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  • Diversity and movement of indoor Alternaria alternata across the mainland USA 
    Woudenberg, J.H.C.; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Jurjevic, Z.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Crous, Pedro W. (Elsevier, 2015-08)
    Alternaria spp. from sect. Alternaria are frequently associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, asthma and allergic fungal rhinitis and sinusitis. Since Alternaria is omnipresent in the outdoor environment, it is thought ...
  • Diversity and seasonality of fungal communities in soil from the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa 
    Pieterse, Zelda; Aveling, T.A.S. (Terry); Jacobs, Adriana; Cowan, Don A. (Elsevier, 2020-01)
    The fungal rhizosphere communities associated with soil surrounding Aizoaceae plants in the Namaqua National Park in the Succulent Karoo biodiversity hotspot, South Africa, were analysed by culture-dependent and ...
  • Diversity of entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria in south African plantations and indigenous forests 
    Abate, Birhan Addisie; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J.; Malan, Antoinette P.; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Brill Academic Publishers, 2018-04-23)
    The occurrence and diversity of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) and their symbiotic bacteria was evaluated in commercial forestry plantations (Eucalyptus spp., Pinus spp. and Acacia mearnsii) and indigenous forests in ...
  • Diversity of Frankia in root nodules of six Morella sp. from the Cape flora of South Africa 
    Wilcox, Dale A.; Cowan, Don A. (Springer, 2016-04)
    Africa hosts numerous endemic actinorhizal plants from the genus Morella, but the diversity of their Frankia endosymbionts has never been explored. The diversity of Frankia in root nodules collected from natural stands ...
  • Diversity of Spirocerca lupi in domestic dogs and black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) from South Africa 
    Rothmann, Wiekolize; De Waal, Pamela Jean (Elsevier, 2017-09)
    Spirocerca lupi is a parasitic nematode that causes spirocercosis predominantly in domestic dogs. Spirocerca lupi nematode samples were collected from four regions around South Africa and analyzed to compare the genetic ...
  • 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 ...
  • DNA bar-coding reveals source and patterns of Thaumastocoris peregrinus invasions in South Africa and South America 
    Nadel, Ryan Leslie; Slippers, Bernard; Scholes, Mary C.; Lawson, Simon A.; Noack, A.E.; Wilcken, C.F.; Bouvet, J.P.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2010)
    Thaumastocoris peregrinus is a recently introduced invertebrate pest of non-native Eucalyptus plantations in the Southern Hemisphere. It was first reported from South Africa in 2003 and in Argentina in 2005. Since then, ...
  • DNA barcoding of reef brittle stars (Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata) from the southwestern Indian Ocean evolutionary hot spot of biodiversity 
    Boissin, Emilie; Hoareau, Thierry B.; Paulay, Gustav; Bruggemann, J. Henrich (Wiley Open Access, 2017-12)
    In anticipation of the current biodiversity crisis, it has become critical to rapidly and accurately assess biodiversity. DNA barcoding has proved efficient in facilitating the discovery and description of thousands of ...
  • DNA glycosylases involved in base excision repair may be associated with cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers 
    Osorio, Ana; Milne, Roger L.; Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B.; Vaclova, Tereza; Pita, Guillermo; Alonso, Rosario; Peterlongo, Paolo; Blanco, Ignacio; De la Hoya, Miguel; Duran, Mercedes; Diez, Orland; Ramon y Cajal, Teresa; Konstantopoulou, Irene; Martinez-Bouzas, Cristina; Conejero, Raquel Andres; Soucy, Penny; McGuffog, Lesley; Barrowdale, Daniel; Lee, Andrew; SWE-BRCA; Arver, Brita; Rantala, Johanna; Loman, Niklas; Ehrencrona, Hans; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Beattie, Mary S.; Domchek, Susan M.; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Rebbeck, Timothy R.; Arun, Banu K.; Karlan, Beth Y.; Walsh, Christine; Lester, Jenny; John, Esther M.; Whittemore, Alice S.; Daly, Mary B.; Southey, Melissa; Hopper, John; Terry, Mary