| Species/Subspecies:
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Ophiostoma ulmi |
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| Category:
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Plant pathogen |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: snake mouth.
Species epithet: from elm. |
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| Significance: | [Very important]
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| Geographic distribution:
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Europe, western part of central Asia and Oceania. |
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Ascomycota | Sordariomycetes | Ophiostomatales | Ophiostomataceae | Ophiostoma |
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| Macromorphology (smell):
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| Micromorphology:
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| Reproduction: | O. ulmi can reproduce both sexually and asexually. |
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| Spec. Char.:
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| Vector:
| Three species of Scolytid beetles (Scolytus laevis, Scolytus triarmatus and Scolytus multistriatus). |
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| Disease/effect:
| | Hosts/substrate | Disease/effect | Clinical picture or result |
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| Wych elm (Ulmus glabra and other species within the genus) | Dutch elm disease | Infested trees retain withered leaves, which is easiest to see in July and August. This symptom may also be due to drought. In the wood, brown streaks can be observed in the fiber direction of the wood. |
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| Genome Sequence:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | # of chrom | Size (Mbp) | Ref |
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| Not deposited | Not reported | ? | 31.5 | # 66 |
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| 18S rRNA Seq:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | Number of NT |
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| M83261 | ATCC 32437 | 1710 |
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| ITS regions:
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- |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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A closely related species, Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, has been described, which is considered more aggressive than the original species. |
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| Updated: | 2021-09-02 |
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