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Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM): Recent submissions

  • Structure and number of mating pheromone genes is closely linked to sexual reproductive strategy in Huntiella 
    Wilson, A.M. (Andi); Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (BMC, 2023-05-13)
    BACKGROUND : Huntiella resides in the Ceratocystidaceae, a family of fungi that accommodates important plant pathogens and insect-associated saprotrophs. Species in the genus have either heterothallic or unisexual (a form ...
  • In silico secretome analyses of the polyphagous root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica : a resource for studying M. javanica secreted protein 
    Macharia, Teresia N.; Duong, Tuan A.; Moleleki, Lucy N. (BMC, 2023-06)
    BACKGROUND: Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) that cause most damage include root-knot nematodes (RKNs) which are a major impediment to crop production. Root-knot nematodes, like other parasites, secrete proteins which are ...
  • Susceptibility of white grubs from forestry and sugarcane plantations in South Africa to entomopathogenic nematodes 
    Katumanyane, Agil; Slippers, Bernard; Wondafrash, Mesfin; Malan, Antoinette P.; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Springer, 2023-04)
    The control of white grub (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) pests of sugarcane and forest plantations is difficult due to their cryptic nature and resistance to chemicals. This study evaluated the potential use of entomopathogenic ...
  • Epidemic spread of smut fungi (Quambalaria) by sexual reproduction in a native pathosystem 
    McTaggart, Alistair R.; Drenth, Andre; Wingfield, Michael J.; O'Dwyer, Cecilia; Shuey, Louise S.; Pegg, Geoff S. (Springer, 2022-06)
    Quambalaria are fungal pathogens of Corymbia, Eucalyptus and related genera of Myrtaceae. They are smut fungi (Ustilaginomycota) described from structures that resemble conidia and conidiophores. Whether these spore forms ...
  • Anthropogenic disturbances and the dmergence of native diseases : a threat to forest health 
    Burgess, Treena, I.; Oliva, Jonas; Sapsford, Sarah J.; Sakalidis, Monique L.; Balocchi, Felipe; Paap, Trudy (Springer, 2022-06)
    PURPOSE OF REVIEW : Human-caused global change is fundamentally altering natural forest ecosystems. More trees are exhibiting a wide range of symptoms indicative of poor vigour, particularly stressed species at the edge ...
  • Polygenic risk modeling for prediction of epithelial ovarian cancer risk 
    Dareng, Eileen O.; Tyrer, Jonathan P.; Barnes, Daniel R.; Jones, Michelle R.; Yang, Xin; Aben, Katja K.H.; Adank, Muriel A.; Agata, Simona; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Antonenkova, Natalia N.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Arun, Banu K.; Augustinsson, Annelie; Balmana, Judith; Bandera, Elisa V.; Barkardottir, Rosa B.; Barrowdale, Daniel; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia; Benitez, Javier; Bermisheva, Marina; Bernardini, Marcus Q.; Bjorge, Line; Black, Amanda; Bogdanova, Natalia V.; Bonanni, Bernardo; Borg, Ake; Brenton, James D.; Budzilowska, Agnieszka; Butzow, Ralf; Buys, Saundra S.; Cai, Hui; Caligo, Maria A.; Campbell, Ian; Cannioto, Rikki; Cassingham, Hayley; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Chanock, Stephen J.; Chen, Kexin; Chiew, Yoke-Eng; Claes, Kathleen B.M.; Colonna, Sarah; GEMO Study Collaborators; GC-HBOC Study Collaborators; EMBRACE Collaborators; Cook, Linda S.; Couch, Fergus J.; Daly, Mary B.; Dao, Fanny; Davies, Eleanor; De la Hoya, Miguel; De Putter, Robin; Dennis, Joe; DePersia, Allison; Devilee, Peter; Diez, Orland; Ding, Yuan Chun; Doherty, Jennifer A.; Domchek, Susan M.; Dork, Thilo; Du Bois, Andreas; Durst, Matthias; Eccles, Diana M.; Eliassen, Heather A.; Engel, Christoph; Evans, Gareth D.; Fasching, Peter A.; Flanagan, James M.; Fortner, Renee T.; Machackova, Eva; Friedman, Eitan; Ganz, Patricia A.; Garber, Judy; Gensini, Francesca; Giles, Graham G.; Glendon, Gord; Godwin, Andrew