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Colletotrichum (sexual stage: Glomerella) is a genus of fungi that are obligate symbionts to plants in the form of endophytes. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens, although some species may express a mutualistic life-style in non-disease hosts.[1]
References
- ^ Rodriguez, Rusty and Regina Redman. (2008). "More than 400 million years of evolution and some plants still can’t make it on their own: plant stress tolerance via fungal symbiosis". Journal of Experimental Botany 59 (5): 1109–14. doi:10.1093/jxb/erm342. PMID 18267941.
Colletrotrichum is a parasite fungus causing anthracnose disease in plants.the infected tissue developes necrosis and hypoplasia. The genus is represented by 21 species .
Further reading
- Cai, L. et al. 2009: A polyphasic approach for studying Colletotrichum. Fungal diversity, 39: 183–204. PDF
- Damm, U. et al. (in press, 2012): The Colletotrichum boninense species complex. Studies in mycology, doi:10.3114/sim0002
- Damm, U.; Baroncelli, R.; Cai, L.; Kubo, Y.; O'Connell, R.; Weir, B.; Yoshino, K.; Cannon, P. F. (2010). "Colletotrichum: Species, ecology and interactions". IMA Fungus 1 (2): 161–165. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2010.01.02.08. PMC 3348780. PMID 22679575.
- Hyde, K.D. et al. 2009: Colletotrichum - names in current use. Fungal diversity, 39: 147-183. PDF
- Weir, B.S.; Johnston, P.R. 2010: Characterisation and neotypification of Gloeosporium kaki Hori as Colletotrichum horii nom. nov. Mycotaxon, 111: 209–219. doi:10.5248/111.209
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