| Entry | T01089 |
| Org code | mpr |
| Name | Moniliophthora perniciosa FA553 |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:554373 |
| Lineage | Eukaryota; Fungi; Basidiomycota; Agaricomycetes; Agaricales; Marasmiaceae; Moniliophthora; Moniliophthora perniciosa |
| Org group | Fungi; Basidiomycetes; Agaricomycetes |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]
KEGG organisms: fungi [BR:br08614] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000183025.1 Scaffold) |
| Keywords | Plant pathogen |
| Comment | Host: Theobroma cacao [GN:tcc] [TAX:3641]
Causal agent of Witches'Broom Disease (WBD) in cacao (Theobroma cacao).
Hemibiotrophic pathogen that colonizes the apoplast of cacao's meristematic tissues as a biotrophic pathogen, switching to a saprotrophic lifestyle during later stages of infection. |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 13560
Number of RNA genes: 114 |
| Created | 2009 |
| Reference | PMID: 19019209 |
| Authors | Mondego JM, Carazzolle MF, Costa GG, Formighieri EF, Parizzi LP, Rincones J, Cotomacci C, Carraro DM, Cunha AF, Carrer H, et al. |
| Title | A genome survey of Moniliophthora perniciosa gives new insights into Witches' Broom Disease of cacao. |
| Journal | BMC Genomics 9:548 (2008)
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-548 |
