| T number | T01089 |
| Org_code | mpr |
| Name | Moniliophthora perniciosa FA553 |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 554373 |
| Lineage | Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Basidiomycota; Agaricomycotina; Agaricomycetes; Agaricomycetidae; Agaricales; Marasmiineae; Marasmiaceae; Moniliophthora |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000183025.1)
BioProject: 28951 |
| Keywords | Plant pathogen |
| Comment | 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.
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| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 13560
Number of RNA genes: 114
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| 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 |