K.; Goodman, Marc T.; Greene, Mark H.; Gronwald, Jacek; OPAL Study Group; AOCS Group; Hahnen, Eric; Haiman, Christopher A.; Hakansson, Niclas; Hamann, Ute; Hansen, Thomas V.O.; Harris, Holly R.; Hartman, Mikael; Heitz, Florian; Hildebrandt, Michelle A.T.; Hogdall, Estrid; Hogdall, Claus K.; Hopper, John L.; Huang, Ruea-Yea; Huff, Chad; Hulick, Peter J.; Huntsman, David G.; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; KConFab Investigators; HEBON Investigators; Isaacs, Claudine; James, Paul A.; Janavicius, Ramunas; Jensen, Allan; Johannsson, Oskar Th.; John, Esther M.; Jones, Michael E.; Kang, Daehee; Karlan, Beth Y.; Karnezis, Anthony; Kelemen, Linda E.; Khusnutdinova, Elza; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Kim, Byoung-Gie; Kjaer, Susanne K.; Komenaka, Ian; Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta; Kurian, Allison W.; Kwong, Ava; Lambrechts, Diether; Larson, Melissa C.; Lazaro, Conxi; Le, Nhu D.; Leslie, Goska; Lester, Jenny; Lesueur, Fabienne; Levine, Douglas A.; Li, Lian; Li, Jingmei; Loud, Jennifer T.; Lu, Karen H.; Lubinski, Jan; Mai, Phuong L.; Manoukian, Siranoush; Marks, Jeffrey R.; Matsuno, Rayna Kim; Matsuo, Keitaro; May, Taymaa; McGuffog, Lesley; McLaughlin, John R.; McNeish, Iain A.; Mebirouk, Noura; Menon, Usha; Miller, Austin; Milne, Roger L.; Minlikeeva, Albina; Modugno, Francesmary; Montagna, Marco; Moysich, Kirsten B.; Munro, Elizabeth; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Yuen Yie, Joanne Ngeow; Nielsen, Henriette Roed; Nielsen, Finn C.; Nikitina-Zake, Liene; Odunsi, Kunle; Offit, Kenneth; Olah, Edith; Olbrecht, Siel; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Olson, Sara H.; Olsson, Hakan; Osorio, Ana; Papi, Laura; Park, Sue K.; Parsons, Michael T.; Pathak, Harsha; Pedersen, Inge Sokilde; Peixoto, Ana; Pejovic, Tanja; Perez-Segura, Pedro; Permuth, Jennifer B.; Peshkin, Beth; Peterlongo, Paolo; Piskorz, Anna; Prokofyeva, Darya; Radice, Paolo; Rantala, Johanna; Riggan, Marjorie J.; Risch, Harvey A.; Rodriguez-Antona, Cristina; Ross, Eric; Rossing, Mary Anne; Runnebaum, Ingo; Sandler, Dale P.; Santamarina, Marta; Soucy, Penny; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Setiawan, V. Wendy; Shan, Kang; Sieh, Weiva; Simard, Jacques; Singer, Christian F.; Sokolenko, Anna P.; Song, Honglin; Southey, Melissa C.; Steed, Helen; Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique; Sutphen, Rebecca; Swerdlow, Anthony J.; Tan, Yen Yen; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Teo, Soo Hwang; Terry, Kathryn L.; Terry, Mary Beth; The OCAC Consortium; The CIMBA Consortium; Thomassen, Mads; Thompson, Pamela J.; Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim; Thull, Darcy L.; Tischkowitz, Marc; Titus, Linda; Toland, Amanda E.; Torres, Diana; Trabert, Britton; Travis, Ruth; Tung, Nadine; Tworoger, Shelley S.; Valen, Ellen; Van Altena, Anne M.; Van der Hout, Annemieke H.; Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els; Janse van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Vega, Ana; Edwards, Digna Velez; Wang, Frances; Wappenschmidt, Barbara; Webb, Penelope M.; Weinberg, Clarice R.; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Wentzensen, Nicolas; White, Emily; Whittemore, Alice S.; Winham, Stacey J.; Wolk, Alicja; Woo, Yin-Ling; Wu, Anna H.; Li, Yan; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Zavaglia, Katia M.; Zheng, Wei; Ziogas, Argyrios; Zorn, Kristin K.; Kleibl, Zdenek; Easton, Douglas; Lawrenson, Kate; DeFazio, Anna; Sellers, Thomas A.; Ramus, Susan J.; Pearce, Celeste L.; Monteiro, Alvaro N.; Cunningham, Julie; Goode, Ellen L.; Schildkraut, Joellen M.; Berchuck, Andrew; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Gayther, Simon A.; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Pharoah, Paul D.P. (Springer Nature, 2022-03)
    Polygenic risk scores (PRS) for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) have the potential to improve risk stratification. Joint estimation of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) effects in models could improve predictive ...
