IMA Fungus 8(2): 385-396, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2017.08.02.10

Draft genome of Cercospora zeina, Fusarium pininemorale, Hawksworthiomyces lignivorus, Huntiella decipiens and Ophiostoma ips

Brenda 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^¶

‡ University of Pretoria, Forestry & Agritechnical Biotechnology Institute, Hatfield, South Africa§ University of Pretoria, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, 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 Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Pretoria, South Africa# University of Arkansas, Department of Plant Pathology, Fayetteville¤ University of Pretoria, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, 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» Ghent University, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium˄ University of Pretoria, Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Genomics Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa˅ University of Pretoria, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, 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

© Brenda Wingfield, Dave Berger, Emma Steenkamp, Hye-Jin Lim, Tuan Duong, Burton Bluhm, Z. Wilhelm De Beer, Lieschen De Vos, G. Fourie, Kershney Naidoo, Nicky Olivier, Yao-Cheng Lin, Yves Van De Peer, Fourie Joubert, Bridget Crampton, Velushka Swart, Nicole Soal, Catherine Tatham, Magriet Van Der Nest, Nicolaas Van Der Merwe, Stephanie Van Wyk, P. Wilken, Michael Wingfield.

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Citation: Wingfield B, Berger DK, Steenkamp ET, Lim H-J, Duong TA, Bluhm BH, Wilhelm De Beer Z, De Vos L, Fourie G, Naidoo K, Olivier N, Lin Y-C, Van De Peer Y, Joubert F, Crampton BG, Swart V, Soal N, Tatham C, Van Der Nest MA, Van Der Merwe NA, Van Wyk S, Wilken PM, Wingfield MJ (2017) Draft genome of Cercospora zeina, Fusarium pininemorale, Hawksworthiomyces lignivorus, Huntiella decipiens and Ophiostoma ips. IMA Fungus 8(2): 385-396. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2017.08.02.10

Abstract

The genomes of Cercospora zeina, Fusarium pininemorale, Hawksworthiomyces lignivorus, Huntiella decipiens, and Ophiostoma ips are presented in this genome announcement. Three of these genomes are from plant pathogens and otherwise economically important fungal species. Fusarium pininemorale and H. decipiens are not known to cause significant disease but are closely related to species of economic importance. The genome sizes range from 25.99 Mb in the case of O. ips to 4.82 Mb for H. lignivorus. These genomes include the first reports of a genome from the genus Hawksworthiomyces. The availability of these genome data will allow the resolution of longstanding questions regarding the taxonomy of these species. In addition these genome sequences through comparative studies with closely related organisms will increase our understanding of how these species or close relatives cause disease.

Keywords

Gray Leaf Spot, maize, insect vectored fungi, Fusarium fujikuroi species complex, Ophiostomatales, wood decay, Ceratocystidaceae, blue stain