Alexander Idnurm

The Third International Symposium on Fungal Stress - ISFUS

Alene Alder-Rangel, Alexander Idnurm, Alexandra C Brand, Alistair JP Brown, Anna Gorbushina, Christina M Kelliher, Claudia B Campos, David E Levin, Deborah Bell-Pedersen, Ekaterina Dadachova, Florian F Bauer, Geoffrey M Gadd, Gerhard H Braus, Gilberto UL Braga, Guilherme TP Brancini, Graeme M Walker, Irina Druzhinina, Istvan Pocsi, Jan Dijksterhuis, Jesus Aguirre, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  Fungal Biology

Stress is a normal part of life for fungi, which can survive in environments considered inhospitable or hostile for other organism..

Sterol Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicide Resistance in Leptosphaeria maculans is Caused by Modifications in the Regulatory Region of ERG11

Yongqing Yang, Stephen J Marcoft, Leanne M Forsyth, Ji Zhao, Ziqin Li, Angela P Van de Wouw, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2020  |  Plant Disease

Blackleg is a worldwide disease of canola (Brassica napus), caused by a complex of fungal species in the genus Leptosphaeria, that..

Syncephalastrum contaminatum , a new species in the Mucorales from Australia

Andrew S Urquhart, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2020  |  Mycoscience

Biological functions of the autophagy-related proteins Atg4 and Atg8 in Cryptococcus neoformans

Thiago Nunes Roberto, Ricardo Ferreira Lima, Renata Castiglioni Pascon, Alexander Idnurm, Marcelo Afonso Vallim

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS One

Autophagy is a mechanism responsible for intracellular degradation and recycling of macromolecules and organelles, essential for c..

A spontaneous mutation in DNA polymerase POL3 during in vitro passaging causes a hypermutator phenotype in Cryptococcus species

Kylie J Boyce, Chengjun Cao, Chaoyang Xue, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2020  |  DNA Repair

Passaging of microbes in vitro can lead to the selection of microevolved derivatives with differing properties to their original p..

Diversity of Backusella (Mucoromycotina) in south-eastern Australia revealed through polyphasic taxonomy

AS Urquhart, JK Douch, TA Heafield, AG Buddie, A Idnurm

Journal article  |  2020  |  Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Here we explore the diversity of one morphologically distinguishable genus in the Mucoromycotina, Backusella, in south-eastern Aus..

Biotechnological potential of engineering pathogen effector proteins for use in plant disease management

Angela P Van de Wouw, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  Biotechnology Advances

A key component in the management of many diseases of crops is the use of plant disease resistance genes. However, the discovery a..

The dual function gene RAD23 contributes to Cryptococcus neoformans virulence independently of its role in nucleotide excision DNA repair

Surbhi Verma, Viplendra PS Shakya, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  Gene

Identification of a gene cluster for the synthesis of the plant hormone abscisic acid in the plant pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans

Reynaldi Darma, Adrian Lutz, Candace E Elliott, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  Fungal Genetics and Biology

Leptosphaeria maculans is an ascomycetous fungus that causes the disease blackleg on Brassica napus (canola). In spite of the impo..

Phylogenetic and Phylogenomic Definition of Rhizopus Species (vol 8, pg 2007, 2018)

AP Gryganskyi, J Golan, S Dolatabadi, S Mondo, S Robb, A Idnurm, A Muszewska, K Steczkiewicz, S Masonjones, H-L Liao, MT Gajdeczka, F Anike, A Vuek, IM Anishchenko, K Voigt, GS de Hoog, ME Smith, J Heitman, R Vilgalys, JE Stajich

Journal article  |  2019  |  G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics