Prof Martin Coetzee

About

As a biologist with a background in microbiology and biochemistry, it is difficult for me to pinpoint precisely what my interests are. However, over the years I have discovered that some research areas interest me more than others. Such areas include the mechanisms involved in the evolution of organisms, the dynamics of speciation and the phylobiogeography of taxa. More recently, I have developed an interest in the application of machine learning as a tool in to assist us in our research. I am therefore involved in research projects of diverse nature, all motivated by “the pleasure of finding things out”*.

My current research projects and activities can be grouped under the following headings:

Taxonomy and phylogeny of Ganoderma species from Africa,Phylogeography and evolution of Armillaria species,Genomics and genome evolution of plant pathogenic fungi and bacteria, andMachine learning and Artificial Intelligence: With a focus on their application in biological research.

*From: “The best short works of Richard P. Feynman. The pleasure of finding things out”.

Highlights

Phylogenetic Workshops

I am responsible for developing, coordinating and presenting advanced phylogenetics workshops. These workshops focus on theoretical and applied aspects of methods used in inferring phylogenetic relationships amongst organisms. The workshops was initiated after the realisation that most researchers have limited experience in the practical application of evolutionary models and tree building algorithms as well as the execution of computer software used for the analyses. My major objective with the workshops is to provide "hands on" experience in the use of databases and the range of software currently available for evolutionary biologists and systematicists.

Teaching

My Publications

Book Chapters (4)

Mavima L, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Palmer M (2022) Mixta.

Avontuur JR, Palmer M, Coetzee MPA, Steenkamp ET (2022) Tatumella.

Roux J, Coetzee MPA (2016) Armillaria Root Rot of Theobroma cacao. Cacao Diseases: A History of Old Enemies and New Encounters.

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (1998) Identification of the causal agent of Armillaria root rot in South African forest plantations. Root and butt rots of forest trees. 9th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots, Carcans-Maubuisson (France), 1–7 September 1997: Paris: INRA (Les Colloques no. 89).

Journal Articles (90)

Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BJ, Groenewald M, Pohl C, Wingfield MJ (2026) The genetic blueprint of Cyclohexamide resistance: Analysis of 816 yeast species. Research Square. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9313202/v1

Nickles GR, Stokes CK, Narh DL, Lynn KMT, Fuqua SR, Bryan C, Allen BM, Bivins CP, Bok JW, Brewer JS, Buthelezi ST, Clark JPRM, Coon KL, Corby LR, Coetzee MPA, Dewing C, Duong TA, Harris MA, Keller NP, Kopotsa K, Lane FA, Nichols HL, Nieuwoudt A, Nuñez MA, Medina Munoz ME, Park SC, Pham NQ, Ryan KT, Solís M, Vilgalys R, Wallace JM, Wang YW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Worley TK, Zallek TA, Zamanian M, Hoeksma JD, Drott M, Pringle A (2026) Equipped for success: Genomes and metabolites of the European Amanita muscaria are conserved in its novel South African range. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.71064

Postma A, Klynsmith L, Duong TA, Allison JD, Smidt W, Waterhouse RM, Lesny P, Oeyen JP, Petersen M, Martin S, Liu S, Zhou X, Ziesmann T, Donath A, Mayer C, Misof B, Niehuis O, Peters RS, Podsiadlowski L, Coetzee MPA, Joubert F, Slippers B (2026) Genome and transcriptome-based identification and expression profiling of chemosensory gene families across developmental stages and tissues in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Insect Molecular Biology. doi: 10.1111/imb.70029

Thomas C, Wilken PM, Coetzee MPA, Visagie CM (2025) Advancing the taxonomy of Sclerotinia (Helotiales, Sclerotiniaceae): a review and recommendations for an important plant-pathogenic genus. IMA Fungus. 17. doi: 10.3897/imafungus.17.175737

Mavima L, Steenkamp ET, Beukes CW, Palmer M, De Meyer SE, James EK, Venter SN, Coetzee MPA (2025) Estimated timeline for the evolution of symbiotic nitrogen fixing Paraburkholderia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 213. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108447

Cortina-Escribano M, Veteli P, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Vanhanen H, Linnakoski R (2024) Phylogenetic analysis and morphological characteristics of lactate Ganoderma specimens in Finland. Mycologia. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2024.2381424

Wilson AM, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2023) Needles in fungal haystacks: Discovery of a putative a-factor pheromone and a unique mating strategy in the Leotiomycetes. PLOS One. 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292619

Narh Mensah DL , Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA (2023) A practical approach to genome assembly and annotation of Basidiomycota using the example of Armillaria. BioTechniques. doi: 10.2144/btn-2023-0023

Avontuur JR, Wilken PM, Palmer M, Coetzee MPA, Stępkowski T, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET (2023) Complex evolutionary history of photosynthesis in Bradyrhizobium. Microbial Genomics. 9. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001105

Molina L, Rajchenberg M, de Errasti A, Vogel B, Coetzee MPA, Aime MC, Pildain MB (2022) Sapwood mycobiome varies across host, plant compartment and environments in Nothofagus forests from Northern Patagonia. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.16771

Mavima L, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Palmer M. (2022) Mixta. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. doi: 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm02012

Wingfield, Brenda D., Berger, Dave K., Coetzee, Martin P. A., Duong, Tuan A., Martin, Anke, Pham, Nam Q., van den Berg, Noelani, Wilken, P. Markus, Arun-Chinnappa, Kiruba Shankari, Barnes, Irene, Buthelezi, Sikelela, Dahanayaka, Buddhika Amarasinghe, Durán, Alvaro, Engelbrecht, Juanita, Feurtey, Alice, Fourie, Arista, Fourie, Gerda, Hartley, Jesse, Kabwe, Eugene N. K., Maphosa, Mkhululi, Narh Mensah, Deborah L., Nsibo, David L., Potgieter, Lizel, Poudel, Barsha, Stukenbrock, Eva H., Thomas, Chanel, Vaghefi, Niloofar, Welgemoed, Tanya, Wingfield, Michael J. (2022) IMA genome‑F17 Draft genome sequences of an Armillaria species from Zimbabwe, Ceratocystis colombiana, Elsinoë necatrix, Rosellinia necatrix, two genomes of Sclerotinia minor, short‑read genome assemblies and annotations of four Pyrenophora teres isolates from barley grass, and a long-read genome assembly of Cercospora zeina. 13. doi: 10.1186/s43008-022-00104-3

Narh Mensah, DL, Wingfield, BD, Coetzee MPA (2022) Nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene clusters and characteristics of predicted NRPS-dependent siderophore synthetases in Armillaria and other species in the Physalacriaceae. Current Genetics. doi: 10.1007/s00294-022-01256-w

Soal, Nicole C, Coetzee, Martin P A, van der Nest, Magriet A, Hammerbacher, Almuth, Wingfield, Brenda D (2022) Phenolic degradation by catechol dioxygenases is associated with pathogenic fungi with a necrotrophic lifestyle in the Ceratocystidaceae. G3. 12. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac008

Makwela MC, Hammerbacher A, Vivas M, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, van Ede G, Bose T (2022) Uncovering the mycorrhizal community of two Habenaria orchids in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2022.02.020

Ramabulana E, Kunjeku E, Slippers B, Coetzee MPA (2022) Diversity of endophytes in the Botryosphaeriaceae differs on Anacardiaceae in disturbed and undisturbed ecosystems in South Africa. Forests. 13. doi: 10.3390/f13020341

Makwela MC, Hammerbacher A, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, van Ede G, Bose T (2022) Fungal diversity associated with the mycorrhizosphere soil of Brachycorythis conica subsp. transvaalensis, a critically endangered and endemic terrestrial orchid from South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 00. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2022.01.019

Avontuur JR, Palmer M, Beukes CW, Wai YC, Tasiya T, van Zyl E, Coetzee MPA, Stepkowski T, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET (2022) Bradyrhizobium altum sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium oropedii sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium acaciae sp. nov. from South Africa show locally restricted and pantropical nodA phylogeographic patterns. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 167. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107338

Phasha MM, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Coetzee MPA, Hammerbacher A, Steenkamp ET (2021) Deciphering the effect of FUB1 disruption on fusaric acid production and pathogenicity in Fusarium circinatum. Fungal Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2021.07.002

Linnakoski, Riikka, Sutela, Suvi, Coetzee, Martin P. A., Duong, Tuan A., Pavlov, Igor N., Litovka, Yulia A., Hantula, Jarkko, Wingfield, Brenda D., Vainio, Eeva J. (2021) Armillaria root rot fungi host single-stranded RNA viruses. 11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86343-7

Phasha, M.M., Wingfield, M.J., Wingfield, B.D., Coetzee, M.P.A., Hallen-Adams, H., Fru, F., Swalarsk-Parry, B.S., Yilmaz, N., Duong, T.A., Steenkamp, E.T. (2021) Ras2 is important for growth and pathogenicity in Fusarium circinatum. 150. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2021.103541

Coetzee MPA, Santana QC, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2020) Fungal genomes enhance our understanding of the pathogens affecting trees cultivated in Southern Hemisphere plantations. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science. 82. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2020.1819153

Thcotet Tchoumi JM, Coetzee MPA, Roux J (2020) Poroid Hymenochaetaceae associated with trees showing wood-rot symptoms in the Garden Route National Park of South Africa. Mycologia. 112. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2020.1753160

Abdollahzadeh, J., Groenewald, J.Z., Coetzee, M.P.A., Wingfield, M.J., Crous, P.W. (2020) Evolution of lifestyles in Capnodiales. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.02.004

Wingfield BD, Fourie A, Simpson MC, Bushula-Njah VS, Aylward J, Barnes I, Coetzee MPA, Dreyer LL, Duong TA, Geiser DM, Roets F, Steenkamp ET, van der Nest MA, van Heerden CJ, Wingfield MJ (2019) Draft genome sequences of Fusarium xylarioides, Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis and genome annotation for Ceratocystis fimbriata. IMA Fungus. 10. doi: 10.1186/s43008-019-0013-7

Tchotet Tchoumi JM, Coetzee MPA, Rajchenberg M, Roux J (2019) Taxonomy and species diversity of Ganoderma species in the Garden Route National Park of South Africa inferred from morphology and multilocus phylogenies. Mycologia. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2019.1635387

Avontuur JR, Palmer M, Beukes CW, Chan WY, Coetzee MPA, Blom J, Stępkowski T, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Shapiro N, Whitman WB, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET (2019) Genome-informed Bradyrhizobium taxonomy: where to from here?. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2019.03.006

Palmer M, Venter SN, McTaggart AR, Coetzee MPA, Van Wyk S, Avontuur JR, Beukes CW, Fourie G, Santana QC, Van der Nest MA, Blom J, Steenkamp ET (2019) The synergistic effect of concatenation in phylogenomics: the case in Pantoea. PeerJ. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6698

Palmer M, Venter SN, Coetzee MPA, Steenkamp ET (2019) Prokaryotic species are sui generis evolutionary units. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 42. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2018.10.002

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2018) Armillaria root-rot pathogens: Species boundaries and global distribution. Pathogens. 7. doi: 10.3390/pathogens7040083

Coetzee MPA, Musasira NY, Roux J, Roets F, van der Merwe NA, Wingfield MJ (2018) Armillaria root rot spreading into a natural woody ecosystem in South Africa. Plant Pathology. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12804

Wingfield BD, Liu M, Nguyen HDT, Lane FA, Morgan SW, De Vos L, Wilken PM, Doung TA, Aylward J, Coetzee MPA, Dadej K, De Beer ZW, Findlay W, Havenga M, Kolarik M, Menzies JG, Naidoo K, Pochopski O, Shoukouhi P, Santana QC, Seifert KA, Soal NA, Steenkamp ET, Tatham CT, Van der Nest MA, Wingfield MJ (2018) Nine draft genome sequences of Claviceps purpurea s.lat., including C. arundinis, C. humidiphila, and C. cf. spartinae, pseudomolecules for the pitch canker pathogen Fusarium circinatum, draft genome of Davidsoniella eucalypti, Grosmannia galeiformis, Quambalaria eucalypti, and Teratosphaeria destructans. IMA Fungus. 9. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.02.10

Simpson MC, Martin Coetzee, Magriet van der Nest, Mike Wingfield, Brenda Wingfield (2018) Ceratocystidaceae exhibit high levels of recombination at the mating-type (MAT) locus. Fungal Biology. 122. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2018.09.003

Tchotet Tchoumi JM, Coetzee MPA, Rajchenberg, M., Wingfield, M. J., Roux, J. (2018) Three Ganoderma species, including Ganoderma dunense sp. nov., associated with dying Acacia cyclops trees in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology. 47. doi: 10.1007/s13313-018-0575-7

Viljoen E, Odeny DA, Coetzee MPA, Berger DK, Rees DJG (2018) Application of Chloroplast Phylogenomics to Resolve Species Relationships Within the Plant Genus Amaranthus. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 86. doi: 10.1007/s00239-018-9837-9

Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Avontuur JR, Chan WY, Van Zyl E, Blom J, Venter SN (2018) Mixta gen. nov., a new genus in the Erwiniaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002540

Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Blom J, Venter SN (2018) Genome-based characterization of biological processes that differentiate closely related bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00113

Vivas M, Crous CJ, Dames JF, van der Linde JA, Coetzee MPA, Roux J (2018) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi persist in dying Euphorbia ingens trees. South African Journal of Botany. 115. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.12.009

Liversage J, Coetzee MPA, Bluhm BH, Berger DK, Crampton BG (2018) LOVe across kingdoms: Blue light perception vital for growth and development in plant–fungal interactions. Fungal Biology Reviews. 32. doi: 10.1016/j.fbr.2017.11.003

Denman, Sandra, Barrett, Glyn, Kirk, Susan A., McDonald, James E., Coetzee, Martin P.A. (2017) Identification of Armillaria species on declined oak in Britain: implications for oak health. Forestry. 90. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpw054

Tchotet Tchoumi JM, Vivas M, Coetzee MPA, Rajchenberg M, Roux J (2017) Wood-rotting Basidiomycetes associated with declining native trees in the Garden Route National Park (GRNP) of South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.01.183

Nardini L, Hunt RH, Dahan-Moss YL, Christie N, Christian RN, Coetzee M, Koekemoer LL (2017) Malaria vectors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the mechanisms that confer insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus. Malaria Journal. 16. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-2099-y

Phasha MM, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Santana QC, Fourie G, Steenkamp ET (2017) Architecture and distribution of introns in core genes of four Fusarium species. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 7. doi: 10.1534/g3.117.300344

Tchotet Tchoumi JM, Coetzee MPA, Vivas M, Rajchenberg M, Roux J (2017) Wood-rotting basidiomycetes associated with declining native trees in timber-harvesting compartments of the Garden Route National Park of South Africa. Austral Ecology. 42. doi: 10.1111/aec.12524

Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Chan W-Y, Van Zyl E, De Maayer P, Coutinho TA, Blom J, Smits THM, Duffy B, Venter SN (2017) Phylogenomic resolution of the bacterial genus Pantoea and its relationship with Erwinia and Tatumella. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 110. doi: 10.1007/s10482-017-0852-4

Govinden-Soulange J, Lobine D, Frederich M, Kodj H, Coetzee MPA, Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya VM (2016) Metabolomic and molecular signatures of Mascarene Aloes using a multidisciplinary approach. South African Journal of Botany. 108. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2016.10.002

Wingfield BD, Ambler JM, Coetzee MPA, De Beer ZW, Duong TA, Joubert F, Hammerbacher A, McTaggart AR, Naidoo K, Nguyen HDT, Ponomareva E, Santana QS, Seifert KA, Steenkamp ET, Trollip C, Van der Nest MA, Visagie CM, Wilken PM, Wingfield MJ, Yilmaz N (2016) IMA Genome-F 6: Draft genome sequences of Armillaria fuscipes, Ceratocystiopsis minuta, Ceratocystis adiposa, Endoconidiophora laricicola, E. polonica and Penicillium freii DAOMC 242723. IMA Fungus. 7. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.01.11

Greyling I, Wingfield MJ, Coetzee MP, Marincowitz S, Roux J (2016) The Eucalyptus shoot and leaf pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans recorded in South Africa. Southern Forests. 78. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2015.1136504

De Errasti A, De Beer ZW, Coetzee MPA, Roux J, Rajchenberg M, Wingfield MJ (2016) Three new species of Ophiostomatales from Nothofagus in Patagonia. Mycological Progress. 15. doi: 10.1007/s11557-016-1158-z

Santana QC, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET (2016) Nursery linked plantation‐outbreaks and evidence for multiple introductions of the pitch canker pathogen Fusarium circinatum into South Africa. Plant Pathology. 65. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12437

Coetzee MPA, Marincowitz S, Muthelo VG, Wingfield MJ (2015) Ganoderma species, including new taxa associated with root rot of the iconic Jacaranda mimosifolia in Pretoria, South Africa. IMA Fungus. 6. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.01.16

