Publications

2018

Sex: birds do it, bees do it - and fungi do it too. Here’s how, and why it matters

The Conversation

Mar 2018

Field survey, isolation, identification and pathogenicity of Phytophthora species associated with a Mediterranean-type tree species

Croeser L, Paap T, Calver MC, Andrew ME et al.

Forest Pathology

SummaryCorymbia calophylla (marri), a keystone tree species in the global biodiversity hot spot of southwestern Australia, is...

Mar 2018

Transcriptome profiling reveals the EanI/R quorum sensing regulon in Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665T

Siphathele Sibanda, Stanford Kwenda, Collins K. Tanui, Divine Shyntum et al.

Genes

Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665T synthesizes and utilizes acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) for signalling. The complete set of genes...

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...

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...