IMA Fungus 5(1): 135-140, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.01.13

Draft genome sequences of Diplodia sapinea, Ceratocystis manginecans, and Ceratocystis moniliformis

Brenda D. Wingfield^‡, Wubetu Bihon^‡, Lieschen De Vos^§, Kershney Naidoo^‡, Danielle Roodt^‡, Enrico Rubagotti^|, Bernard Slippers^¶, Emma T. Steenkamp^#, P. Markus Wilken^¤, Andrea Wilson^‡, Michael J. Wingfield^‡, Brenda D. Wingfield^«

‡ University of Pretoria, Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Pretoria, South Africa§ University of Pretoria, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Hatfield, South Africa| UniversityofPretoria, Genomic Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa¶ Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Pretoria, South Africa# University of Pretoria, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Pretoria, South Africa¤ University of Pretoria, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Pretoria, South Africa« University of Pretoria, Department of Genetics and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Pretoria, South Africa

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Citation: Wingfield BD, Bihon W, De Vos L, Naidoo K, Roodt D, Rubagotti E, Slippers B, Steenkamp ET, Wilken PM, Wilson A, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2014) Draft genome sequences of Diplodia sapinea, Ceratocystis manginecans, and Ceratocystis moniliformis. IMA Fungus 5(1): 135-140. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.01.13

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Diplodia pinea, Endophyte, Dothideomycetes, mango wilt, Ceratocystis fimbriata