Cochliobolus cymbopogonis

Cochliobolus cymbopogonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Subclass:	Pleosporomycetidae
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Pleosporaceae
Genus:	Cochliobolus
Species:	C. cymbopogonis
Binomial name
	Cochliobolus cymbopogonis; J.A. Hall & Sivan., (1972)
Synonyms
	Curvularia cymbopogonis (C.W. Dodge) J.W. Groves & Skolko [as 'cymbopogi'], (1945); Helminthosporium cymbopogonis C.W. Dodge [as 'cymbopogi'], (1942)

Cochliobolus cymbopogonis is a fungal plant pathogen. Those fungi that do not need a partner to mate are termed homothallic (self-fertile). C. cymbopogonis is homothallic.^[1]

References

^ Yun SH, Berbee ML, Yoder OC, Turgeon BG. Evolution of the fungal self-fertile reproductive life style from self-sterile ancestors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 May 11;96(10):5592-7. PMID 10318929 PMCID: PMC21905 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.10.5592

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[1] Yun SH, Berbee ML, Yoder OC, Turgeon BG. Evolution of the fungal self-fertile reproductive life style from self-sterile ancestors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 May 11;96(10):5592-7. PMID 10318929 PMCID: PMC21905 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.10.5592

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