Publications

Jul 2019

Trinickia dabaoshanensis sp. nov., a new name for a lost species

Estrada-de los Santos P, Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Maluk M et al.

Archives in Microbiology

"Burkholderia dabaoshanensis" was described in 2012. Although the name was effectively published, it could not be validly...

May 2019

Mechanisms that influence sex ratio variation in the invasive hymenopteran Sirex noctilio in South Africa

Queffelec J, Wooding AL, Greef JM, Garnas JR et al.

Ecology and Evolution

Sirex noctilio is an economically important invasive pest of commercial pine forestry in the Southern Hemisphere. Newly...

Oct 2019

QTL mapping of mycelial growth and aggressiveness to distinct hosts in Ceratocystis pathogens

Fourie A, van der Nest MA, De Vos L, Wingfield MJ et al.

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Some species of Ceratocystis display strong host specificity, such as C. fimbriata sensu stricto that is restricted to sweet...

2019

Loss of wood formation genes in monocot genomes

Roodt D, Li Z, Van de Peer Y, Mizrachi E

Genome Biology and Evolution

Jun 2019

Biodiversity of Lecanosticta pine-needle blight pathogens suggests a Mesoamerican Centre of origin

van der Nest A, Wingfield MJ, Ortiz PC, Barnes I

IMA Fungus

<i>Lecanosticta acicola</i> causes the disease known as brown spot needle blight (BSNB), on <i>Pinus</i> species. The pathogen is...

Jun 2019

Both alpha- and beta-rhizobia occupy the root nodules of Vachellia karroo in South Africa

Beukes CW, Boshoff FS, Phalane FL, Hassen AI et al.

<i>Vachellia karroo</i> (formerly <i>Acacia karroo</i>) is a wide-spread legume species indigenous to southern Africa. Little is...

Sep 2019

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Ceratocystis albifundus

Sayari M, van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Adegeye OO et al.

Microbiological Research

Functional association between genomic loci and specific biological traits remains lacking in many fungi, including the African...

Apr 2019

Distribution and evolution of nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene clusters in the Ceratocystidaceae

Sayari M, van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Soal NC et al.

Genes

In filamentous fungi, genes in secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways are generally clustered. In the case of those pathways...

2019

Minimal standards for the description of new genera and species of rhizobia and agrobacteria

de Lajudie P, Andrews M, Ardley J, Eardly B et al.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology