Elms, especially Ulmus minor and U. americana, are carrying out a hard battle against Dutch elm disease (DED). This vascular wilt disease, caused by Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi, appeared in the twentieth century and killed millions of elms across North America and Europe. Elm breeding and conservation programmes have identified a reduced number of DED tolerant genotypes. In this study, thr...

Hydrophobins are components of microbial cell walls that contribute tocell surface hydrophobicity. The hydrophobic nature of the surfaces of many microbes, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic, is important to such processes as adhesion of pathogens to host structures and dispersa1 of aerial spores (Beever and Dempsey, 1978; Doyle and Rosenberg, 1990; Stringer et al., 1991). A class of peptide hydro...

Four new yeasts are described that were recognized as novel from nucleotide substitutions in domain D1/D2 of 26S rDNA, a region that is sufficiently divergent to allow resolution of most ascomycetous yeast species. The new species and their type strains are as follows: Pichia maclurae NRRL Y-5377T (= CBS 8671T); Pichia misumaiensis NRRL Y-17389T (= CBS 8062T); Candida mycetangii NRRL Y-6843T (=...

During a study several species of mitosporic fungi which have been collected from Guilan Province were examined and seven species viz.: Hansfordia pulvinata, Myriellina cydoniae, Phloeospora cf. ulmi, Questieriella sp., Sarcinella questieri, Septoria cf. castaneicola and Sirosporium mori were found to be new records for Iran mycoflora. Moreover, Sirosporium celtidis is described and illustrated...