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  • Draft genome sequence of Microbacterium sp. Strain CH12i, isolated from shallow groundwater in Cape Hallett, Antarctica 
    Ferreras, Eloy R.; De Maayer, Pieter; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Guerrero, Leandro D.; Aislabie, Jackie M.; Cowan, Don A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2014-07)
    The Antarctic continent is largely covered by an expansive ice sheet, but it harbors diverse terrestrial and aquatic habitats in the coastal ice-free continental margins. Here we present the draft genome of Microbacterium ...
  • Draft genome sequence of the Antarctic polyextremophile Nesterenkonia sp. strain AN1 
    Aliyu, Habibu; De Maayer, Pieter; Rees, Jasper; Tuffin, Marla I.; Cowan, Don A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2014-03)
    Nesterenkonia sp. strain AN1 was isolated from Antarctic soil and is a polyextremophile, being tolerant of low temperatures, high salt concentrations, and high alkalinity. Here we report the draft genome sequence of this strain.
  • Draft genome sequence of the aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium Sphingobium sp. strain Ant17, isolated from Antarctic soil 
    Adriaenssens, Evelien M.; Guerrero, Leandro D.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Aislabie, Jackie M.; Cowan, Don A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2014-03)
    Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Sphingobium sp. strain Ant17, an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium that was isolated from Antarctic oil-contaminated soil. An analysis of this genome can lead to insights ...
  • Draft genome sequence of Thermoactinomyces sp. strain AS95 isolated from a Sebkha in Thamelaht, Algeria 
    Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; Gomri, Mohamed A.; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Van Goethem, Marc W.; Kharroub, Karima; Cowan, Don A.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter (Genomic Standards Consortium, 2016-09-09)
    The members of the genus Thermoactinomyces are known for their protein degradative capacities. Thermoactinomyces sp. strain AS95 is a Gram-positive filamentous bacterium, isolated from moderately saline water in the ...
  • Draft genome sequence of Williamsia sp. strain D3, isolated from the Darwin Mountains, Antarctica 
    Guerrero, Leandro D.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Aislabie, Jackie M.; Cowan, Don A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2014-01-23)
    Actinobacteria are the dominant taxa in Antarctic desert soils. Here, we describe the first draft genome of a member of the genus Williamsia (strain D3) isolated from Antarctic soil. The genome of this psychrotolerant ...
  • Draft genome sequences for Ceratocystis fagacearum, C. harringtonii, Grosmannia penicillata, and Huntiella bhutanensis 
    Wingfield, Brenda D.; Duong, Tuan A.; Hammerbacher, Almuth; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Wilson, Andrea M.; Chang, Runlei; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Naidoo, Kershney; Wingfield, Michael J. (International Mycological Association, 2016-11-29)
    Draft genomes for the fungi Ceratocystis fagacearum, C. harringtonii, Grosmannia penicillata, and Huntiella bhutanensis are presented. Ceratocystis fagacearum is a major causal agent of vascular wilt of oaks and other ...
  • Draft genome sequences of Ambrosiella cleistominuta, Cercospora brassicicola, C. citrullina, Physcia stellaris, and Teratosphaeria pseudoeucalypti 
    Wilken, Pieter Markus; Aylward, Janneke; Chand, Ramesh; Lane, Frances Alice; Sinha, Shagun; Ametrano, Claudio; Distefano, Isabel; Divakar, Pradeep K.; Duong, Tuan A.; Huhndorf, Sabine; Kharwar, Ravindra N.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten; Navathe, Sudhir; Pérez, Carlos A.; Ramírez-Berrutti, Nazaret; Sharma, Rohit; Sun, Yukun; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (BioMed Central, 2020)
    Draft genomes of the fungal species Ambrosiella cleistominuta, Cercospora brassicicola, C. citrullina, Physcia stellaris, and Teratosphaeria pseudoeucalypti are presented. Physcia stellaris is an important lichen forming ...
  • Draft genome sequences of Armillaria fuscipes, Ceratocystiopsis minuta, Ceratocystis adiposa, Endoconidiophora laricicola, E. polonica and Penicillium freii DAOMC 242723 
    Wingfield, Brenda D.; Ambler, Jon M.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Duong, Tuan A.; Joubert, Fourie; Hammerbacher, Almuth; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Naidoo, Kershney; Nguyen, Hai D.T.; Ponomareva, Ekaterina; Santana, Quentin S.; Seifert, Keith A.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Trollip, Conrad; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Visagie, Cobus M.; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Wingfield, Michael J.; Yilmaz, Neriman (International Mycological Association, 2016-06-21)
    The genomes of Armillaria fuscipes, Ceratocystiopsis minuta, Ceratocystis adiposa, Endoconidiophora laricicola, E. polonica, and Penicillium freii DAOMC 242723 are presented in this genome announcement. These six genomes ...
  • Draft genome sequences of Chrysoporthe austroafricana, Diplodia scrobiculata, Fusarium nygamai, Leptographium lundbergii, Limonomyces culmigenus, Stagonosporopsis tanaceti, and Thielaviopsis punctulata 
    Wingfield, Brenda D.; Ades, Peter K.; Al-Naemi, Fatima A.; Beirn, Lisa A.; Bihon, Wubetu; Crouch, Jo Anne; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; De Vos, Lieschen; Duong, Tuan A.; Fields, Christopher J.; Fourie, Gerda; Kanzi, Aquillah M.; Malapi-Wight, Martha; Pethybridge, Sarah J.; Radwan, Osman; Rendon, Gloria; Slippers, Bernard; Santana, Quentin C.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Taylor, Paul W.J.; Vaghefi, Niloofar; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Veltri, Daniel; Wingfield, Michael J. (International Mycological Association, 2015-06-22)
    The genomes of Chrysoporthe austroafricana, Diplodia scrobiculata, Fusarium nygami, Leptographium lundbergii, Limonomyces culmigenus, Stagonosporopsis tanaceti, and Thielaviopsis punctulata are presented in this genome ...
  • Draft genome sequences of Diplodia sapinea, Ceratocystis manginecans, and Ceratocystis moniliformis 
    Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Bihon, Wubetu; De Vos, Lieschen; Naidoo, Kershney; Roodt, Danielle; Rubagotti, Enrico; Slippers, Bernard; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Wilson, Andrea M.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (International Mycological Association, 2014-06-19)
    The draft nuclear genomes of Diplodia sapinea, Ceratocystis moniliformis s. str., and C. manginecans are presented. Diplodia sapinea is an important shoot-blight and canker pathogen of Pinus spp., C. moniliformis is a ...
  • Draft genome sequences of five Calonectria species from Eucalyptus plantations in China, Celoporthe dispersa, Sporothrix phasma and Alectoria sarmentosa 
    Liu, FeiFei; Chen, ShuaiFei; Ferreira, Maria A.; Chang, Runlei; Sayari, Mohammad; Kanzi, Aquillah M.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Pizarro, David; Crespo, Ana; Divakar, Pradeep K.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Duong, Tuan A. (BioMed Central, 2019-12)
    Draft genome sequences of five Calonectria species [including Calonectria aciculata, C. crousiana, C. fujianensis, C. honghensis and C. pseudoturangicola], Celoporthe dispersa, Sporothrix phasma and Alectoria sarmentosa ...
  • Draft genome sequences of Fusarium xylarioides, Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis and genome annotation for Ceratocystis fimbriata 
    Wingfield, Brenda D.; Fourie, Arista; Simpson, Melissa Claire; Bushula-Njah, Vuyiswa; Aylward, Janneke; Barnes, Irene; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Duong, Tuan A.; Geiser, David M.; Roets, Francois; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Van Heerden, Carel J.; Wingfield, Michael J. (International Mycological Association, 2019-09-13)
    Draft genomes of the fungal species Fusarium xylarioides, Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis are presented. In addition an annotation of the genome of Ceratocystis fimbriata is presented. Overall these genomes ...
  • Draft genome sequences of Geobacillus sp. Strains CAMR5420 and CAMR12739 
    De Maayer, Pieter; Williamson, Carolyn E.; Vennard, Christopher T.; Danson, Michael J.; Cowan, Don A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2014-05)
    Thermophilic Geobacillus spp. can efficiently hydrolyse hemicellulose polymers and are therefore of interest in biotechnological applications. Here we report the genomes of two hemicellulotyic strains, Geobacillus sp. ...
  • Draft genome sequences of Pantoea agglomerans and Pantoea vagans isolates associated with termites 
    Palmer, Marike; De Maayer, Pieter; Poulsen, Michael; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Van Zyl, Elritha; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (BioMed Central, 2016-03-01)
    The genus Pantoea incorporates many economically and clinically important species. The plant-associated species, Pantoea agglomerans and Pantoea vagans, are closely related and are often isolated from similar environmen ...
