Publications

Mar 2018

Pheromone expression reveals putative mechanism of unisexuality in a saprobic ascomycete fungus

Wilson, AM, van der Nest, MA, Wilken, PM, Wingfield, MJ et al.

PLOS One

Homothallism (self-fertility) describes a wide variety of sexual strategies that enable a fungus to reproduce in the absence of a...

Apr 2018

Mixta gen. nov., a new genus in the Erwiniaceae

Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Avontuur JR et al.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

The Erwiniaceae contain many species of agricultural and clinical importance. Although relationships among most of the genera in...

Jan 2018

Taxonomic annotation of public ITS sequences from the built environment - a report from an April 10-11, 2017 worksop (Aberdeen, UK)

MycoKeys

Recent DNA-based studies have shown that the built environment is surprisingly rich in fungi. These indoor fungi - whether...

2018

A tiny beetle and its deadly fungus is threatening South Africa’s trees

De Beer ZW

The Conversation

Feb 2018

Multiple independent origins for a subtelomeric locus associated with growth rate in Fusarium circinatum

Van Wyk S, Wingfield BD, De Vos L, Santana QC et al.

IMA Fungus

<i>Fusarium</i> is a diverse assemblage that includes a large number of species of considerable medical and agricultural...

Feb 2018

Mitochondrial introgression and interspecies recombination in the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex

Fourie G, van der Merwe NA, Wingfield BD, Bogale M et al.

IMA Fungus

The <i>Fusarium fujikuroi</i> species complex (FFSC) is an economically important monophyletic lineage in the genus...

2018

Diversity of entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria in South African plantations and indigenous forests

Abate BA, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Malan AP et al.

Nematology

Summary The occurrence and diversity of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) and their symbiotic bacteria was evaluated in commercial...

Feb 2018

Callose and β-1,3-glucanase inhibit Phytophthora cinnamomi in a resistant avocado rootstock

van den Berg N, Christie JB, Engelbrecht J, Aveling TAS

Plant Pathology

Phytophthora root rot ( PRR ) of avocado, caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi , is a significant threat to sustainable production...

Feb 2018

Genome-based characterization of biological processes that differentiate closely related bacteria

Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Blom J et al.

Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacteriologists have strived toward attaining a natural classification system based on evolutionary relationships for nearly 100...