Aphanomyces astaci mtDNA: Insights into the pathogen’s differentiation and its genetic diversity from other closely related oomycetes

A tentative new species Aphanomyces fennicus sp. nov. interferes with molecular diagnostic methods for crayfish plague

(2019) Satu Viljamaa-Dirks et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES

New genotyping method for the causative agent of crayfish plague ( Aphanomyces astaci ) based on whole genome data

(2018) Diana Minardi et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

MtDNA allows the sensitive detection and haplotyping of the crayfish plague disease agent Aphanomyces astaci showing clues about its origin and migration

(2018) Jenny Makkonen et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Crayfish plague in Japan: A real threat to the endemic Cambaroides japonicus

(2018) Laura Martín-Torrijos et al.   PLoS One

Aphanomyces invadans , the causal agent of Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome, is a global threat to wild and farmed fish

(2018) Nurul Aqilah Iberahim et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Mitochondrial introgression and interspecies recombination in the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex

(2018) Gerda Fourie et al.   IMA Fungus

Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) and crayfish plague as new threats for biodiversity in Indonesia

(2018) Marfian Dwidima Putra et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Mitochondrial and Plastid Genomes from Coralline Red Algae Provide Insights into the Incongruent Evolutionary Histories of Organelles

(2018) Jun Mo Lee et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Mitochondrial Recombination and Introgression during Speciation by Hybridization

(2017) Jean-Baptiste Leducq et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Aphanomyces astacipresence in Japan: a threat to the endemic and endangered crayfish speciesCambaroides japonicus?

(2016) Agata Mrugała et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Prevalence of the pathogen Aphanomyces astaci in freshwater crayfish populations in Croatia

(2016) I Maguire et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

First detection of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci in South America: a high potential risk to native crayfish

(2016) Douglas Fernando Peiró et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Crayfish plague Aphanomyces astaci detected in redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus in Taiwan

(2016) Chia-Yu Hsieh et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health, food security and ecosystem resilience

(2016) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Comprehensive Protocol for Improving the Description of Saprolegniales (Oomycota): Two Practical Examples (Saprolegnia aenigmatica sp. nov. and Saprolegnia racemosa sp. nov.)

(2015) Jose Vladimir Sandoval-Sierra et al.   PLoS One

popart: full-feature software for haplotype network construction

(2015) Jessica W. Leigh et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of the Oomycetes

(2015) Fiona Savory et al.   PLoS Pathogens

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

Microsatellite markers for direct genotyping of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci (Oomycetes) from infected host tissues

(2014) Frédéric Grandjean et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

The diversity of oomycetes on crayfish: Morphological vs. molecular identification of cultures obtained while isolating the crayfish plague pathogen

(2013) Eva Kozubíková-Balcarová et al.   Fungal Biology

AFLP-PCR and RAPD-PCR evidences of the transmission of the pathogen Aphanomyces astaci (Oomycetes) to wild populations of European crayfish from the invasive crayfish species, Procambarus clarkii

(2013) Svetlana Rezinciuc et al.   Fungal Biology

Distinctive Expansion of Potential Virulence Genes in the Genome of the Oomycete Fish Pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica

(2013) Rays H. Y. Jiang et al.   PLoS Genetics

The impact of the water moulds Saprolegnia diclina and Saprolegnia parasitica on natural ecosystems and the aquaculture industry

(2013) Albert Hendrik van den Berg et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The diversity of the pathogenic Oomycete (Aphanomyces astaci) chitinase genes within the genotypes indicate adaptation to its hosts

(2012) Jenny Makkonen et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

(2012) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   NATURE

jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing

(2012) Diego Darriba et al.   NATURE METHODS

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Spiny-cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus carry a novel genotype of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci

(2011) Eva Kozubíková et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

raxmlGUI: a graphical front-end for RAxML

(2011) Daniele Silvestro et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

A comparative study of molecular diagnostic methods designed to detect the crayfish plague pathogen, Aphanomyces astaci

(2011) Stephen Tuffs et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Multiple Horizontal Gene Transfer Events and Domain Fusions Have Created Novel Regulatory and Metabolic Networks in the Oomycete Genome

(2009) Paul Francis Morris et al.   PLoS One

A quantitative TaqMan® MGB real-time polymerase chain reaction based assay for detection of the causative agent of crayfish plague Aphanomyces astaci

(2009) Trude Vrålstad et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

The perfect invader: a parthenogenic crayfish poses a new threat to Madagascar’s freshwater biodiversity

(2008) Julia P. G. Jones et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS