Publications

Feb 2022

Diversity of endophytes in the Botryosphaeriaceae differs on Anacardiaceae in disturbed and undisturbed ecosystems in South Africa

Ramabulana E, Kunjeku E, Slippers B, Coetzee MPA

Forests

Botryosphaeriaceae represents a diverse family of fungi with a cosmopolitan distribution and a wide host range. We studied...

Jan 2022

Lifespan prolonging mechanisms and insulin upregulation without fat accumulation in long-lived reproductives of a higher termite

Seite S, Harrison MC, Sillam-Dusses D, Lupoli R et al.

Communications Biology

Kings and queens of eusocial termites can live for decades, while queens sustain a nearly maximal fertility. To investigate the...

Jan 2022

Rhizosphere diazotrophs and other bacteria associated with native and encroaching legumes in the succulent Karoo Biome in South Africa

Muema EK, Steenkamp ET, Venter SN

MDPI-Microorganisms

Total and diazotrophic bacteria were assessed in the rhizosphere soils of native and encroaching legumes growing in the Succulent...

May 2022

Fungal diversity associated with the mycorrhizosphere soil of Brachycorythis conica subsp. transvaalensis, a critically endangered and endemic terrestrial orchid from South Africa

Makwela MC, Hammerbacher A, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD et al.

South African Journal of Botany

Jan 2022

A detection assay to identify alternative food sources of the two-spotted stink bug, Bathycoelia distincta

Fourie A, Venter SN, Slippers B, Fourie G

Journal of Economic Entomology

Abstract The two-spotted stink bug, Bathycoelia distincta Distant (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a serious pest in South African...

Jun 2022

Melanodevriesia, a new genus of endolichenic oleaginous black yeast recovered from the Inner Mongolia Region of China

Chang R-L, Cao W, Wang Y, Li S et al.

Fungal Systematics and Evolution

Black yeasts are a phylogenetically diverse group of ascomycetous fungi that may exist in both unicellular and mycelial morphs....

Dec 2021

Fungal Planet description sheets: 1284-1382

Crous, P.W., Osieck, E.R.; Jurjević, Ž.; Boers, J.; van Iperen, A.L.; Starink-Willemse, M.; Dima, B.; Balashov, S.; Bulgakov, T.S.; Johnston, P.R.; Morozova, O.V.; Pinruan, U.; Sommai, S.; Alvarado, P.; Decock, C.A.; Lebel, T.; McMullan-Fisher, S.; Moreno, G.; S, Shivas, R.G.; Zhao, L.; Abdollahzadeh, J.; Abrinbana, M.; Ageev, D.V.; Akhmetova, G.; Alexandrova, A.V.; Altés, A.; Amaral, A.G.G.; Angelini, C.; Antonín, V.; Arenas, F.; Asselman, P.; Badali, F.; Baghela, A., Bañares, A.; Barreto, R.W.; Baseia, I.G.; Bellanger, J.-M.; Berraf-Tebbal, A.; Biketova, A.Yu.; Bukharova, N.V. et al.

Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Antartica, Cladosporium...

Jan 2022

Diversity of Fusarium species associated with healthy and malformed Syzygium cordatum inflorescences in South Africa.

Mkandawire RI, Yilmaz N, Steenkamp ET, Kvas M et al.

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Syzygium cordatum (Myrtacease) is one of the most common encountered and widely distributed tree species indigenous to South...

Jan 2022

The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits

Guignard, Quentin, Allison, Jeremy D., Slippers, Bernard

Visual opsins are expressed in the compound eyes and ocelli of insects and enable light detection. Three distinct phylogenetic...