Genomic and Genetic Insights Into a Cosmopolitan Fungus, Paecilomyces variotii (Eurotiales)

AS Urquhart, SJ Mondo, MR Mäkelä, JK Hane… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Species in the genus Paecilomyces, a member of the fungal order Eurotiales, are ubiquitous
in nature and impact a variety of human endeavors. Here, the biology of one common …

Large-scale transcriptomics to dissect 2 years of the life of a fungal phytopathogen interacting with its host plant

EJ Gay, JL Soyer, N Lapalu, J Linglin, I Fudal… - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The fungus Leptosphaeria maculans has an exceptionally long and
complex relationship with its host plant, Brassica napus, during which it switches between …

Constitutive expression of transcription factor SirZ blocks pathogenicity in Leptosphaeria maculans independently of sirodesmin production

AS Urquhart, CE Elliott, W Zeng, A Idnurm - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Sirodesmin, the major secondary metabolite produced by the plant pathogenic fungus
Leptosphaeria maculans in vitro, has been linked to disease on Brassica species since the …

Limitations of transcriptome-based prediction of pathogenicity genes in the plant pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans

AS Urquhart, A Idnurm - FEMS microbiology letters, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Identification of pathogenicity determinants in Leptosphaeria maculans, a major cause of
disease of oilseed crops, has been a focus of research for many years. A wealth of gene …