Publications
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Jun 2022
Melanodevriesia, a new genus of endolichenic oleaginous black yeast recovered from the Inner Mongolia Region of China
Chang R-L, Cao W, Wang Y, Li S et al.
Fungal Systematics and Evolution
Black yeasts are a phylogenetically diverse group of ascomycetous fungi that may exist in both unicellular and mycelial morphs....
Jan 2022
Diversity of Fusarium species associated with healthy and malformed Syzygium cordatum inflorescences in South Africa.
Mkandawire RI, Yilmaz N, Steenkamp ET, Kvas M et al.
European Journal of Plant Pathology
Syzygium cordatum (Myrtacease) is one of the most common encountered and widely distributed tree species indigenous to South...
Jan 2022
The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits
Guignard, Quentin, Allison, Jeremy D., Slippers, Bernard
BMC ecology and evolution
Visual opsins are expressed in the compound eyes and ocelli of insects and enable light detection. Three distinct phylogenetic...
Jan 2022
Genomic characterization of grapevine viruses N and O: novel vitiviruses from South Africa
David A. Read, Genevieve D. Thompson, Nathan Le Cordeur, Dirk Swanevelder et al.
Archives of Virology
A survey was performed on a Vitis cultivar collection in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Metaviromes were generated for each...
Jul 2022
Comparison of the infection biology of Teratosphaeria destructans and Teratosphaeria epicoccoides on Eucalyptus
Solís M, Wingfield MJ, Hammerbacher A, Naidoo S
Plant Disease
Leaf blight caused by Teratosphaeria destructans is one of the most important diseases of Eucalyptus planted in the subtropics...
Nov 2021
A high-quality fungal genome assembly resolved from a sample accidentally contaminated by multiple taxa
Aylward J, Wingfield MJ, Roets F, Wingfield BD
BioTechniques
Contamination in sequenced genomes is a relatively common problem and several methods to remove non-target sequences have been...
Feb 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
Avontuur JR, Palmer M, Beukes CW, Wai YC et al.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Africa is known for its rich legume diversity with a significant number of endemic species originating in South Africa. Many of...
Nov 2021
The relevance of studying insect–nematode interactions for human disease
Swart Z, Duong T, Wingfield BD, Postma A et al.
Pathogens and Global Health
Vertebrate-parasitic nematodes cause debilitating, chronic infections in millions of people worldwide. The burden of these...
Nov 2021
Biological traits of wild-caught populations of Aedes aegypti in dengue endemic and nonendemic regions of Kenya
Wanjiku, Caroline, Tchouassi, David P., Sole, Catherine L., Pirk, Christian W. W. et al.
JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY
Melanodevriesia, a new genus of endolichenic oleaginous black yeast recovered from the Inner Mongolia Region of China
Run Lei Chang, Cao W, Wang Y, Li S, Li X, Tanay Bose et al. · Fungal Systematics and Evolution, Jun 2022 · DOI
Diversity of Fusarium species associated with healthy and malformed Syzygium cordatum inflorescences in South Africa.
Rachel Mkandawire, Neriman Yilmaz, Emma Steenkamp, Kvas M, Mike Wingfield, Gerda Fourie · European Journal of Plant Pathology, Jan 2022 · DOI
The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits
Quentin Guignard, Jeremy Allison, Bernard Slippers · BMC ecology and evolution, Jan 2022 · DOI
Genomic characterization of grapevine viruses N and O: novel vitiviruses from South Africa
David Read, Genevieve D. Thompson, Nathan Le Cordeur, Dirk Swanevelder, Gerhard Pietersen · Archives of Virology, Jan 2022 · DOI
Comparison of the infection biology of Teratosphaeria destructans and Teratosphaeria epicoccoides on Eucalyptus
Myriam Solis, Mike Wingfield, Almuth Hammerbacher, Sanushka Naidoo · Plant Disease, Jul 2022 · DOI
A high-quality fungal genome assembly resolved from a sample accidentally contaminated by multiple taxa
Janneke Aylward, Mike Wingfield, Roets F, Brenda Wingfield · BioTechniques, Nov 2021 · DOI
Bradyrhizobium altum sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium oropedii sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium acaciae sp. nov. from South Africa show locally restricted and pantropical nodA phylogeographic patterns
Juanita Avontuur, Marike Palmer, Chrizelle Krynauw (née Beukes), Annie Chan, Taponeswa Tasiya, Elritha van Zyl et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Feb 2022 · DOI
The relevance of studying insect–nematode interactions for human disease
Zorada Swart, Tuan Duong, Brenda Wingfield, Alisa Postma, Bernard Slippers · Pathogens and Global Health, Nov 2021 · DOI
Biological traits of wild-caught populations of Aedes aegypti in dengue endemic and nonendemic regions of Kenya
Wanjiku, Caroline, Tchouassi, David P., Sole, Catherine L., Pirk, Christian W. W., Torto, Baldwyn · JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY, Nov 2021 · DOI