  • Draft genome sequences of the onion center rot Pathogen Pantoea ananatis PA4 and maize brown stalk rot Pathogen P. ananatis BD442 
    Weller-Stuart, Tania; Chan, Wai Yin; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Smits, Theo H.M.; Duffy, Brion; Goszczynska, Teresa; Cowan, Don A.; De Maayer, Pieter (American Society for Microbiology, 2014-07-07)
    Pantoea ananatis is an emerging phytopathogen that infects a broad spectrum of plant hosts. Here, we present the genomes of two South African isolates, P. ananatis PA4, which causes center rot of onion, and BD442, isolated ...
  • Draft genome sequences of three identified rhizobacteria associated with maize rhizosphere 
    Notununu, Iviwe; Van Wyk, Deidre Alima Bregene; Alayande, Kazeem Adekunle; Roopnarain, Ashira; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo; Adelekea, Rasheed Adegbola (American Society for Microbiology, 2022-01-13)
    In this study, we sequenced the entire genomes of three identified rhizobacterial strains associated with maize plantation. Genome annotation of the sequenced data revealed several putative growth-promoting proteins ...
  • Draft genomes of Amanita jacksonii, Ceratocystis albifundus, Fusarium circinatum, Huntiella omanensis, Leptographium procerum, Rutstroemia sydowiana, and Sclerotinia echinophila 
    Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Beirn, Lisa A.; Crouch, Jo Anne; Demers, Jill E.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; De Vos, Lieschen; Gordon, Thomas R. (Tom); Moncalvo, Jean-Marc; Naidoo, Kershney; Sanchez-Ramirez, Santiago; Roodt, Danielle; Santana, Quentin C.; Slinski, Stephanie; Stata, Matt; Taerum, Stephen J.; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Wilson, Andrea M.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (International Mycological Association, 2014-12-16)
    The genomes of fungi provide an important resource to resolve issues pertaining to their taxonomy, biology, and evolution. The genomes of Amanita jacksonii, Ceratocystis albifundus, a Fusarium circinatum variant, Huntiella ...
  • The draft genomes of five agriculturally important African orphan crops 
    Chang, Yue; Liu, Huan; Liu, Min; Liao, Xuezhu; Sahu, Sunil Kumar; Fu, Yuan; Song, Bo; Cheng, Shifeng; Kariba, Robert; Muthemba, Samuel; Hendre, Prasad S.; Mayes, Sean; Ho, Wai Kuan; Yssel, A.E.J. (Anna); Kendabie, Presidor; Wang, Sibo; Li, Linzhou; Muchugi, Alice; Jamnadass, Ramni; Lu, Haorong; Peng, Shufeng; Van Deynze, Allen; Simons, Anthony; Yana-Shapiro, Howard; Van de Peer, Yves; Xu, Xun; Yang, Huanming; Wang, Jian; Liu, Xin (Oxford University Press, 2019)
    BACKGROUND : The expanding world population is expected to double the worldwide demand for food by 2050. Eighty-eight percent of countries currently face a serious burden of malnutrition, especially in Africa and south ...
  • Draft genomes of two artocarpus plants, jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and breadfruit (A. altilis) 
    Sahu, Sunil Kumar; Liu, Min; Yssel, A.E.J. (Anna); Kariba, Robert; Muthemba, Samuel; Jiang, Sanjie; Song, Bo; Hendre, Prasad S.; Muchugi, Alice; Jamnadass, Ramni; Kao, Shu-Min; Featherston, Jonathan; Zerega, Nyree J. C.; Xu, Xun; Yang, Huanming; Van Deynze, Allen; Van de Peer, Yves; Liu, Xin; Liu, Huan (MDPI, 2020)
    Two of the most economically important plants in the Artocarpus genus are jackfruit (A. heterophyllus Lam.) and breadfruit (A. altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg). Both species are long-lived trees that have been cultivated for ...
  • Draft genomic DNA sequence of the multi-resistant Sphingomonas sp. strain AntH11 isolated from an Antarctic hypolith 
    Gunnigle, Eoin; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Guerrero, Leandro D.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Cowan, Don A. (Oxford University Press, 2015-04)
    Hypoliths are microbially colonized translucent rocks that represent a key refuge niche in extreme arid environments such as the Antarctic Dry Valleys. These cryptic microbial assemblages are crucial as they mediate ...