Comparative Analysis of Transcriptomes of ssp. Colonizing Resistant or Sensitive Genotypes of American Elm.

The Ascomycete threatens elm populations worldwide. The molecular mechanisms underlying its pathogenicity and virulence are still largely uncharacterized. As part of a collaborative study of the -elm interactome, we analyzed the ssp.

Deciphering the Genome-Wide Transcriptomic Changes during Interactions of Resistant and Susceptible Genotypes of American Elm with .

Dutch elm disease (DED), caused by (), is a destructive disease of American elm ( L.). The molecular mechanisms of resistance and susceptibility against DED in American elm are still largely uncharacterized.

Natural infections are common in the major malaria vectors in Central Africa.

During the last decade, the endosymbiont bacterium has emerged as a biological tool for vector disease control. However, for long time, it was believed that was absent in natural populations of . The recent discovery that species within the complex host in natural conditions has opened new opportunities for malaria control research in Africa.

Diversity in yeast-mycelium dimorphism response of the Dutch elm disease pathogens: the inoculum size effect.

Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by the dimorphic fungi Ophiostoma ulmi, Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, and Ophiostoma himal-ulmi. A cell population density-dependent phenomenon related to quorum sensing was previously shown to affect the reversible transition from yeast-like to mycelial growth in liquid shake cultures of O. novo-ulmi NRRL 6404.

RNAseq Analysis Highlights Specific Transcriptome Signatures of Yeast and Mycelial Growth Phases in the Dutch Elm Disease Fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi.

Fungal dimorphism is a complex trait and our understanding of the ability of fungi to display different growth morphologies is limited to a small number of model species. Here we study a highly aggressive dimorphic fungus, the ascomycete Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, which is a model in plant pathology and the causal agent of Dutch elm disease. The two growth phases that this fungus displays, i.

Functional annotation of the Ophiostoma novo-ulmi genome: insights into the phytopathogenicity of the fungal agent of Dutch elm disease.

The ascomycete fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi is responsible for the pandemic of Dutch elm disease that has been ravaging Europe and North America for 50 years. We proceeded to annotate the genome of the O. novo-ulmi strain H327 that was sequenced in 2012.