Draft genome sequences for Ceratocystis fagacearum, C. harringtonii, Grosmannia penicillata, and Huntiella bhutanensis

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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

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International Mycological Association

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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 trees in the family Fagaceae. Ceratocystis harringtonii, previously known as C. populicola, causes disease in Populus species in the USA and Canada. Grosmannia penicillata is the causal agent of bluestain of sapwood on various conifers, including Picea spp. and Pinus spp. in Europe. Huntiella bhutanensis is a fungus in Ceratocystidaceae and known only in association with the bark beetle Ips schmutzenhorferi that infests Picea spinulosa in Bhutan. The availability of these genomes will facilitate further studies on these fungi.

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Bluestain fungi, Entomogenous fungi, Ips, Populus, Tree diseases, Vascular wilt

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Wingfield, BD, Duong, TA, Hammerbacher, A, Van der Nest, MA, Wilson, A, Chang, R, De Beer, W, Steenkamp, ET, Wilken, PM, Naidoo, K & Wingfield, MJ 2016, 'Draft genome sequences for Ceratocystis fagacearum, C. harringtonii, Grosmannia penicillata, and Huntiella bhutanensis', IMA Fungus, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 317-323.