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Zhao J, van Coller SJ, Wingfield MJ (2015) Phylogenetic relationships among biological species of Armillaria from China. Mycoscience. 56. doi: 10.1016/j.myc.2015.05.001

van der Nest MA, Wingfield MJ, Wilken PM, Coetzee MPA, Naidoo K, Roodt D, Sauerman E, Godlonton T, Trollip C, McTaggart AR, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD (2015) Saprophytic and pathogenic fungi in the Ceratocystidaceae differ in their ability to metabolize plant-derived sucrose. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0550-7

Marincowitz S, Coetzee MPA, Wilken PM, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2015) Phylogenetic placement of Itajahya: An unusual Jacaranda fungal associate. IMA Fungus. 6. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.02.01

De Errasti A, De Beer ZW, Rajchenberg M, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield MJ, Roux J (2015) Huntiella decorticans sp. nov. (Ceratocystidaceae) associated with dying Nothofagus in Patagonia. Mycologia. 107. doi: 10.3852/14-175

Vélez ML, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield MJ, Rajchenberg M, Greslebin AG (2014) Evidence of low levels of genetic diversity for the Phytophthora austrocedrae population in Patagonia, Argentina. Plant Pathology. 63. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12067

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Schumacher RK, Summerell BA, Giraldo A, Gené J, Guarro J, Wanasinghe DN, Hyde KD, Camporesi E, Gareth Jones EB, Thambugala KM, Malysheva EF, Malysheva VF, Acharya K, Álvarez J, Alvarado P, Assefa A, Barnes CW, Bartlety JS, Blanchette RA, Burgess TI, Carlavilla JR, Coetzee MPA, Damm U, Decock CA, Den Breeÿen A, De Vries B, Dutta AK, Holdom DG, Rooney-Latham S, Manjón JL, Marincowitz S, et al. (2014) Fungal Planet description sheets: 281–319. Persoonia. 33. doi: 10.3767/003158514X685680

Simpson MC, Wilken PM, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2013) Analysis of microsatellite markers in the genome of the plant pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata. Fungal Biology. 117. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.06.004

Naidoo K, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2013) Concerted Evolution in the Ribosomal RNA Cistron. PLoS ONE. 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059355

Kinge TR, Mih AM, Coetzee MPA (2012) Phylogenetic relationships among species of Ganoderma (Ganodermataceae, Basidiomycota) from Cameroon. Australian Journal of Botany. 60. doi: 10.1071/bt12011

Nardini L, Christian RN, Coetzer N, Ranson H, Coetzee M, Koekemoer LL (2012) Detoxification enzymes associated with insecticide resistance in laboratory strains of Anopheles arabiensis of different geographic origin. Parasites & Vectors. 5.

Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET, Santana QC, Coetzee MPA, Bam S, Barnes I, Beukes CW, Chane W-Y, de Vos L, Fourie G, Friend M, Gordon TR, Herron DA, Holt C, Korf I, Kvas M, Martin SH, Mlonyeni XO, Naidoo K, Phasha MM, Postma A, Reva O, Roos H, Simpson M, Slinski S, Slippers B, Sutherland R, van der Merwe NA, van der Nest MA, Venter SNV, Wilken PM, Yandell M, Zipfel R, Wingfield MJ (2012) First fungal genome sequence from Africa: a preliminary analysis. South African Journal of Science. 108. doi: 10.4102/sajs.v108i1/2.537

Baumgartner K., Coetzee MPA, Hoffmeister D (2011) Secrets of the subterranean pathosystem of Armillaria. Molecular Plant Pathology. 12. doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00693.x

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Golani GD, Tjahjono B, Gafur A, Wingfield MJ (2011) A single dominant Ganoderma species is responsible for root rot of Acacia mangium and Eucalyptus in Sumatra. Southern Forests. 73. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2011.639488

Coetzee MPA, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2011) Paleogene radiation of a plant pathogenic mushroom. PLoS ONE. 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028545

Christian RN, Strode C, Ranson H, Coetzer N, Coetzee M, Koekemoer LL (2011) Microarray analysis of a pyrethroid resistant African malaria vector, Anopheles funestus, from southern Africa. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 99.

Pildain MB, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Rajchenberg M (2010) Taxonomy of Armillaria in the Patagonian forests of Argentina. Mycologia. 102. doi: 10.3852/09-105

Wingfield MJ, Coetzee MPA, Crous PW, Six D, Wingfield BD (2010) Fungal phoenix rising from the ashes?. IMA Fungus. 1.

