Diaporthe

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Diaporthe
Diaporthe damage on soybean plant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Diaporthaceae
Genus: Diaporthe
Nitschke (1870)
Type species
Diaporthe eres
Nitschke (1870)
Species

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Diaporthe is a

plant pathogens
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Diaporthe species have been shown to transform the infection-inhibiting factors (+)-catechin and (−)-epicatechin into the 3,4-cis-dihydroxyflavan derivatives.[1]

Some species, like Diaporthe toxica, produce secondary metabolites that result in toxicoses of animals such as lupinosis of sheep.[2]

Selected species

Selected species

References

  1. ^ "Biooxidation of (+)-Catechin and (−)-Epicatechin into 3,4-Dihydroxyflavan Derivatives by the Endophytic Fungus Diaporthe sp. Isolated from a Tea Plant. Shibuya Hirotaka, Agusta Andria, Ohashi Kazuyoshi, Maehara Shoji and Simanjuntak Partomuan, Chem Pharm Bull, Vol.53, No.7, Pages 866-867(2005)". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
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