Unseen fungal biodiversity and complex inter-organismal interactions in Protea flower heads

Convergent evolution unites the population genetics of Protea-associated ophiostomatoid fungi

(2023) Janneke Aylward et al.   Fungal Ecology

Persistence of ecologically similar fungi in a restricted floral niche

(2022) Vuledzani O. Mukwevho et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Early colonization of Protea flowers enable dominance of competitively weak saprobic fungi in seed cones, benefitting their hosts

(2021) Vuledzani O. Mukwevho et al.   Fungal Biology

Comparative Genomic Data Provide New Insight on the Evolution of Pathogenicity in Sporothrix Species

(2020) Mengya Huang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Interplay between differential competition and actions of spore-vectors explain host exclusivity of saprobic fungi in Protea flowers

(2020) Vuledzani O. Mukwevho et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Genomic overview of closely related fungi with different Protea host ranges

(2018) Janneke Aylward et al.   Fungal Biology

Knoxdaviesia capensis : dispersal ecology and population genetics of a flower-associated fungus

(2017) Janneke Aylward et al.   Fungal Ecology

Contrasting carbon metabolism in saprotrophic and pathogenic microascalean fungi from Protea trees

(2017) Janneke Aylward et al.   Fungal Ecology

Birds Mediate a Fungus-Mite Mutualism

(2017) Natalie Theron-De Bruin et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Genetic basis for high population diversity in Protea-associated Knoxdaviesia

(2016) Janneke Aylward et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Actinomycetes inhibit filamentous fungi from the cuticle ofAcromyrmexleafcutter ants

(2016) Rômulo Augusto Cotta Dângelo et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

The divorce of Sporothrix and Ophiostoma: solution to a problematic relationship

(2016) Z.W. de Beer et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

Antifungal Streptomyces spp. Associated with the Infructescences of Protea spp. in South Africa

(2016) Zander R. Human et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Long-distance dispersal and recolonization of a fire-destroyed niche by a mite-associated fungus

(2015) Janneke Aylward et al.   Fungal Biology

Knoxdaviesia proteae is not the only Knoxdaviesia-symbiont of Protea repens

(2015) Janneke Aylward et al.   IMA Fungus

Panmixia defines the genetic diversity of a unique arthropod-dispersed fungus specific toProteaflowers

(2014) Janneke Aylward et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The Role of Mites in Insect-Fungus Associations

(2013) R.W. Hofstetter et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Fungal Planet description sheets: 107–127

(2013) P.W. Crous et al.   PERSOONIA

A new genus and eight new species of Tydeoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) fromProteaspecies in South Africa

(2012) Natalie Theron et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY

New species of Gondwanamyces from dying Euphorbia trees in South Africa

(2012) Johannes Alwyn van der Linde et al.   MYCOLOGIA

The Fungi: 1, 2, 3 … 5.1 million species?

(2011) Meredith Blackwell   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Mites are the most common vectors of the fungus Gondwanamyces proteae in Protea infructescences

(2011) Francois Roets et al.   Fungal Biology

Biotic and abiotic constraints that facilitate host exclusivity of Gondwanamyces and Ophiostoma on Protea

(2011) Francois Roets et al.   Fungal Biology

Cellulose-degrading bacteria associated with the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio

(2011) Aaron S Adams et al.   ISME Journal

Presence and Diversity of Streptomyces in Dendroctonus and Sympatric Bark Beetle Galleries Across North America

(2011) Jiri Hulcr et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Hemicelluloses

(2010) Henrik Vibe Scheller et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Two new Ophiostoma species from Protea caffra in Zambia

(2010) F. Roets et al.   PERSOONIA

Mite-Mediated Hyperphoretic Dispersal of Ophiostoma spp. from the Infructescences of South African Protea spp.

(2009) F. Roets et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

DIVERSIFICATION OF THE AFRICAN GENUSPROTEA(PROTEACEAE) IN THE CAPE BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT AND BEYOND: EQUAL RATES IN DIFFERENT BIOMES

(2009) Luis M. Valente et al.   EVOLUTION

Do mites phoretic on elm bark beetles contribute to the transmission of Dutch elm disease?

(2009) John C. Moser et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Fungal radiation in the Cape Floristic Region: An analysis based on Gondwanamyces and Ophiostoma

(2008) F. Roets et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Ophiostoma gemellus and Sporothrix variecibatus from mites infesting Protea infructescences in South Africa

(2008) Francois Roets et al.   MYCOLOGIA