Publications

Jun 2020

Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria

Murray AE, Freudenstein J, Gribaldo S, Hatzenpichler R et al.

Nature Microbiology

AbstractThe assembly of single-amplified genomes (SAGs) and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) has led to a surge in...

Jan 2020

Ceratocystis wilt on Eucalyptus: first record from South Africa

Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Fourie A, Noeth K et al.

Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science

Mar 2020

Evaluating methods to detect and monitor North American larval parasitoids of the emerald ash borer (Coleoptera; Buprestidae)

Gaudon JM, Lyons DB, Jones GC, Allison JD et al.

The Canadian Entomologist

AbstractPopulations of native North American parasitoids attacking Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) species have recently...

Feb 2020

Impact of intercept trap type on plume structure: a potential mechanism for differential performance of intercept trap designs for Monochamus species.

Bouwer MC, MacQuarrie CJK, Aguirre-Gil OJ, Slippers B et al.

Journal of Pest Science

Jun 2020

Bark beetle mycobiome: collaboratively defined research priorities on a widespread insect-fungus symbiosis

Hulcr J, Barnes I, De Beer ZW, Duong TA et al.

Symbiosis

AbstractOne of the main threats to forests in the Anthropocene are novel or altered interactions among trees, insects and fungi....

Jun 2020

Ceratocystis quercicola sp. nov. from Quercus variabilis in Korea

Sung-Eun Cho, Dong-Hyeon Lee, Wingfield MJ, Marincowitz S

Mycobiology

During a survey of putative fungal pathogens infecting oak trees in the Gangwon Province of the Republic of Korea, a fungus...

Jun 2020

CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing in the Filamentous Ascomycete Huntiella omanensis

Wilson AM, Wingfield BD

Journal of Visualized Experiments

The CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing system is a molecular tool that can be used to introduce precise changes into the genomes of model...

May 2020

A Genome-Wide Association Study for resistance to the insect pest Leptocybe invasa in Eucalyptus grandis reveals genomic regions and positional candidate defence genes

Mhoswa L, O'Neill M, Makobatjatji MM, Oates CN et al.

Plant & Cell Physiology

Abstract The galling insect, Leptocybe invasa, causes significant losses in plantations of various Eucalyptus species and...

Mar 2020

Gene cluster activation in a bacterial symbiont leads to halogenated angucyclic maduralactomycins and spirocyclic actinospirols

Guo H, Schwitalla JW, Benndorf R, Baunach M et al.

Organic Letters

Growth from spores activated a biosynthetic gene cluster in <i>Actinomadura</i> sp. RB29, resulting in the identification of two...