Journal
IMA FUNGUS
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 135-140Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.01.13
Keywords
Diplodia pinea; Endophyte; Dothideomycetes; mango wilt; Ceratocystis fimbriata
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- University of Pretoria
- Department of Science and Technology (DST)/National Research Foundation (NRF) Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology
- Genomics Research Institute (University of Pretoria)
- Claude Leon Foundation, South Africa
- Improving Academic Qualifications (IAQ) NRF
- National Research Foundation of South Africa [83924]
- NRF
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The draft nuclear genomes of Diplodia sapinea, Ceratocystis moniliformis s. str., and C. manginecans are presented. Diplodia sapinea is an important shoot-blight and canker pathogen of Pinus spp., C. moniliformis is a saprobe associated with wounds on a wide range of woody angiosperms and C. manginecans is a serious wilt pathogen of mango and Acacia mangium. The genome size of D. sapinea is estimated at 36.97 Mb and contains 13 020 predicted genes. Ceratocystis moniliformis includes 25.43 Mb and is predicted to encode at least 6 832 genes. This is smaller than that reported for the mango wilt pathogen C. manginecans which is 31.71 Mb and is predicted to encode at least 7 494 genes. The latter is thus more similar to C. fimbriata s. str., the type species of the genus. The genome sequences presented here provide an important resource to resolve issues pertaining to the taxonomy, biology and evolution of these fungi.
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