher termite species with different feeding habits: Microcerotermes ...
  • Diversity, phylogeny and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae on nonnative Eucalyptus grown in an urban environment : a case study 
    Pavlic-Zupanc, Draginja; Maleme, Happy-girl Mamodise; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Slippers, Bernard (Elsevier, 2017-08)
    The Botryosphaeriaceae are opportunistic pathogens mostly of woody plants, including Eucalyptus. These fungi can cause cankers and die-back diseases on non-native Eucalyptus trees in South African plantations. Botryosphaeriaceae ...
  • The divorce of Sporothrix and Ophiostoma : solution to a problematic relationship 
    De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS), 2016-07-27)
    One of the causal agents of human sporotrichosis, Sporothrix schenckii, is the type species of the genus Sporothrix. During the course of the last century the asexual morphs of many Ophiostoma spp. have also been treated ...
  • DNA loss at the Ceratocystis fimbriata mating locus results in self-sterility 
    Wilken, Pieter Markus; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Wingfield, Michael J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Public Library of Science, 2014-03)
    Fungi have evolved a remarkable diversity of reproductive strategies. Some of these, most notably those of the model fungi, have been well studied but others are poorly understood. The latter is also true for uni-directional ...
  • Does P deficiency affect nodule bacterial composition and N source utilization in a legume from nutrient-poor Mediterranean-type ecosystems? 
    Magadlela, Anathi; Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Valentine, Alex (Elsevier, 2017-01)
    Virgilia divaricata is an indigenous forest margin legume growing in nutrient richer soils, but it is also known to invade the N and P poorer soils of the mature fynbos, a nutrient-poor ecosystem in the Cape Floristic ...
  • Doing it alone : unisexual reproduction in filamentous ascomycete fungi 
    Wilson, Andi M.; Gabriel, Raphael; Singer, Steven W.; Schuerg, Timo; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2021-03)
    Unisexuality in fungi is the result of sexual reproduction in a single isolate that harbors genes associated with only a single mating type. To date, unisexual reproduction has been described in only three genera of ...
  • Dothistroma needle blight : an emerging epidemic caused by Dothistroma septosporum in Colombia 
    Rodas, Carlos A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Granados, Ginna Marcela; Barnes, Irene (Wiley, 2016-01)
    Plantation forestry in Colombia is based mainly on non-native species of Pinus and Eucalyptus. Since 2008, a disease with symptoms similar to those of Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) have been found affecting large areas ...
  • Draft genome assembly of the false spider mite Brevipalpus yothersi 
    Navia, Denise; Novelli, Valdenice M.; Rombauts, Stephane; Freitas-Astua, Juliana; Santos de Mendonca, Renata; Nunes, Maria Andreia; Machado, Marcos A.; Lin, Yao-Cheng; Le, Phuong; Zhang, Zaichao; Grbic, Miodrag; Wybouw, Nicky; Breeuwer, Johannes A. J.; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Van de Peer, Yves (American Society for Microbiology, 2019-02-07)
    The false spider mite Brevipalpus yothersi infests a broad host plant range and has become one of the most economically important species within the genus Brevipalpus. This phytophagous mite inflicts damage by both feeding ...
  • Draft genome assembly of the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae 
    Burgess, Stewart T.G.; Bartley, Kathryn; Nunn, Francesca; Wright, Harry W.; Hughes, Margaret; Gemmell, Matthew; Haldenby, Sam; Paterson, Steve; Rombauts, Stephane; Tomley, Fiona M.; Blake, Damer P.; Pritchard, James; Schicht, Sabine; Strube, Christina; Oines, Oines; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Van de Peer, Yves; Nisbet, Alasdair J. (American Society for Microbiology, 2018-11-08)
    The poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, is a major worldwide concern in the egg-laying industry. Here, we report the first draft genome assembly and gene prediction of Dermanyssus gallinae, based on combined PacBio ...
  • Draft genome assembly of the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis 
    Burgess, Stewart T.G.; Bartley, Kathryn; Marr, Edward J.; Wright, Harry W.; Weaver, Robert J.; Prickett, Jessica C.; Hughes, Margaret; Haldenby, Sam; Thi Le, Phuong; Rombauts, Stephane; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Van de Peer, Yves; Nisbet, Alasdair J. (American Society for Microbiology, 2018-04-19)
    Sheep scab, caused by infestation with Psoroptes ovis, is highly contagious, results in intense pruritus, and represents a major welfare and economic concern. Here, we report the first draft genome assembly and gene ...
  • Draft genome of Cercospora zeina, Fusarium pininemorale, Hawksworthiomyces lignivorus, Huntiella decipiens and Ophiostoma ips 
    Wingfield, Brenda D.; Berger, David Kenneth; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Lim, Hye-Jin; Duong, Tuan A.; Bluhm, Burton H.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; De Vos, Lieschen; Fourie, Gerda; Naidoo, Kershney; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Lin, Yao-Cheng; Van de Peer, Yves; Joubert, Fourie; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Swart, Velushka; Soal, Nicole Christine; Tatham, Catherine; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Van Wyk, Stephanie; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Wingfield, Michael J. (International Mycological Association, 2017-11-21)
    The genomes of Cercospora zeina, Fusarium pininemorale, Hawksworthiomyces lignivorus, Huntiella decipiens, and Ophiostoma ips are presented in this genome announcement. Three of these genomes are from plant pathogens and ...
  • The draft genome of Deladenus siricidicola 
    Postma, Alisa; Mlonyeni, X.O.M. (Xolile Osmond Mnyamezeli); Clasen, Frederick Johannes; Joubert, Fourie; Slippers, Bernard (Exeley, 2019)
    The nematode Deladenus siricidicola is used as biological control agent against the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio, a serious invasive pest of Pinus plantations globally. The draft genome of this ecologically ...
  • Draft genome of the fungus-growing termite pathogenic fungus Ophiocordyceps bispora (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota) 
    Conlon, Benjamin H.; Mitchell, Jannette; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Caroe, Christian; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Eilenberg, Jorgen; Poulsen, Michael; De Fine Licht, Henrik H. (Elsevier, 2017-04)
    This article documents the public availability of genome sequence data and assembled contigs representing the partial draft genome of Ophiocordyceps bispora. As one of the few known pathogens of fungus-farming termites, ...