Powdery mildew fungi (Erysiphaceae) are widespread obligate biotrophic plant pathogens.
Thus, applying genetic and omics approaches to study these fungi remains a major …

Endophytic bacteria are wide-spread and associated with plant physiological benefits, yet
their genomes and secondary metabolites remain largely unidentified. In this study, we …

Oomycetes comprise a diverse group of organisms that morphologically resemble fungi but
belong to the stramenopile lineage within the supergroup of chromalveolates. Recent …

Pochonia chlamydosporia is a worldwide-distributed soil fungus with a great capacity to
infect and destroy the eggs and kill females of plant-parasitic nematodes. Additionally, it has …

Ceraceosorus bombacis is an early-diverging lineage of smut fungi and a pathogen of
cotton trees (Bombax ceiba). To study the evolutionary genomics of smut fungi in …

Emerging fungal pathogens are a global challenge for humankind. Many efforts have been
made to understand the mechanisms underlying pathogenicity in bacteria, and OMICs …

Three anamorph genera of the Botryosphaeriaceae namely Diplodia, Lasiodiplodia and
Dothiorella have typically dark, ovoid conidia with thick walls, and are consequently difficult …

The kingdom of fungi provides model organisms for biotechnology, cell biology, genetics,
and life sciences in general. Only when their phylogenetic relationships are stably resolved …

Background Phytophthora cinnamomi is an oomycete pathogen of global relevance. It is
considered as one of the most invasive species, which has caused irreversible damage to …

Summary Species of Trichoderma (teleomorph Hypocrea, Hypocreales, Ascomycota,
Dikarya) are among the most frequent mitosporic fungi commonly detected in cultivation …