Beth; Buys, Saundra S.; Janavicius, Ramunas; Dorfling, Cecilia Maria; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Steele, Linda; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Ding, Yuan Chun; Hansen, Thomas v. O.; Jønson, Lars; Ejlertsen, Bent; Gerdes, Anne-Marie; Infante, Mar; Herraez, Belen; Moreno, Leticia Thais; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Herzog, Josef; Weeman, Kisa; Manoukian, Siranoush; Peissel, Bernard; Zaffaroni, Daniela; Scuvera, Giulietta; Bonanni, Bernardo; Mariette, Frederique; Volorio, Sara; Viel, Alessandra; Varesco, Liliana; Papi, Laura; Ottini, Laura; Tibiletti, Maria Grazia; Radice, Paolo; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Garber, Judy; Ellis, Steve; Frost, Debra; Platte, Radka; Fineberg, Elena; Evans, Gareth; Lalloo, Fiona; Izatt, Louise; Eeles, Ros; Adlard, Julian; Davidson, Rosemarie; Cole, Trevor; Eccles, Diana M.; Cook, Jackie; Hodgson, Shirley; Brewer, Carole; Tischkowitz, Marc; Douglas, Fiona; Porteous, Mary E.; Side, Lucy; Walker, Lisa; Morrison, Patrick J.; Donaldson, Alan; Kennedy, John; Foo, Claire; Godwin, Andrew K.; Schmutzler, Rita Katharina; Wappenschmidt, Barbara; Rhiem, Kerstin; Engel, Christoph; Meindl, Alfons; Ditsch, Nina; Arnold, Norbert; Plendl, Hansjoerg; Niederacher, Dieter; Sutter, Christian; Wang-Gohrke, Shan; Steinemann, Doris; Preisler-Adams, Sabine; Kast, Karin; Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda; Gehrig, Andrea; Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique; Sinilnikova, Olga M.; Mazoyer, Sylvie; Damiola, Francesca; Poppe, Bruce; Claes, Kathleen; Piedmonte, Marion; Tucker, Kathy; Backes, Floor; Rodriguez, Gustavo; Brewster, Wendy; Wakeley, Katie; Rutherford, Thomas; Caldes, Trinidad; Nevanlinna, Heli; Aittomaki, Kristiina; Rookus, Matti A.; Van Os, Theo A.M.; Van der Kolk, Lizet; De Lange, J.L.; Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne E.J.; Van der Hout, A.H.; Van Asperen, Christi J.; Gomez Garcia, Encarna B.; Hoogerbrugge, Nicoline; Collee, J. Margriet; Van Deurzen, Carolien H.M.; Van der Luijt, Rob B.; Devilee, Peter; HEBON; Olah, Edith; Lazaro, Conxi; Teule, Alex; Menendez, Mireia; Jakubowska, Anna; Cybulsk, Cezary; Gronwald, Jacek; Lubinski, Jan; Durda, Katarzyna; Jaworska-Bieniek, Katarzyna; Johannsson, Oskar Th.; Maugard, Christine; Montagna, Marco; Tognazzo, Silvia; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Healey, Sue; Investigators, kConFab; Olswold, Curtis; Guidugli, Lucia; Lindor, Noralane; Slager, Susan; Szabo, Csilla I.; Vijai, Joseph; Robson, Mark; Kauff, Noah; Zhang, Liying; Rau-Murthy, Rohini; Fink-Retter, Anneliese; Singer, Christian F.; Rappaport, Christine; Geschwantler Kaulich, Daphne; Pfeiler, Georg; Tea, Muy-Kheng; Berger, Andreas; Phelan, Catherine M.; Greene, Mark H.; Mai, Phuong L.; Lejbkowicz, Flavio; Andrulis, Irene L.; Mulligan, Anna Marie; Glendon, Gord; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Bojesen, Anders; Pedersen, Inge Sokilde; Sunde, Lone; Thomassen, Mads; Kruse, Torben A.; Jensen, Uffe Birk; Friedman, Eitan; Laitman, Yael; Shimon, Shani Paluch; Simard, Jacques; Easton, Douglas F.; Offit, Kenneth; Couch, Fergus J.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Benitez, Javier (Public Library of Science, 2014-04)
    Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes involved in the DNA Base Excision Repair (BER) pathway could be associated with cancer risk in carriers of mutations in the high-penetrance susceptibility genes BRCA1 and ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 septosporum identified in Greece on Pinus brutia and Pinus nigra plantations 
    Tsopelas, Panaghiotis; Barnes, Irene; Soulioti, N.; Wingfield, Michael J. (American Phytopathological Society, 2013-09)
    No abstract available.
  • 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 sequence of a “Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris”-related strain (aster yellows, subgroup 16SrI-B) from South Africa 
    Coetzee, Beatrix; Douglas-Smit, Nicoleen; Maree, Hans J.; Burger, Johan T.; Pietersen, Gerhard; Kruger, Kerstin (American Society for Microbiology, 2019-04)
    Here, we report the draft genome sequence of a phytoplasma discovered in grapevine. The genome size is 600,116 nucleotides (nt), with 597 predicted open reading frames. It is most similar to a maize bushy stunt phytoplasma ...