Gene family expansions and contractions are associated with host range in plant pathogens of the genus Colletotrichum.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many species belonging to the genus Colletotrichum cause anthracnose disease on a wide range of plant species. In addition to their economic impact, the genus Colletotrichum is a useful model for the study of the evolution of host specificity, speciation and reproductive behaviors. Genome projects of Colletotrichum species have already opened a new era for studying the evolution of pathogenesis in fungi.

Results

We sequenced and annotated the genomes of four strains in the Colletotrichum acutatum species complex (CAsc), a clade of broad host range pathogens within the genus. The four CAsc proteomes and secretomes along with those representing an additional 13 species (six Colletotrichum spp. and seven other Sordariomycetes) were classified into protein families us

SUBMITTER: Baroncelli R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4974774 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature