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Open AccessThe TrEase web service: inferring phylogenetic trees with ease
Phylogenetic inference is done regularly in many biological studies not focussed on the phylogeny itself, but which use phylogeny as a tool to infer hypotheses for the interpretation of laboratory experiments....
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Open AccessMultigene analyses with a broad sampling in Phytophthora and related genera provide evidence for the monophyly of downy mildews
Downy mildews are the most species-rich group of oomycetes, with more than 700 known species. The relationships within the main downy mildew lineages (i.e. the downy mildews with pyriform haustoria, the downy ...
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Open AccessComparative genomics reveals low levels of inter- and intraspecies diversity in the causal agents of dwarf and common bunt of wheat and hint at conspecificity of Tilletia caries and T. laevis
Tilletia caries and T. laevis, which are the causal agents of common bunt, as well as T. controversa, which causes dwarf bunt of wheat, threaten especially organic wheat farming. The three closely related fungal ...
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Phylogenomics of Bartheletia paradoxa reveals its basal position in Agaricomycotina and that the early evolutionary history of basidiomycetes was rapid and probably not strictly bifurcating
The higher level phylogeny of fungi has been addressed in previous studies, but for those analyses, either taxon sampling or gene sampling was low, or some basal lineages important for the inference of basidio...
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Open AccessThe genome sequence of the commercially cultivated mushroom Agrocybe aegerita reveals a conserved repertoire of fruiting-related genes and a versatile suite of biopolymer-degrading enzymes
Agrocybe aegerita is an agaricomycete fungus with typical mushroom features, which is commercially cultivated for its culinary use. In nature, it is a saprotrophic or facultative pathogenic fungus causing a white...
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New smut-specific primers for multilocus genoty** and phylogenetics of Ustilaginaceae
The Ustilaginomycotina, often collectively referred to as smut fungi, represent one of the three subphyla of the Basidiomycota. Smut fungi predominantly parasitize Angiosperms, are globally distributed, and co...
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Open AccessAdaptive differentiation coincides with local bioclimatic conditions along an elevational cline in populations of a lichen-forming fungus
Many fungal species occur across a variety of habitats. Particularly lichens, fungi forming symbioses with photosynthetic partners, have evolved remarkable tolerances for environmental extremes. Despite their ...
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BrRxLR11 – a new phylogenetic marker with high resolution in the downy mildew genus Bremia and related genera
The genus Bremia (Peronosporaceae; Oomycete) is a widespread pathogen of Eurasian Asteraceae (Compositae). In addition to several species infecting weeds, it includes the economically important species, B. lactuc...
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Open AccessGenome comparisons provide insights into the role of secondary metabolites in the pathogenic phase of the Photorhabdus life cycle
Bacteria within the genus Photorhabdus maintain mutualistic symbioses with nematodes in complicated lifecycles that also involves insect pathogenic phases. Intriguingly, these bacteria are rich in biosynthetic ge...
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Fungal root endophytes of tomato from Kenya and their nematode biocontrol potential
The significance of fungal endophytes in African agriculture, particularly Kenya, has not been well investigated. Therefore, the objective of the present work was isolation, multi-gene phylogenetic characteriz...
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Modelling of structures of ATR1-homologs from sister species of Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis suggests different patterns for target-mediated and R-protein-mediated selection
The basal immune system of plants fights pathogens by recognising conserved pathogen-associated molecular patterns. To bypass this, pathogens secrete effectors into the host plant, of which some are sensed by ...
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Open AccesssiMBa—a simple graphical user interface for the Bayesian phylogenetic inference program MrBayes
MrBayes is a program that uses a Bayesian framework for inferring phylogenetic relationships. As MrBayes is a command-line-driven program, users acquainted to programs with graphical user interfaces will not f...
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Root-associated fungi of Arabidopsis thaliana and Microthlaspi perfoliatum
Root-associated fungi, with the focus on endophytic species, were isolated from healthy Arabidopsis thaliana and Microthlaspi perfoliatum plants collected at different locations in Germany. A large number of fung...
