Genome wide analysis of the transition to pathogenic lifestyles in Magnaporthales fungi

The rice blast fungus Pyricularia oryzae (syn. Magnaporthe oryzae , Magnaporthe grisea ), a member of the order Magnaporthales in the class Sordariomycetes, is an important plant pathogen and a model species for studying pathogen infection and plant-fungal interaction. In this study, we generated genome sequence data from five additional Magnaporthales fungi including non-pathogenic species, and performed comparative genome analysis of a total...