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Cell-wall composition and taxonomy of Cephaloascus fragrans and some Ophiostomataceae.

Carbohydrates of intact cells and cell walls were studied by gas-liquid chromatographical analysis after acid hydrolysis. Isolated cellulose was determined by infrared spectrophotometry, pyrolysis mass spectrometry and histochemistry. Biochemical characters do not support an assumed relationship between Ophiostoma (including Europhium) and Cephaloascus fragrans. Cephaloascus fragrans differs from Ophiostoma by a high mannose content and by the absence of cellulose and rhamnose. A relationship between Cephaloascus fragrans and Ceratocystis cannot be excluded on the basis of the biochemical characters, although there is a marked difference in conidiogenesis. Saprolegnia ferax (Oomycetes) was included as a cellulose-containing fungus for comparison.

Ascomycota

Ex vivo determination of potentially virulent Sporothrix schenckii,.

Hyphae from 30 isolants of Sporothrix and Ophiostoma species were washed, dried and pyrolyzed at 350 degrees C. Pyrolysis products were separated on a Carbowax column heated 7.5 degrees C/min to and maintained for 50 min at 160 degrees C. Hydrogen flame detector responses were recorded graphically. Fifteen clinical isolants of S. schenckii from geographically separated sources produced qualitatively identical pyrograms. S. foliorum, 8 avirulent S. schenckii and other Sporothrix species isolants from soils, and Sporothrix states of 6 Ophiostoma species yielded pyrograms readily distinguished from each other and from those of virulent S. schenckii. Taxonomic and clinical implications of the pyrograms are mentioned.

Ascomycota

Ulmus minor response to Dutch elm disease: de novo transcriptome assembly and annotation.

Dutch elm disease (DED), caused by Ophiostoma novo-ulmi (ONU), has devastated elm populations across Europe and North America since the 20th century. In this work, a de novo transcriptome assembly of Ulmus minor in response to ONU is presented. We used two DED-resistant genotypes, MDV2.3 and VAD2, and one DED-susceptible genotype, MDV1, to capture responses to ONU at four time points post-inoculation (6, 24, 72, and 144 hours). RNA from collected samples was isolated and sequenced producing 60.88 M 100 bp paired-end reads per sample. We performed a de novo transcriptome assembly combining data from the three genotypes. The assembly was functionally annotated and validated through differential gene expression analysis of the response. This dataset provides a valuable resource for studying molecular mechanisms of DED resistance in elms, contributing to broadening our understanding of tree immunity and facilitating potential applications in functional annotation of future genome assemblies.

Transcriptome

On the subdivision of the genus Ceratocystis.

The desirability is discussed of a subdivison of the genus Ceratocystis into a group characterized by the presence of a phialidic conidial state, and a group in which the conidia are usually produced exogenously. Corroborative evidence for this arrangement is found in the carbohydrate constitution of the cells: in all examined species of the former group (Ceratocystis s. str.) rhamnose and cellulose are absent, whereas in the latter both components are present (Ophiostoma H. et P. Sydow).

Fungi