Heterobasidion partitivirus 13 mediates severe growth debilitation and major alterations in the gene expression of a fungal forest pathogen

EJ Vainio, J Jurvansuu, R Hyder, M Kashif… - Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The fungal genus Heterobasidion includes some of the most devastating conifer pathogens
in the boreal forest region. In this study, we showed that the alphapartitivirus Heterobasidion …

[HTML][HTML] Phenotypic recovery of a Heterobasidion isolate infected by a debilitation-associated virus is related to altered host gene expression and reduced virus titer

M Kashif, J Jurvansuu, R Hyder, EJ Vainio… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The fungal genus Heterobasidion includes forest pathogenic species hosting a diverse
group of partitiviruses. They include the host debilitating Heterobasidion partitivirus 13 strain …

[HTML][HTML] Alphapartitiviruses of Heterobasidion Wood Decay Fungi Affect Each Other's Transmission and Host Growth

M Kashif, J Jurvansuu, EJ Vainio… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Heterobasidion spp. root rot fungi are highly destructive forest pathogens of the northern
boreal forests, and are known to host a diverse community of partitiviruses. The transmission …

Molecular characterization of HetRV8-ir1, a partitivirus of the invasive conifer pathogenic fungus Heterobasidion irregulare

EJ Vainio, P Capretti, E Motta, J Hantula - Archives of virology, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref. complex includes some of the most
destructive conifer pathogenic fungi in the Boreal forest region. H. irregulare, formerly known …

Virus Community Dynamics in the Conifer Pathogenic Fungus Heterobasidion parviporum Following an Artificial Introduction of a Partitivirus

EJ Vainio, T Piri, J Hantula - Microbial ecology, 2013 - Springer
Viruses infecting the conifer pathogenic fungus Heterobasidion annosum sensu lato are
intracellular and spread via anastomosis contacts. In the laboratory, these viruses transmit …

Heterobasidion wood decay fungi host diverse and globally distributed viruses related to Helicobasidium mompa partitivirus V70

M Kashif, R Hyder, DDV Perez, J Hantula, EJ Vainio - Virus research, 2015 - Elsevier
Viruses of the Partitiviridae family occur at a relatively low frequency in the fungal genus
Heterobasidion, but show high genetic diversity. Here, we describe four novel partitivirus …

[HTML][HTML] Partitiviruses of a fungal forest pathogen have species-specific quantities of genome segments and transcripts

J Jurvansuu, M Kashif, L Vaario, E Vainio, J Hantula - Virology, 2014 - Elsevier
Heterobasidion partitiviruses infect forest pathogenic fungi of the genus Heterobasidion. We
have studied the amounts of genomes and transcripts of four partitiviruses isolated from four …

Distribution of Viruses Inhabiting Heterobasidion annosum in a Pine-Dominated Forest Plot in Southern Finland

R Hyder, T Piri, J Hantula, H Nuorteva, EJ Vainio - Microbial ecology, 2018 - Springer
We investigated the diversity and spatial distribution of viruses infecting strains of the root rot
fungus Heterobasidion annosum collected from pine stumps at a heavily infected forest site …

Species of Heterobasidion host a diverse pool of partitiviruses with global distribution and interspecies transmission

EJ Vainio, J Hakanpää, YC Dai, E Hansen, K Korhonen… - Fungal Biology, 2011 - Elsevier
We investigated the geographic occurrence and genetic diversity of partitiviruses among
247 Heterobasidion specimens representing seven species and originating from Europe …

A novel putative partitivirus of the saprotrophic fungus Heterobasidion ecrustosum infects pathogenic species of the Heterobasidion annosum complex

EJ Vainio, K Korhonen, TT Tuomivirta, J Hantula - Fungal Biology, 2010 - Elsevier
We characterized the bisegmented genome of a putative double-stranded (ds) RNA virus
from a Chinese isolate of the fungus Heterobasidion ecrustosum, a member of the …