Ustilago maydis


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Noun1.Ustilago maydis - a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass
boil smut
genus Ustilago, Ustilago - type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts
corn smut, cornsmut - a smut fungus attacking Indian corn
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Corn smut fungus (Ustilago maydis) can infect corn, often causing an unsightly gall at the end of the ear.
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We obtained the genomic data of 5 species (i.e., Ganoderma sp., Lentinus tigrinus, Bjerkandera adusta, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, and Antrodia sinuosa) from the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and those for 18 other species (i.e., Ceriporiopsis subvermispora, Fibroporia radiculosa, Fomitopsis pinicola, Wolfiporia cocos, Postia placenta, Phanerochaete carnosa, Trametes versicolor, Dichomitus squalens, Trametes cinnabarina, Cryptococcus neoformans, Ustilago maydis, Neurospora crassa, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizophyllum commune, Pleurotus ostreatus, Agaricus bisporus, Auricularia delicate, and Tremella mesenterica) from NCBI.
De Novo Sequencing of a Sparassis latifolia Genome and Its Associated Comparative Analyses
Smith, "KP4 fungal toxin inhibits growth in Ustilago maydis by blocking calcium uptake," Molecular Microbiology, vol.
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Green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a new vital marker in the phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis. Mol.
Construction of Isaria fumosorosea Blastospore-Transforming System by Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation with Benomyl-Resistance Gene
Ustilago maydis (DC) Corda is an important pathogen of maize (Zea mays L.) in China.
Development of Genomic SSR Markers and Analysis of Genetic Diversity of 40 Haploid Isolates of Ustilago maydis in China
rubescens Pers., Boletus edulis Bull., Cantharellus cibarius Fr., Lactarius indigo (Schwein.) Fr., Morchella esculenta (L.) Pers., Russula brevipes Peck, y Ustilago maydis (DC.) Corda, entre muchas otras (Herrera y Guzman, 1961; Mapes et al., 1981; Bandala et al., 1997; Montoya et al., 2003).
"Nanganana" (Tremelloscypha gelatinosa, Sebacinaceae), hongo silvestre comestible del bosque tropical deciduo en la depresion central de Chiapas, Mexico
Plant species graminicola glutinis phaffii Silene latifolia (F) 2 13 9 Silene latifolia (M) 2 12 12 Barbarea vulgaris Coronilla varia Impatiens capensis 1 1 Iris versicolor Lathyrus latifolius Leonurus cardiaca 1 Lonicera japonica 1 Lonicera tatarica Medicago sativa Melilotus officinalis Nepeta cataria 2 1 Saponaria 1 1 officinalis Satureja vulgaris Trifolium pratense 2 1 Vicia villosa Total samples 5 35 26 Ustilago maydis Sporo.
Nectar inhabiting yeasts in Virginian populations of Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae) and coflowering species
Most notable among the heterologous siderophores utilized by these rhizobia is ferrichrome, a prototypical hydroxamate type siderophore secreted by several fungi, including Ustilago sphaerogena [22] and Ustilago maydis [23].
Engineering rhizobial bioinoculants: a strategy to improve iron nutrition

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