Category Archives: Recent Publications
Gene family expansions and contractions are associated with host range in plant pathogens of the genus Colletotrichum
Riccardo Baroncelli, Daniel Buchvaldt Amby, Antonio Zapparata, Sabrina Sarrocco, Giovanni Vannacci, Gaétan Le Floch, Richard J. Harrison, Eric Holub, Serenella A. Sukno, Surapareddy Sreenivasaprasad and Michael R. Thon. 2016. Gene family expansions and contractions are associated with host range in plant … Continue reading
A highly conserved metalloprotease effector enhances virulence in the maize anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum graminicola
Abstract Colletotrichum graminicola causes maize anthracnose, an agronomically important disease with a worldwide distribution. We have identified a fungalysin metalloprotease (Cgfl) with a role in virulence. Transcriptional profiling experiments and live-cell imaging show that Cgfl is specifically expressed during the biotrophic stage of … Continue reading
A fungal effector with host nuclear localization and DNA-binding properties is required for maize anthracnose development
Vargas WA, Sanz-Martin JM, Rech GE, Armijos-Jaramillo VD, Rivera LP, Echeverria MM, Díaz-Mínguez JM, Thon M, Sukno S: A fungal effector with host nuclear localization and DNA-binding properties is required for maize anthracnose development. MPMI 2015. Abstract: Plant pathogens have … Continue reading
Identification of horizontally transferred genes in the genus Colletotrichum reveals a steady tempo of bacterial to fungal gene transfer
Abstract (provisional) Background Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the stable transmission of genetic material between organisms by means other than vertical inheritance. HGT has an important role in the evolution of prokaryotes but is relatively rare in eukaryotes. HGT has … Continue reading
Draft Genome Sequence of Colletotrichum sublineola: a destructive pathogen of cultivated sorghum – Genome announcements
We recently pubished a draft genome sequence of Colletotrichum sublineola, a pathogen of sorghum. http://genomea.asm.org/content/2/3/e00540-14.full
Natural selection on coding and non-coding DNA sequences is associated with virulence genes in a plant pathogenic fungus
Our recent article in Genome Biology and Evolution: http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/09/04/gbe.evu192.abstract
Draft Genome Sequence of Colletotrichum acutatum Sensu Lato (Colletotrichum fioriniae)
ABSTRACT In addition to its economic impact, Colletotrichum acutatum sensu lato is an interesting model for molecular investigations due to the diversity of host-determined specialization and reproductive lifestyles within the species complex. The pathogen Colletotrichum fioriniae forms part of this species complex and causes anthracnose … Continue reading
First report of apple bitter rot caused by Colletotrichum godetiae in the UK
Anthracnose is an important disease for apple production as well as a postharvest problem in several countries worldwide. HoweverColletotrichum species have been a major problem on crops such as strawberry in Europe and the UK. Recently the reports of Colletotrichum acutatum on different … Continue reading
New insights into the evolution and structure of Colletotrichum plant-like subtilisins (CPLSs)
V Armijos-Jaramillo, Vargas, W.A., Sukno, S.A and Thon, M.R. 2013. Communicative & Integrative Biology 6:6
Horizontal transfer of a subtilisin gene from plants into an ancestor of the plant pathogenic fungal genus Colletotrichum
Vinicio Danilo Armijos Jaramillo, Walter Alberto Vargas, Serenella Ana Sukno, Michael R. Thon. 2013. PLOS One 8(3): e59078. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059078