Emergence of wheat blast in Bangladesh was caused by a South American lineage of Magnaporthe oryzae.

Background: In February 2016, a new fungal disease was spotted in wheat fields across eight districts in Bangladesh. The epidemic spread to an estimated 15,000 hectares, about 16 % of the cultivated wheat area in Bangladesh, with yield losses reaching up to 100 %. Within weeks of the onset of the epidemic, we performed transcriptome sequencing of symptomatic leaf samples collected directly from Bangladeshi fields.

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Host immune response to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection in mice derived from wild strains.

Studies of mouse models of endotoxemia and sepsis with gram-negative bacteria have shown that the host response is genetically controlled. Mice infected with the gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium exhibit marked genetic differences in disease manifestation, and the wild-derived strain Mus musculus molossinus MOLF/Ei is extremely susceptible to S. enterica serovar Typhimurium.