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Title: Genome sequencing of Rigidoporus microporus provides insights on genes important for wood decay, latex tolerance and interspecific fungal interactions

Abstract

Fungal plant pathogens remain a serious threat to the sustainable agriculture and forestry, despite the extensive efforts undertaken to control their spread. White root rot disease is threatening rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations throughout South and Southeast Asia and Western Africa, causing tree mortality and severe yield losses. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the basidiomycete fungus Rigidoporus microporus, a causative agent of the disease. Our phylogenetic analysis confirmed the position of R. microporus among the members of Hymenochaetales, an understudied group of basidiomycetes. Our analysis further identified pathogen's genes with a predicted role in the decay of plant cell wall polymers, in the utilization of latex components and in interspecific interactions between the pathogen and other fungi. We also detected putative horizontal gene transfer events in the genome of R. microporus. The reported first genome sequence of a tropical rubber tree pathogen R. microporus should contribute to the better understanding of how the fungus is able to facilitate wood decay and nutrient cycling as well as tolerate latex and utilize resinous extractives.

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ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5];  [6];  [2];  [3];  [7];  [6];  [6];  [2];  [6]; ORCiD logo [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [8];  [2];  [2];  [6] more »; ORCiD logo [9];  [10];  [2] « less
  1. Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Canada); Univ. of Benin, Benin City (Nigeria); Univ. of Helsinki (Finalnd)
  2. Univ. of Helsinki (Finalnd)
  3. Consejo Superior de Invesitgaciones Cientificas, Madrid (Spain)
  4. Friedrich Sciller Univ., Jena (Germany)
  5. Aix-Marseille Univ., Marseille (France); Inst. National de la Recherche Agronomique, Marseille (France); King Abdulaziz Univ., Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
  6. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  7. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  8. Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing (China)
  9. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. de Salamanca, Villamayor (Spain)
  10. Inst. National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Champenoux (France); Univ. of Lorraine, Champenoux (France)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Academy of Finland
OSTI Identifier:
1619169
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; 307580
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; comparative genomics; ecological genetics

Citation Formats

Oghenekaro, Abbot O., Kovalchuk, Andriy, Raffaello, Tommaso, Camarero, Susana, Gressler, Markus, Henrissat, Bernard, Lee, Juna, Liu, Mengxia, Martínez, Angel T., Miettinen, Otto, Mihaltcheva, Sirma, Pangilinan, Jasmyn, Ren, Fei, Riley, Robert, Ruiz-Dueñas, Francisco Javier, Serrano, Ana, Thon, Michael R., Wen, Zilan, Zeng, Zhen, Barry, Kerrie, Grigoriev, Igor V., Martin, Francis, and Asiegbu, Fred O.. Genome sequencing of Rigidoporus microporus provides insights on genes important for wood decay, latex tolerance and interspecific fungal interactions. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-62150-4.
Oghenekaro, Abbot O., Kovalchuk, Andriy, Raffaello, Tommaso, Camarero, Susana, Gressler, Markus, Henrissat, Bernard, Lee, Juna, Liu, Mengxia, Martínez, Angel T., Miettinen, Otto, Mihaltcheva, Sirma, Pangilinan, Jasmyn, Ren, Fei, Riley, Robert, Ruiz-Dueñas, Francisco Javier, Serrano, Ana, Thon, Michael R., Wen, Zilan, Zeng, Zhen, Barry, Kerrie, Grigoriev, Igor V., Martin, Francis, & Asiegbu, Fred O.. Genome sequencing of Rigidoporus microporus provides insights on genes important for wood decay, latex tolerance and interspecific fungal interactions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62150-4
Oghenekaro, Abbot O., Kovalchuk, Andriy, Raffaello, Tommaso, Camarero, Susana, Gressler, Markus, Henrissat, Bernard, Lee, Juna, Liu, Mengxia, Martínez, Angel T., Miettinen, Otto, Mihaltcheva, Sirma, Pangilinan, Jasmyn, Ren, Fei, Riley, Robert, Ruiz-Dueñas, Francisco Javier, Serrano, Ana, Thon, Michael R., Wen, Zilan, Zeng, Zhen, Barry, Kerrie, Grigoriev, Igor V., Martin, Francis, and Asiegbu, Fred O.. Mon . "Genome sequencing of Rigidoporus microporus provides insights on genes important for wood decay, latex tolerance and interspecific fungal interactions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62150-4. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1619169.
@article{osti_1619169,
title = {Genome sequencing of Rigidoporus microporus provides insights on genes important for wood decay, latex tolerance and interspecific fungal interactions},
author = {Oghenekaro, Abbot O. and Kovalchuk, Andriy and Raffaello, Tommaso and Camarero, Susana and Gressler, Markus and Henrissat, Bernard and Lee, Juna and Liu, Mengxia and Martínez, Angel T. and Miettinen, Otto and Mihaltcheva, Sirma and Pangilinan, Jasmyn and Ren, Fei and Riley, Robert and Ruiz-Dueñas, Francisco Javier and Serrano, Ana and Thon, Michael R. and Wen, Zilan and Zeng, Zhen and Barry, Kerrie and Grigoriev, Igor V. and Martin, Francis and Asiegbu, Fred O.},
abstractNote = {Fungal plant pathogens remain a serious threat to the sustainable agriculture and forestry, despite the extensive efforts undertaken to control their spread. White root rot disease is threatening rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations throughout South and Southeast Asia and Western Africa, causing tree mortality and severe yield losses. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the basidiomycete fungus Rigidoporus microporus, a causative agent of the disease. Our phylogenetic analysis confirmed the position of R. microporus among the members of Hymenochaetales, an understudied group of basidiomycetes. Our analysis further identified pathogen's genes with a predicted role in the decay of plant cell wall polymers, in the utilization of latex components and in interspecific interactions between the pathogen and other fungi. We also detected putative horizontal gene transfer events in the genome of R. microporus. The reported first genome sequence of a tropical rubber tree pathogen R. microporus should contribute to the better understanding of how the fungus is able to facilitate wood decay and nutrient cycling as well as tolerate latex and utilize resinous extractives.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-020-62150-4},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {3}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: (A) Fruiting bodies of Rigidoporus microporus developing in the lower part of Hevea brasiliensis trunk heavily colonized by the pathogen (plantation of the Rubber Research Institute Nigeria, July 2017). (B) Longitudinal section of H. brasiliensis wood colonized by R. microporus (stained by aniline blue).

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