IMA Fungus 7(2): 317-323, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.11

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

Brenda Wingfield^‡, Tuan A. Duong^§, Almuth Hammerbacher^|, Magnet A. Van Der Nest^§, Andi Wilson^§, Runlei Chang^¶, Z. Wilhelm De Beer^#, Emma T. Steenkamp^¤, P. Markus Wilken^«, Kershney Naidoo^§, Michael J. Wingfield^§

‡ University of Pretoria, Forestry & Agritechnical Biotechnology Institute, Hatfield, South Africa§ University of Pretoria, Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Pretoria, South Africa| University of Pretoria, Department of Zoology Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa¶ University of Pretoria, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Pretoria, South Africa# University of Pretoria, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), 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

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Citation: Wingfield B, Duong TA, Hammerbacher A, Van Der Nest MA, Wilson A, Chang R, Wilhelm De Beer Z, Steenkamp ET, Wilken PM, Naidoo K, Wingfield MJ (2016) Draft genome sequences for Ceratocystis fagacearum, C. harringtonii, Grosmannia penicillata, and Huntiella bhutanensis. IMA Fungus 7(2): 317-323. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.11

Abstract

Draft genomes for the fungi Ceratocystis fagacearum, C. harringtonii, Grosmannia penicillata, and Huntiella bhutanensis are presented. Ceratocystis fagacearum is a major causal agent of vascular wilt of oaks and other trees in the family Fagaceae. Ceratocystis harringtonii, previously known as C. populicola, causes disease in Populus species in the USA and Canada. Grosmannia penicillata is the causal agent of bluestain of sapwood on various conifers, including Picea spp. and Pinus spp. in Europe. Huntiella bhutanensis is a fungus in Ceratocystidaceae and known only in association with the bark beetle Ips schmutzenhorferi that infests Picea spinulosa in Bhutan. The availability of these genomes will facilitate further studies on these fungi.

Keywords

bluestain fungi, entomogenous fungi, Ips, Populus, tree diseases, vascular wilt