Draft genome sequences for Ceratocystis fagacearum, C. harringtonii, Grosmannia penicillata, and Huntiella bhutanensis

Brenda Wingfield; Tuan Duong; Almuth Hammerbacher; Magnet Van Der Nest; Andi Wilson; Runlei Chang; Z. Wilhelm De Beer; Emma Steenkamp; P. Wilken; Kershney Naidoo; Michael Wingfield

doi:10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.11

Melissa C. Simpson, Martin P.A. Coetzee, Magriet A. van der Nest, Michael J. Wingfield, Brenda D. Wingfield (2018)
Ceratocystidaceae exhibit high levels of recombination at the mating-type (MAT) locus. Fungal Biology 122: 1184.

DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2018.09.003

Andi M. Wilson, Michael J. Wingfield, Brenda D. Wingfield (2023)
Structure and number of mating pheromone genes is closely linked to sexual reproductive strategy in Huntiella. BMC Genomics 24: .

DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09355-9

W.J. Nel, T.A. Duong, M.J. Wingfield, B.D. Wingfield, A. Hammerbacher, Z.W. de Beer (2018)
Heterothallism revealed in the root rot fungi Berkeleyomyces basicola and B. rouxiae. Fungal Biology 122: 1031.

DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2018.08.006

Abdullah Zubaer, Alvan Wai, Georg Hausner (2018)
The mitochondrial genome of Endoconidiophora resinifera is intron rich. Scientific Reports 8: .

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35926-y

Brenda D. Wingfield, Arista Fourie, Melissa C. Simpson, Vuyiswa S. Bushula-Njah, Janneke Aylward, Irene Barnes, Martin P. A. Coetzee, Léanne L. Dreyer, Tuan A. Duong, David M. Geiser, Francois Roets, E. T. Steenkamp, Magriet A. van der Nest, Carel J. van Heerden, Michael J. Wingfield (2019)
IMA Genome-F 11. IMA Fungus 10: .

DOI: 10.1186/s43008-019-0013-7

Janneke Aylward, Andi M. Wilson, Cobus M. Visagie, Joseph Spraker, Irene Barnes, Carla Buitendag, Callin Ceriani, Lina Del Mar Angel, Deanné du Plessis, Taygen Fuchs, Katharina Gasser, Daniella Krämer, WenWen Li, Kiara Munsamy, Anja Piso, Jenna-Lee Price, Byron Sonnekus, Chanel Thomas, Ariska van der Nest, Alida van Dijk, Alishia van Heerden, Nicole van Vuuren, Neriman Yilmaz, Tuan A. Duong, Nicolaas A. van der Merwe, Michael J. Wingfield, Brenda D. Wingfield (2024)
IMA Genome – F19. IMA Fungus 15: .

DOI: 10.1186/s43008-024-00142-z

Nomaswazi N. Maseko, Emma T. Steenkamp, Brenda D. Wingfield, P. Markus Wilken (2023)
An in Silico Approach to Identifying TF Binding Sites: Analysis of the Regulatory Regions of BUSCO Genes from Fungal Species in the Ceratocystidaceae Family. Genes 14: 848.

DOI: 10.3390/genes14040848

Abdullah Zubaer, Alvan Wai, Nikita Patel, Jordan Perillo, Georg Hausner (2021)
The Mitogenomes of Ophiostoma minus and Ophiostoma piliferum and Comparisons With Other Members of the Ophiostomatales. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: .

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.618649

FeiFei Liu, Seonju Marincowitz, ShuaiFei Chen, Michael Mbenoun, Panaghiotis Tsopelas, Nikoleta Soulioti, Michael J. Wingfield (2020)
Novel species of Huntiella from naturally-occurring forest trees in Greece and South Africa. MycoKeys 69: 33.

DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.69.53205

MPA Coetzee, QC Santana, ET Steenkamp, BD Wingfield, MJ Wingfield (2020)
Fungal genomes enhance our understanding of the pathogens affecting trees cultivated in Southern Hemisphere plantations. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science 82: 215.

DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2020.1819153

Magriet A. van der Nest, Emma T. Steenkamp, Danielle Roodt, Nicole C. Soal, Marike Palmer, Wai-Yin Chan, P. Markus Wilken, Tuan A. Duong, Kershney Naidoo, Quentin C. Santana, Conrad Trollip, Lieschen De Vos, Stephanie van Wyk, Alistair R. McTaggart, Michael J. Wingfield, Brenda D. Wingfield (2019)
Genomic analysis of the aggressive tree pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus. Fungal Biology 123: 351.

DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.02.002

Karandeep Chahal, Mohit Mahey, Carmen Medina-Mora, Steven Ahrendt, Robert Riley, Anna Lipzen, Juying Yan, Emily Savage, Maxim Koriabine, Vivian Ng, Igor V. Grigoriev, Thomas C. Harrington, Eric L. Patterson, Timothy D. Miles, Monique L. Sakalidis (2025)
A High-Quality Genome Resource for the Oak Wilt Pathogen Bretziella fagacearum. PhytoFrontiers™ : .

DOI: 10.1094/PHYTOFR-07-24-0080-A

Brenda D. Wingfield, Gerald F. Bills, Yang Dong, Wenli Huang, Wilma J. Nel, Benedicta S. Swalarsk-Parry, Niloofar Vaghefi, P. Markus Wilken, Zhiqiang An, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Lieschen De Vos, Li Chen, Tuan A. Duong, Yun Gao, Almuth Hammerbacher, Julie R. Kikkert, Yan Li, Huiying Li, Kuan Li, Qiang Li, Xingzhong Liu, Xiao Ma, Kershney Naidoo, Sarah J. Pethybridge, Jingzu Sun, Emma T. Steenkamp, Magriet A. van der Nest, Stephanie van Wyk, Michael J. Wingfield, Chuan Xiong, Qun Yue, Xiaoling Zhang (2018)
Draft genome sequence of Annulohypoxylon stygium, Aspergillus mulundensis, Berkeleyomyces basicola (syn. Thielaviopsis basicola), Ceratocystis smalleyi, two Cercospora beticola strains, Coleophoma cylindrospora, Fusarium fracticaudum, Phialophora cf. hyalina, and Morchella septimelata. IMA Fungus 9: 199.

DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.01.13

Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Seonju Marincowitz, Tuan A. Duong, Michael J. Wingfield (2017)
Bretziella, a new genus to accommodate the oak wilt fungus, Ceratocystis fagacearum (Microascales, Ascomycota). MycoKeys 27: 1.

DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.27.20657

P. Markus Wilken, Frances A. Lane, Emma T. Steenkamp, Michael J. Wingfield, Brenda D. Wingfield (2024)
Unidirectional mating-type switching is underpinned by a conserved MAT1 locus architecture. Fungal Genetics and Biology 170: 103859.

DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2023.103859

Nicole C Soal, Martin P A Coetzee, Magriet A van der Nest, Almuth Hammerbacher, Brenda D Wingfield, A Rokas (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

Brenda D. Wingfield, Dave K. Berger, Martin P. A. Coetzee, Tuan A. Duong, Anke Martin, Nam Q. Pham, Noelani van den Berg, P. Markus Wilken, Kiruba Shankari Arun-Chinnappa, Irene Barnes, Sikelela Buthelezi, Buddhika Amarasinghe Dahanayaka, Alvaro Durán, Juanita Engelbrecht, Alice Feurtey, Arista Fourie, Gerda Fourie, Jesse Hartley, Eugene N. K. Kabwe, Mkhululi Maphosa, Deborah L. Narh Mensah, David L. Nsibo, Lizel Potgieter, Barsha Poudel, Eva H. Stukenbrock, Chanel Thomas, Niloofar Vaghefi, Tanya Welgemoed, Michael J. Wingfield (2022)
IMA genome‑F17. IMA Fungus 13: .

DOI: 10.1186/s43008-022-00104-3

Mohammad Sayari, Magrieta A. van der Nest, Emma T. Steenkamp, Saleh Rahimlou, Almuth Hammerbacher, Brenda D. Wingfield (2021)
Characterization of the Ergosterol Biosynthesis Pathway in Ceratocystidaceae. Journal of Fungi 7: 237.

DOI: 10.3390/jof7030237

W. J. Nel, T. A. Duong, B. D. Wingfield, M. J. Wingfield, Z. W. de Beer (2018)
A new genus and species for the globally important, multihost root pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola. Plant Pathology 67: 871.

DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12803

P. Markus Wilken, Emma T. Steenkamp, Magriet A. van der Nest, Michael J. Wingfield, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Brenda D. Wingfield (2018)
Unexpected placement of the MAT1-1-2 gene in the MAT1-2 idiomorph of Thielaviopsis. Fungal Genetics and Biology 113: 32.

DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2018.01.007

Brenda D. Wingfield, Miao Liu, Hai D. T. Nguyen, Frances A. Lane, Seamus W. Morgan, Lieschen De Vos, P. Markus Wilken, Tuan A. Duong, Janneke Aylward, Martin P. A. Coetzee, Kasia Dadej, Z. Wilhelm De Beer, Wendy Findlay, Minette Havenga, Miroslav Kolařík, Jim G. Menzies, Kershney Naidoo, Olivia Pochopski, Parivash Shoukouhi, Quentin C. Santana, Keith A. Seifert, Nicole Soal, Emma T. Steenkamp, Catherine T. Tatham, Margriet A. van der Nest, Michael J. Wingfield (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: 401.

DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.02.10

Aquillah M. Kanzi, Conrad Trollip, Michael J. Wingfield, Irene Barnes, Magriet A. Van der Nest, Brenda D. Wingfield (2020)
Phylogenomic incongruence in Ceratocystis: a clue to speciation?. BMC Genomics 21: .

DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6772-0

Y. Marin-Felix, J.Z. Groenewald, L. Cai, Q. Chen, S. Marincowitz, I. Barnes, K. Bensch, U. Braun, E. Camporesi, U. Damm, Z.W. de Beer, A. Dissanayake, J. Edwards, A. Giraldo, M. Hernández-Restrepo, K.D. Hyde, R.S. Jayawardena, L. Lombard, J. Luangsa-ard, A.R. McTaggart, A.Y. Rossman, M. Sandoval-Denis, M. Shen, R.G. Shivas, Y.P. Tan, E.J. van der Linde, M.J. Wingfield, A.R. Wood, J.Q. Zhang, Y. Zhang, P.W. Crous (2017)
Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 1. Studies in Mycology 86: 99.

DOI: 10.1016/j.simyco.2017.04.002

Brenda D. Wingfield, Dave K. Berger, Emma T. Steenkamp, Hye-Jin Lim, Tuan A. Duong, Burton H. Bluhm, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Lieschen De Vos, G. Fourie, Kershney Naidoo, Nicky Olivier, Yao-Cheng Lin, Yves Van de Peer, Fourie Joubert, Bridget G. Crampton, Velushka Swart, Nicole Soal, Catherine Tatham, Magriet A. van der Nest, Nicolaas A. van der Merwe, Stephanie van Wyk, P. Markus Wilken, Michael J. Wingfield (2017)
Draft genome of Cercospora zeina, Fusarium pininemorale, Hawksworthiomyces lignivorus, Huntiella decipiens and Ophiostoma ips. IMA Fungus 8: 385.

DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2017.08.02.10

Wilma J. Nel, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Michael J. Wingfield, Michael Poulsen, Duur K. Aanen, Brenda D. Wingfield, Tuan A. Duong (2021)
Phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses reveal two new genera and three new species of ophiostomatalean fungi from termite fungus combs. Mycologia : 1.

DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2021.1950455

Mohammad Sayari, Emma T. Steenkamp, Magriet A. van der Nest, Brenda D. Wingfield (2018)
Diversity and evolution of polyketide biosynthesis gene clusters in the Ceratocystidaceae. Fungal Biology 122: 856.

DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2018.04.011

Brenda D. Wingfield, Lieschen De Vos, Andi M. Wilson, Tuan A. Duong, Niloofar Vaghefi, Angela Botes, Ravindra Nath Kharwar, Ramesh Chand, Barsha Poudel, Habibu Aliyu, Martin J. Barbetti, ShuaiFei Chen, Pieter de Maayer, FeiFei Liu, Sudhir Navathe, Shagun Sinha, Emma T. Steenkamp, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kalonji A. Tshisekedi, Magriet A. van der Nest, Michael J. Wingfield (2022)
IMA Genome - F16. IMA Fungus 13: .

DOI: 10.1186/s43008-022-00089-z