  • Fungal planet description sheets : 1383–1435 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Boers, J.; Holdom, D.; Osieck, E.R.; Steinrucken, T.V.; Tan, Y.P.; Vitelli, J.S.; Shivas, R.G.; Barrett, M.; Boxshall, A.-G.; Broadbridge, J.; Larsson, E.; Lebel, T.; Pinruan, U.; Sommai, S.; Alvarado, P.; Bonito, G.; Decock, C.A.; De la Pena-Lastra, S.; Delgado, G.; Houbraken, J.; Macia-Vicente, J.G.; Raja, H.A.; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A.; Rodríguez, A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Adams, S.J.; Akulov, A.; AL-Hidmi, T.; Antonín, V.; Arauzo, S.; Arenas, F.; Armada, F.; Aylward, Janneke; Bellanger, J.-M.; Berraf-Tebbal, A.; Bidaud, A.; Boccardo, F.; Cabero, J.; Calledda, F.; Corriol, G.; Crane, J.L.; Dearnaley, J.D.W.; Dima, B.; Dovana, F.; Eichmeier, A.; Esteve-Raventos, F.; Fine, M.; Ganzert, L.; García, D.; Torres-Garcia, D.; Gene, J.; Gutierrez, A.; Iglesias, P.; Istel, L.; Jangsantear, P.; Jansen, G.M.; Jeppson, M.; Karun, N.C.; Karich, A.; Khamsuntorn, P.; Kokkonen, K.; Kolarík, M.; Kubatova, A.; Labuda, R.; Lagashetti, A.C.; Lifshitz, N.; Linde, C.; Loizides, M.; Luangsa-ard, J.J.; Lueangjaroenkit, P.; Mahadevakumar, S.; Mahamedi, A.E.; Malloch, D.W.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Mateos, A.; Moreau, P.-A.; Miller, A.N.; Molia, A.; Morte, A.; Navarro-Rodenas, A.; Nebesarova, J.; Nigrone, E.; Nuthan, B.R.; Oberlies, N.H.; Pepori, A.L.; Rama, T.; Rapley, D.; Reschke, K.; Robicheau, B.M.; Roets, F.; Roux, J.; Saavedra, M.; Sakolrak, B.; Santini, A.; Sevcíkova, H.; Singh, P.N.; Singh, S.K.; Somrithipol, S.; Spetik, M.; Sridhar, K.R.; Starink-Willemse, M.; Taylor, V.A.; Van Iperen, A.L.; Vauras, V.; Walker, A.K.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Yarden, O.; Cooke, A.W.; Manners, A.G.; Pegg, K.G.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2022-07-02)
    Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia, Agaricus albofoetidus, Agaricus aureoelephanti and Agaricus parviumbrus on soil, Fusarium ramsdenii from stem cankers ...
  • Characterization of hybridization events between three closely related species of Ceratocystis 
    Kramer, Daniella (University of Pretoria, 2023)
    Hybridization stands out as a pivotal driver of evolution and genome adaptation, making it an important concept to study. Understanding the likelihood of hybridization in plant pathogens holds critical significance, as it ...
  • Epidemiological interface of sylvatic and dog rabies in the North West Province of South Africa 
    Malan, Ayla Janina-Bertha; Coetzer, Andre; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Nel, Louis Hendrik (MDPI, 2022-06-05)
    Rabies is a viral zoonosis that causes an estimated 59,000 preventable human fatalities every year. While more than 120 countries remain endemic for dog-mediated rabies, the burden is the highest in Africa and Asia where ...
  • Taxonomy of Aspergillus series Versicolores : species reduction and lessons learned about intraspecific variability 
    Sklenar, F.; Glassnerova, K.; Jurjevic, Z.; Houbraken, J.; Samson, R.A.; Visagie, Cobus M.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Gene, J.; Cano, J.; Chen, A.J.; Novakova, A.; Yaguchi, T.; Kolarik, M.; Hubka, V. (Elsevier, 2022-06)
    Aspergillus series Versicolores members occur in a wide range of environments and substrates such as indoor environments, food, clinical materials, soil, caves, marine or hypersaline ecosystems. The taxonomy of the series ...
  • Reducing the number of accepted species in Aspergillus series Nigri 
    Bian, C.; Kusuya, Y.; Sklenar, F.; D'hooge, E.; Yaguchi, T.; Ban, S.; Visagie, Cobus M.; Houbraken, J.; Takahashi, H.; Hubka, V. (Elsevier, 2022-06)
    The Aspergillus series Nigri contains biotechnologically and medically important species. They can produce hazardous mycotoxins, which is relevant due to the frequent occurrence of these species on foodstuffs and in the ...
  • A monograph of Aspergillus section Candidi 
    Glassnerova, K.; Sklenar, F.; Jurjevic, Z.; Houbraken, J.; Yaguchi, T.; Visagie, Cobus M.; Gene, J.; Siqueira, J.P.Z.; Kubatova, A.; Kolarik, M.; Hubka, V. (Elsevier, 2022-06)
    Aspergillus section Candidi encompasses white- or yellow-sporulating species mostly isolated from indoor and cave environments, food, feed, clinical material, soil and dung. Their identification is non-trivial due to ...
  • The conceptual approach to the use of postbiotics based on bacterial membrane nanovesicles for prophylaxis of astronauts' health disorders 
    Orlovska, I.; Podolich, O.; Kukharenko, O.; Zubova, G.; Reva, Oleg N.; Di Cesare, A.; Goes-Neto, A.; Azevedo, V.; Barh, D.; De Vera, J.-P.; Kozyrovska, N. (Publishing House “Akademperiodyka” of the NAS of Ukraine, 2022)
    The functional fermented foods containing live microorganisms and their components are necessary for the normal functioning of the human body as normal gut microbiota needs fuel from external microbial organisms and their ...
  • Fungal viruses unveiled : a comprehensive review of my coviruses 
    Hough, Bianca; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Read, David Alan (MDPI, 2023-05)
    Mycoviruses (viruses of fungi) are ubiquitous throughout the fungal kingdom and are currently classified into 23 viral families and the genus botybirnavirus by the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). ...
  • Prevalence of free-living acanthamoeba and its associated bacteria in energy-efficient hot water systems in South Africa 
    Moodley, S.J.; Muchesa, P.; Bartie, C.; Barnard, T.G.; Clarke, R.; Masenge, Andries; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (South African Water Research Commission, 2023-02)
    As part of the Eskom rebate programme, energy-efficient hot water systems such as solar water heaters (low pressure), heat pumps and energy-efficient showerheads were rolled out to the public as a measure to conserve and ...
  • Towards an understanding of the enzymatic degradation of complex plant mannan structures 
    Mafa, Mpho Stephen; Malgas, Samkelo (Springer, 2023-09)
    Plant cell walls are composed of a heterogeneous mixture of polysaccharides that require several different enzymes to degrade. These enzymes are important for a variety of biotechnological processes, from biofuel production ...
  • Evolutionary divergence of duplicated genomes in newly described allotetraploid cottons 
    Peng, Renhai; Xu, Yanchao; Tian, Shilin; Unver, Turgay; Liu, Zhen; Zhou, Zhongli; Cai, Xiaoyan; Wang, Kunbo; Wei, Yangyang; Liu, Yuling; Wang, Heng; Hu, Guanjing; Zhang, Zhongren; Grover, Corrinne E.; Hou, Yuqing; Wang, Yuhong; Li, Pengtao; Wang, Tao; Lu, Quanwe; Wang, Yuanyuan; Ghazal, Hassan; Zhang, Baohong; Van Montagu, Marc; Van de Peer, Yves; Wendel, Jonathan F.; Liu, Fang (National Academy of Sciences, 2022-09-19)
    Allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium) species represents a model system for the study of plant polyploidy, molecular evolution, and domestication. Here, chromosome-scale genome sequences were obtained and assembled for two ...
  • Blast from the past : a study of decades-old fungal cultures resolves a long-standing tree disease mystery 
    Wingfield, Michael J.; Pham, N.Q.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wilson, A.M. (Andi) (Springer, 2024-05)
    A root disease in plantations of Pinus radiata and Pinus pinaster, where trees died in distinct patches, was present in the Western Cape province of South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s. Phytophthora cinnamomi was ...
  • Bradyrhizobium xenonodulans sp. nov. isolated from nodules of Australian Acacia species invasive to South Africa 
    Claassens, Ricu; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Beukes, Chrizelle W.; Stepkowski, Tomasz; Chan, Wai Yin; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2023-09)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • The antimethanogenic potentials of plant extracts : their yields and phytochemical compositions as affected by extractive solvents 
    Ibrahim, Taofik Adam; Hassen, Abubeker; Apostolides, Zeno (MDPI, 2022-11-29)
    Plant phytochemicals are an important area of study in ruminant nutrition, primarily due to their antimethanogenic potentials. Plant extract yields, their bioactive compounds and antimethanogenic properties are largely ...