Draft genome sequences of five Calonectria species from Eucalyptus plantations in China, Celoporthe dispersa, Sporothrix phasma and Alectoria sarmentosa

Feifei Liu; Shuaifei Chen; Maria A Ferreira; Runlei Chang; Mohammad Sayari; Aquillah M Kanzi; Brenda D Wingfield; Michael J Wingfield; David Pizarro; Ana Crespo; Pradeep K Divakar; Z Wilhelm de Beer; Tuan A Duong

doi:10.1186/s43008-019-0023-5

Draft genome sequences of five Calonectria species from Eucalyptus plantations in China, Celoporthe dispersa, Sporothrix phasma and Alectoria sarmentosa

IMA Fungus. 2019 Dec 27:10:22. doi: 10.1186/s43008-019-0023-5. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Feifei Liu^{1

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3}, Shuaifei Chen^{1

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3}, Maria A Ferreira⁴, Runlei Chang³, Mohammad Sayari³, Aquillah M Kanzi³, Brenda D Wingfield³, Michael J Wingfield³, David Pizarro⁵, Ana Crespo⁵, Pradeep K Divakar⁵, Z Wilhelm de Beer³, Tuan A Duong³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding (SKLTGB), Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), Haidian District, Beijing, 100091 China.
² China Eucalypt Research Centre (CERC), Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), ZhanJiang, 524022 GuangDong Province China.
³ Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0028 South Africa.
⁴ Department of Plant Pathology, Universidade Federal de Lavras (Federal University of Lavras), Postal Box 3037, Lavras, 37200-000 Brazil.
⁵ Departamento de Farmacología, Farmacognosia y Botánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

Draft genome sequences of five Calonectria species [including Calonectria aciculata, C. crousiana, C. fujianensis, C. honghensis and C. pseudoturangicola], Celoporthe dispersa, Sporothrix phasma and Alectoria sarmentosa are presented. Species of Calonectria are the causal agents of Eucalyptus leaf blight disease, threatening the growth and sustainability of Eucalyptus plantations in China. Celoporthe dispersa is the causal agent of stem canker in native Syzygium cordatum and exotic Tibouchina granulosa in South Africa. Sporothrix phasma was first discovered in the infructescences of Protea laurifolia and Protea neriifolia in South Africa. Alectoria sarmentosa is fruticose lichen belongs to the alectorioid clade of the family Parmeliaceae. The availability of these genome sequences will facilitate future studies on the systematics, population genetics, and genomics of these fungi.

Keywords: Alectoria sarmentosa; Calonectria species; Celoporthe dispersa; Eucalyptus leaf disease; Fungal pathogens; Sporothrix phasma.