The acyl-CoA-binding protein VdAcb1 is essential for carbon starvation response and contributes to virulence in .

Unlabelled: In the face of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus starvation, microorganisms have evolved adaptive mechanisms to maintain growth. In a previous study, we identified a protein predicted to contain acyl-CoA-binding domains in the plant pathogenic fungus . The predicted protein, designated VdAcb1, possesses an atypical signal peptide.

Functional analysis of the mating type genes in Verticillium dahliae.

Background: Populations of the plant pathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae display a complex and rich genetic diversity, yet the existence of sexual reproduction in the fungus remains contested. As pivotal genes, MAT genes play a crucial role in regulating cell differentiation, morphological development, and mating of compatible cells. However, the functions of the two mating type genes in V.

Biological Characteristics of and Strains.

is a soil-borne plant pathogenic fungus that causes Verticillium wilt on hundreds of dicotyledonous plant species. is considered an asexually (clonal) reproducing fungus, although both mating type idiomorphs ( and ) are present, and is heterothallic. Most of the available information on strains, including their biology, pathology, and genomics comes from studies on isolates with the idiomorph, and thus little information is available on the strains in the literature.

Genome Sequence Data of and Idiomorphs from .

Though is an asexually reproducing fungus, it is considered heterothallic owing to the presence of only one of the two mating-type idiomorphs ( or ) in individual isolates. But sexual reproduction has never been observed either in nature or in the laboratory. All of the genomic information in the literature thus far has therefore come from studies on isolates carrying only the idiomorph.