Publications

May 2018

The lung microbiome in children with HIV-bronchiectasis: a cross-sectional pilot study

Masekela, Refiloe, Vosloo, Solize, Venter, Stephanus N., De Beer ZW et al.

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Data on the lung microbiome in HIV-infected children is limited. The current study sought to determine the lung microbiome in...

May 2018

Some outcomes of the Nomenclature Section of the XIXth International Botanical Congress

Klopper RR, De Beer ZW, Smith GF

Bothalia

Background: A Nomenclature Section meeting to amend the International Code of Nomenclaturefor algae, fungi and plants is held...

Apr 2018

(2592) Proposal to conserve Endoconidiophora fagacearum (Bretziella fagacearum, Ceratocystis fagacearum) against Chalara quercina (Thielaviopsis quercina) (Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes: Microascales)

De Beer, Z. Wilhelm, Marincowitz, Seonju, Duong, Tuan A., Wingfield, Michael J.

Taxon

Sep 2018

First Report of White Root Rot caused by Rosellinia necatrix on Persea americana in South Africa

van den Berg N, Hartley J, Engelbrecht J, Mufamadi Z et al.

Plant Disease

Avocados are an important fruit crop in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. In September 2016, rapidly declining trees...

May 2018

EuGI: a novel resource for studying genomic islands to facilitate horizontal gene transfer detection in eukaryotes

Clasen FJ, Pierneef RE, Slippers B, Reva O

BMC Genomics

<h4>Background</h4>Genomic islands (GIs) are inserts of foreign DNA that have potentially arisen through horizontal gene transfer...

Jan 2018

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

Nilsson HR, Taylor AFS, Adams RI, Baschien C et al.

MycoKeys

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

Nov 2017

Bacterial canker of cherry trees, Prunus avium, in South Africa

Otto M, Petersen, Y., Roux, J., Wright, J. et al.

European Journal of Plant Pathology

In the 1980’s the causal agents of bacterial canker of cherry trees in South Africa was reported to be Pseudomonas syringae pv....

2018

Some additional bionomic characters of Deladenus nitobei

Kanzaki N, Tanaka SE, Ito M, Tanaka K et al.

Nematology

Jan 2018

Alternaria alternata, the causal agent of leaf blight of sunflower in South Africa

Terry Aveling, Truter, M., Ramusi, T. M., Flett, B. et al.

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is an important oilseed crop in South Africa, and is grown in rotation with maize in some parts...