Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae provide insights into the biology of a fascinating fungal phytopathogen.

Abstract

We received a lot of help in the projects, many through these personal favors. We thank Dr. Michael E. Hood from Amherst College for providing us with Silene latifolia seeds and the starter fungal strains. We acknowledge the Broad Institute Sequencing Platform for generating all DNA and RNA sequences described here, and Sinéad Chapman for coordinating the sequencing. We thank Dr. Mark Lawrence from Mississippi State University, for sharing the Rhodotorula glutinis ATCC 204091 genome and annotation methods prior to publication. We would also like to thank Vincent