Overview of genomic and bioinformatic resources for Zymoseptoria tritici

Alison Testa; Richard Oliver; James Hane

doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.011

Overview of genomic and bioinformatic resources for Zymoseptoria tritici

Fungal Genet Biol. 2015 Jun:79:13-6. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.011.

Authors

Alison Testa¹, Richard Oliver¹, James Hane²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
² Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia; Curtin Institute for Computation, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia. Electronic address: James.Hane@curtin.edu.au.

PMID: 26092784
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.011

Abstract

Zymoseptoria tritici (syn. Mycosphaerella graminicola, Septoria tritici) is a haploid fungus belonging to the class Dothideomycetes. It is the causal agent of septoria leaf blotch - one of the world's most significant diseases of wheat. Here we review the genomic and bioinformatic resources that have been generated for Z. tritici. These include the whole-genome reference assembly for isolate IPO323, genome resequencing of alternate isolates, mitochondrial genome sequences, transcriptome sequences and expression data, and annotations of gene structure and function. We also highlight important advances in our fundamental knowledge of genome evolution and its effects on adaptation and pathogenicity in Z. tritici that have been facilitated by these resources.

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Genome; Pathogenomics; Transcriptome; Zymoseptoria tritici.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ascomycota / genetics*
Computational Biology / methods*
Genome, Fungal
Genomics / methods*
Transcriptome