Van Zuydam NR, Paciura D, Jacobs K, Wingfield MJ, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD (2010) Barcoding and microcoding using “identiprimers” with Leptographium species. Mycologia. 102. doi: 10.3852/09-291

Coetzee MPA, Maphosa L, Wingfield BD, Mwenje E, Wingfield MJ (2009) Characterisation of Armillaria species based on pectic isozyme analyses. Fungal Diversity. 36.

Pildain MB, Coetzee MPA, Rajchenberg M, Petersen RH, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2009) Molecular phylogeny of Armillaria from the Patagonian Andes. Mycological Progress. 8. doi: 10.1007/s11557-009-0590-8

Wingfield BD, Maphosa L, Coetzee MPA, Mwenje E, Wingfield MJ (2009) Characterisation of Zimbabwean Armillaria using IGS-1 sequences and AFLP analysis. Fungal Diversity. 34.

Santana QC, Coetzee MPA, Steenkamp ET, Mlonyeni OX, Hammond GNA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2009) Microsatellite discovery by deep sequencing of enriched genomic libraries. BioTechniques. 46. doi: 10.2144/000113085

Keyser M, Witthuhn RC, Lamprecht C., Coetzee MPA, Britz TJ (2006) PCR-based DGGE fingerprinting and identification of methanogens detected in three different types of UASB granules. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 29. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.06.003

Mwenje E, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Nemato H, Wingfield MJ (2006) Armillaria species on tea in Kenya identified using isozyme and DNA sequence comparisons. Plant Pathology. 55. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01347.x

Maphosa L, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Mwenje E, Wingfield MJ (2006) Phylogenetic relationships among Armillaria species inferred from partial elongation factor 1-alpha DNA sequence data. Australasian Plant Pathology. 35. doi: 10.1071/AP06056

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Kirisits T, Chhetri DB, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ (2005) Identification of Armillaria isolates from Bhutan based on DNA sequence comparisons. Plant Pathology. 54. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2004.01110.x

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ (2005) Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences reveal species partitions amongst isolates of Armillaria from Africa. Mycological Research. 109. doi: 10.1017/S095375620500393X

Roux J, Coetzee MPA (2005) First report of pink disease on native trees in South Africa and phylogenetic placement of Erythricium salmonicolor in the homobasidiomycetes. Plant Disease. 89. doi: 10.1094/pd-89-1158

Gezahgne A, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Roux J (2004) Identification of the Armillaria root rot pathogen in Ethiopian plantations. Forest Pathology. 34. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2004.00352.x

Jacobs A, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Jacobs K, Wingfield MJ (2003) Phylogenetic relationships among Phialocephala species and other ascomycetes. Mycologia. 95.

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Roux J, Crous PW, Denman S, Wingfield MJ (2003) Discovery of two northern hemisphere Armillaria species on Proteaceae in South Africa. Plant Pathology. 52. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2003.00879.x

Jacobs A, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Jacobs K, Wingfield MJ (2003) Phylogenetic relationships among Phialocephala species and other ascomycetes. Mycologia. 95.

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Bloomer P, Ridley GS, Wingfield MJ (2003) Molecular identification and phylogeny of Armillaria isolates from South America and Indo-Malaysia. Mycologia. 95.

Mwenje E, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield MJ (2003) Molecular characterisation of Armillaria species from Zimbabwe. Mycological Research. 107. doi: 10.1017/S0953756203007408

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Bloomer P, Ridley GS, Kile GA, Wingfield MJ (2001) Phylogenetic relationships of Australian and New Zealand Armillaria species. Mycologia. 93.

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Harrington TC, Steimel J, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2001) The root rot fungus Armillaria mellea introduced into South Africa by early Dutch settlers. Molecular Ecology. 10. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01187.x

Barnes I, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD (2001) Characterization of Seiridium spp. associated with cypress canker based on β-tubulin and histone sequences. Plant Disease. 85.

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Harrington TC, Dalevi D, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2000) Geographical diversity of Armillaria mellea s. s. based on phylogenetic analysis. Mycologia. 92.

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2000) Identification of the causal agent of Armillaria root rot of Pinus species in South Africa. Mycologia. 92.

Prof Martin Coetzee

Prof Martin Coetzee

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Armillaria strain and sequence database

Estimated timeline for the evolution of symbiotic nitrogen fixing Paraburkholderia.

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Journal Articles (90)

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