Standardizing the nomenclature for clonal lineages of the sudden oak death pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum.
Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death and ramorum blight, is known to exist as three distinct clonal lineages which can only be distinguished by performing molecular marker-based analyses. However, in the recent literature there exists no consensus on naming of these lineages. Here we propose a system for naming clonal lineages of P. ramorum based on a consensus established by the P. ramorum research community. Clonal lineages are named with a two letter identifier for the continent on which they were first found (e.g., NA = North America; EU = Europe) followed by a number indicating order of appearance. Clonal lineages known to date are designated NA1 (mating type: A2; distribution: North America; environment: forest and nurseries), NA2 (A2; North America; nurseries), and EU1 (predominantly A1, rarely A2; Europe and North America; nurseries and gardens). It is expected that novel lineages or new variants within the existing three clonal lineages could in time emerge.
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Niklaus J
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Erica M
EM
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Kelly
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Garbelotto
Matteo
M
Martin
Frank N
FN
Prospero
Simone
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Hansen
Everett
E
Bonants
Peter J M
PJ
Hamelin
Richard C
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Chastagner
Gary
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Werres
Sabine
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Rizzo
David M
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Abad
Gloria
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Beales
Paul
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Bilodeau
Guillaume J
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Blomquist
Cheryl L
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Brasier
Clive
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Stephan C
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Anne
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Jennifer M
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Denman
Sandra
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Elliott
Marianne
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Susan J
SJ
Goheen
Ellen M
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de Gruyter
Hans
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Heungens
Kurt
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James
Delano
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Kanaskie
Alan
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McWilliams
Michael G
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Man in 't Veld
Willem
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Moralejo
Eduardo
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Osterbauer
Nancy K
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Palm
Mary E
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Parke
Jennifer L
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Sierra
Ana Maria Perez
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Shamoun
Simon F
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Shishkoff
Nina
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Tooley
Paul W
PW
Vettraino
Anna Maria
AM
Webber
Joan
J
Widmer
Timothy L
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D002999:Clone Cells; D005838:Genotype; D005843:Geography; D010802:Phylogeny; D010838:Phytophthora / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D029963:Quercus / Q000382:microbiology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic