Publications

Mar 2022

Fungal Communities of Eucalyptus grandis Leaves Are Influenced by the Insect Pest Leptocybe invasa

Messal M, Vivas M, Kemler M, Begerow D et al.

Frontiers in Microbiology

Fungal communities in above-ground tree tissues are hyperdiverse and are influenced by biotic interactions with other organisms...

Mar 2022

Molecular basis of cycloheximide resistance in the Ophiostomatales revealed

Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Duong TA

Current Genetics

Resistance to the antibiotic Cycloheximide has been reported for a number of fungal taxa. In particular, some yeasts are known to...

Mar 2022

Generic boundaries in the Ophiostomatales reconsidered and revised

De Beer ZW, Procter M, Wingfield MJ, Marincowitz S et al.

Studies in Mycology

The Ophiostomatales was erected in 1980. Since that time, several of the genera have been redefined and others have been...

Mar 2022

Botryosphaeriaceae diversity on Eucalyptus clones in different climate zones of Indonesia

Jami F, Marincowitz S, Durán A, Slippers B et al.

Forest Pathology

Abstract The Botryosphaeriaceae is an important and diverse family of latent fungal pathogens of woody plants, including...

Mar 2022

Remnants of horizontal transfers of Wolbachia genes in a Wolbachia‑free woodwasp

Queffelec J, Postma A, Allison JD, Slippers B

BMC Ecology and Evolution

Abstract Background Wolbachia is a bacterial endosymbiont of many arthropod and nematode species. Due to its capacity to alter...

Jun 2022

Novel mating-type-associated genes and gene fragments in the genomes of Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae fungi

Aylward J, Havenga M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ et al.

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

The mating-type (MAT1) locus encodes transcription factors essential for the onset of the sexual cycle in ascomycete fungi. This...

Mar 2022

A review of viruses infecting Yam (Dioscorea spp.)

Luo G-F, Podolyan A, Kidanemariam D, Pilotti C et al.

Viruses

Yam is an important food staple for millions of people globally, particularly those in the developing countries of West Africa...

May 2022

Delineation of Paraburkholderia tuberum sensu stricto and description of Paraburkholderia podalyriae sp. nov. nodulating the South African legume Podalyria calyptrata

Mavima L, Beukes CW, Palmer M, De Meyer SE et al.

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Since the discovery of Paraburkholderia tuberum, an indigenous South African species and one of the first beta-rhizobia...

Jan 2022

A serious shoot and leaf disease caused by Colletotrichum theobromicola discovered on eucalypts in South Africa

Solís M, Wingfield MJ, Greyling I, Pham NQ

Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science