Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} Champagne corks popped on 14 June when the TPCP research team in FABI celebrated the first, first-author publication of a degree, by seven postgraduate students in the group. Publishing a research paper in an ISI rated journal marks an important milestone in the professional and academic career of any student and deserves a celebration. The group of seven FABIans included six PhD students, Birhan Abate , Chrizelle Beukes , Mesfin Gossa , Aquillah Kanzi , Mkhululi Maposa and Marike Palmer , as well as MSc student Samantha Bush . We congratulate these students on their achievements and for building on one of the foundations on which FABI is built: high quality research and publication output. The seven papers are listed below: Abate BA , Malan AP, Tiedt LR, Wingfield MJ , Slippers B , Hurley BP . (2016) Steinernema fabii n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa . Nematology 18 (2):235-255. 10.1163/15685411-00002956 Bush SJ , Slippers B , Neser S , Harney M, Dittrich-Schroder G . (2016) Six recently recorded Australian insects associated with Eucalyptus in South Africa. African Entomology (in press) 10.4001/003.024.0000 Beukes CW , Stepkowski T, Venter SN , Clapa T, Phalane FL, le Roux MM, Steenkamp ET . (2016) Crotalarieae and Genisteae of the South African Great Escarpment are nodulated by novel Bradyrhizobium species with unique and diverse symbiotic loci . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100 :206-218. 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.011 Kanzi AM , Wingfield BD , Steenkamp ET , Naidoo S , Van der Merwe NA . (2016) Intron derived size polymorphism in the mitochondrial genomes of closely related Chrysoporthe species . PLOS ONE 11 (6):e0156104. 10.1371/journal.pone.0156104 Maphosa MN , Steenkamp ET , Wingfield BD . (2016) Genome-based selection and characterization of Fusarium circinatum -specific sequences . G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics 6 (3):631-639. 10.1534/g3.115.025817 Palmer M , De Maayer P, Poulsen M, Steenkamp ET , Van Zyl E , Coutinho TA , Venter SN . (2016) Draft genome sequences of Pantoea agglomerans and Pantoea vagans isolates associated with termites . Standards in Genomic Sciences 11 (23) 10.1186/s40793-016-0144-z Wondafrash M , Slippers B , Garnas J , Roux G, Foit J, Langor DW, Hurley BP . (2016) Identification and genetic diversity of two invasive Pissodes spp. Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in their introduced range in the southern hemisphere . Biological Invasions 10.1007/s10530-016-1159-5