Scientific Output 2003

Books, CD-Roms and Software

Boekhout T, Robert V (eds) (2003) Yeasts and Food. Behr’s Verlag Hamburg, Germany: 1–488.
Crous PW, Braun U (2003) Mycosphaerella and its anamorphs. 1. Names published in Cerco-spora and Passalora. CBS Biodiversity Series 1: 1–571.
Keller R, Senkpiel K, Samson RA, Hoekstra ES (2003) Schutzmassnahmen vor mikrobiellen Belastungen des Innenraumes. Institut Medizinische Mikrobologie und Hygiene, Universität Lübeck.
Robert V, Szoke Sz (2003) BioloMICS Web software. Version 2. Centraalbureau voor Schim-melcultures.
Robert V, Szoke Sz (2003) BioloMICS software. Version 3. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultu-res.

Publications

Ahmed AOA, Desplaces N, Leonard P, Goldstein F, Hoog GS de, Verbrugh H, Belkum A van (2003) Molecular detection and identification of agents of eumycetoma: detailed report of two cases. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41: 5813–5816.
Anaissie EJ, Stratton SL, Dignani C, Lee CK, Summerbell RC, Rex JH, Monson TP, Walsh TJ. (2003) Pathogenic moulds (including Aspergillus spp.) in hospital water distribution systems: A three-year prospective study and clinical implications for patients with hematological malig-nancies. Blood 101: 2542–2546.
Aptroot A (2003) A new perspective in the Punctelia (Parmeliaceae) species of North America. The Bryologist 106: 317–319.
Aptroot A (2003) Pyrenocarpous lichens and related non-lichenized ascomycetes from Taiwan. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 93: 155–173.
Aptroot A, Ferraro LI, Lai M-J, Sipman HJM, Sparrius LB (2003) Foliicolous lichens and their lichenicolous ascomycetes from Yunnan and Taiwan. Mycotaxon 88: 41–47.
Aptroot A, Herk CM van (2003) Review: Lichens and global warming. International Lichenological Newsletter 35: 57–58.
Aptroot A, Lai M-J, Sparrius LB (2003) The genus Menegazzia (Parmeliaceae) in Taiwan. The Bry-ologist 106: 157–161.
Aptroot A, Lisická E, Paclová L (2003) Cladonia borealis, C. monomorpha and Physcia vitii (lichenized Ascomycota), new to Slovakia. Biologia, Bratislava 58: 767–771.
Aptroot A, Lücking R (2003) Phenotype-based phylogenetic analysis does not support generic separation of Gyalidea and Solorinella (Ostropales: Asterothyriaceae) Bibliotheca Lichenologica 86: 53–78.
Aptroot A, Schiefelbein U (2003) Additional species of Cheiromycina (lichenized hyphomycetes), with a key to the known species. Mycological Research 107: 104–107.
Aptroot A, Sparrius LB (2003) New microlichens from Taiwan. Fungal Diversity 14: 1–50.
Aptroot A, Tibell L (2003) Chaenotheca papuensis, a new species from huts in a mountain village in Papua New Guinea. Australasian Lichenology 52: 12–13.
Aptroot A, Triebel D (2002) A new Phacopsis on Paraparmelia and Xanthoparmelia in southern Africa. Nova Hedwigia 74: 405–409.
Aptroot, A, Sipman, HJM, Spier, JL (2003) Diagnostic chemistry of foliicolous Enterographa. The Bryologist 106: 278–279.
Berger F, Aptroot A (2003) Further contributions to the flora of lichens and lichenicolous fungi of the Azores. Arquipélago 19A: 1–12.
Boekhout T, Theelen B, Houbraken J, Robert V, Scorzetti G, Gerson U, Sztejnberg A (2003) New anamorphic acaropathogenic fungi belonging to the Ustilaginomycetes: Meira geula-konigii Boekhout, Gerson & Sztejnberg, gen. et spec. nov., Meira argovae Boekhout, Gerson & Sztejnberg spec. nov. and Acaromyces ingoldii Boekhout, Gerson & Sztejnberg gen. et spec. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 1655–1664.
Borst A, Theelen B, Reinders E, Boekhout T, Fluit AC, Savelkoul PHM (2003) AFLP as an iden-tification method for medically important Candida spp., including C. dubliniensis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41: 1357–1362.
Bossler AD, Richter SS, Chavez AJ, Vogelgesang SA, Sutton DA, Grooters AM, Rinaldi MG, Hoog GS de, Pfaller MA (2003) Exophiala oligosperma causing olecranon bursitis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41: 4779–4782.
Botha A, Denman S, Lamprecht SC, Mazzola M, Crous PW (2003) Characterization and pathogenicity of the Rhizoctonia isolates associated with black root rot of strawberries in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Australasian Journal of Plant Pathology 32: 195–201.
Braun U, Crous PW, Dugan F, Groenewald JZ, Hoog GS de (2003) Phylogeny and taxonomy of Cladosporium-like hyphomycetes, including Davidiella gen. nov., the teleomorph of Cladosporium s.str. Mycological Progress 2: 3–18.
Braun U, Crous PW, Kamal (2003) New species of Pseudocercospora, Ramularia and Stenella (cercosporoid hyphomycetes). Mycological Progress 2: 197–208.
Cadez N, Poot GA, Raspor P, Smith MTh (2003) Hanseniaspora meyeri sp. nov, Hansenias-pora clermontiae sp. nov, Hanseniaspora lachancei sp. nov and Hanseniaspora opuntiae sp. nov, novel apiculate yeast species. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Mi-crobiology 53: 1671–1680
Campbell GF, Crous PW (2003) Genetic stability of net x spot hybrid progeny of the barley pathogen Pyrenophora teres. Australasian Journal of Plant Pathology 32: 283–287.
Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Carroll G (2003) Muribasidiospora indica causing a prominent leaf spot disease on Rhus lancea in South Africa. Australasian Journal of Plant Pathology 32: 313–316.
Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Gams W (2003) Eyespot of cereals revisited: ITS phylogeny reveals new species relationships. European Journal of Plant Pathology 109: 841–850.
Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Wingfield MJ, Aptroot A (2003) The value of ascospore septation in separating Mycosphaerella from Sphaerulina in the Dothideales: a Saccardoan myth? Sy-dowia 55: 136–152.
Degenkolb T, Berg A, Gams W, Schlegel B, Gräfe U (2003) The occurrence of peptaibols and structurally related peptaibiotics in Fungi and their mass spectrometric identification via Diag-nostic Fragment Ions. Journal of Peptide Science 9: 666–678.
Denman S, Crous PW, Groenewald JG, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2003) Circum-scription of Botryosphaeria species associated with Proteaceae based on morphology and DNA sequence data. Mycologia 95: 294–307.
Etayo J, Aptroot A (2003) Pyrenula luteopruinosa sp. nov. from Panama and notes on other members of the genus. Lichenologist 35: 233–236.
Fenille, RC, Ciampi MB, Kuramae EE, Souza NL (2003) Identification of Rhizoctonia solani as-sociated with soybean in Brazil by rDNA-ITS sequences. Fitopatologia Brasileira 28: 413–419.
Gabrio T, Dill I, Ficsher G, Grun L, Rabe R, Samson RA, Seil H, Szewzyk R, Trautman C, War-scheid T, Weidner U (2003) Strategies and targets for establishing a multicenter trial: Identifi-cation of indoor relevant moulds. Mycoses 46: 32–36.
Gams W, Korf RP, Pitt JI, Hawksworth DL, Berbee ML, Kirk PM, Seifert KA (2003) Has dual nomenclature for fungi run its course? The Article 69 debate. Mycotaxon 88: 493–508.
Geel B van, Buurman J, Brinkkemper O, Schelvis J, Aptroot A, Reenen G van, Hakbijl T (2003) Environmental reconstruction of a Roman Period settlement site in Uitgeest (the Netherlands), with special reference to coprophilous fungi. Journal of Archaeological Science 30: 873–883.
Gibas CFC, Sigler L, Summerbell RC, Currah RS (2002) Phylogeny of the genus Arachnomy-ces and its anamorphs and the establishment of Arachnomycetales, a new Eurotiomycete or-der in the Ascomycota. Studies in Mycology: 47: 131–139. [appeared 2003]
Goud JC, Termorshuizen AJ, Gams W (2003) Morphology of Verticillium dahliae and V. tricor-pus on semi-selective media used for the detection of V. dahliae in soil. Mycological Research 107: 822–830.
Gupta AK, Ahmad I, Porretta M, Summerbell RC (2003) Arthroconidial formation in Trichophy-ton raubitschekii. Mycoses 46: 304–310.
Gupta AK, Bluhm R, Cooper EA, Summerbell RC, Batra R (2003) Seborrheic dermatitis. Der-matology Clinics 21: 401–412.
Gupta AK, Kohli Y, Summerbell RC. (2002) Exploratory study of single-copy genes and ribo-somal intergenic spacers for distinction of dermatophytes. Studies in Mycology 47: 87–96. [appeared 2003]
Gupta AK, Ryder J, Baran R, Summerbell RC (2003) Non-dermatophyte onychomycosis. Der-matology Clinics 21: 257–268.
Gupta AK, Ryder J, Summerbell RC (2003) Fungal infections in immunocompromised patients. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 17: 1–2.
Gupta AK, Ryder J, Summerbell RC (2003) Comparison of efficacy criteria across onychomyco-sis trials: need for standardization. International Journal of Dermatology 42: 312–315.
Gupta AK, Ryder J, Summerbell RC (2003) The diagnosis of nondermatophyte mold onycho-mycosis. International Journal of Dermatology 42: 272–273.
Gupta AK, Ryder JE, Bluhm R, Johnson A, Summerbell RC (2003) Onychomycosis: quality of studies. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery [Jul 28, Epub ahead of print, <www.springerlink.com>]
Halleen F, Crous PW, Petrini O (2003) Fungi associated with healthy grapevine cuttings in nurseries, with special reference to pathogens involved in the decline of young vines. Aus-tralasian Plant Pathology 32: 47–52.
Hebeler-Barbosa F, Morais FV, Montenegro MR, Kuramae EE, Montes B, McEwen JG, Bagagli E, Puccia R (2003) Comparison of the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions and PbGP43 genes of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis from patients and armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus). Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41: 5735–5737.
Herk CM van, Aptroot A (2003) A new status for the Western European taxa of the Cladonia cervicornis group. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 86: 193–214.
Hoog GS de, Vicente V, Caligiorne RB, Kantargliocu S, Tintelnot K, Gerrits van den Ende AHG, Haase G (2003) Species diversity and polymorphism in the Exophiala spinifera clade contain-ing opportunistic black yeast-like fungi. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41: 4767–4778.
Horré R, Jovanic B, Herff S, Marklein G, Zhou H, Heinze I, Hoog GS de, Rüchel R, Schaal KP (2003) Wound infection due to Absidia corymbifera and Candida albicans with fatal outcome. Mycoses 46: 418–421.
Horré R, Jovanic B, Marklein G, Schumacher G, Friedrichs N, Neuhaus T, Hoog GS de, Schaal KP (2003) Fatal pulmonary scedosporiosis. Mycoses 46: 418–421.
Horré R, Schröteler A, Marklein G, Breuer G, Siekmeier R, Sterzik B, Hoog GS de, Schnitzler N, Schaal KP (2003) Vorkommen von Exophiala dermatitidis bei Patienten mit zystischer Fibrose in Bonn. Atemweg- und Lungenkrankheiten 29: 373–379.
Kerrigan J, Smith MT, Roger JD, Poot GA, Douhan GW (2003) Ascobotryozyma cognata sp. nov., a new ascomycetous yeast associated with nematodes from wood-boring beetle galler-ies. Mycological Research 107: 1110–1120.
Koike ST, Tjosvold SA, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW (2003) First report of a leaf spot disease of bells-of-Ireland (Moluccella laevis) in California caused by Cercospora apii. Plant Disease 87: 203.
Kuramae EE, Buzeto AL, Ciampi MB, Souza NL (2003) Identification of Rhizoctonia solani AG 1-IB in lettuce, AG 4 HG-I in tomato and melon, and AG 4 HG-III in broccoli and spinach, in Brazil. European Journal of Plant Pathology 109: 391–395.
Kure CF, Skaar I, Holst-Jensen A, Abeln ECA (2003) The use of AFLP to relate cheese con-taminating Penicillium strains to specific points in the production plants. International Journal of Food Microbiology: 83: 195–204.
Kurzai O, Keith P, Hopp H, Hoog GS de, Abele-Horn M, Frosch M (2003) Post mortem isolation of Pseudotaeniolina globosa from a patient with aortic aneurysm. Mycoses 46: 141–144.
Lee S, Crous PW (2003) A new species of Helicogermslita from South Africa. Sydowia 55: 109–114.
Lee S, Crous PW (2003) New coelomycetes occurring on Restionaceae. Sydowia 55: 115–128.
Lee S, Crous PW (2003) New species of Anthostomella on fynbos, with a key to the genus in South Africa. Mycological Research 107: 360–370.
Lee S, Groenewald JZ, Taylor JE, Roets F, Crous PW (2003) Rhynchostomatoid fungi occur-ring on Proteaceae. Mycologia 95: 902–910.
Leo F de, Urzì C, Hoog GS de (2003) A new meristematic fungus, Pseudotaeniolina globosa. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 83: 351–360.
Luykx, D, Prenafeta-Boldú FX, Bont JAM de (2003) Toluene monooxygenase from the fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 312: 373–379.
Matos T, Haase G, Hoog GS de (2003) Molecular diversity of oligotrophic and neurotropic members of the black yeast genus Exophiala, with accent on E. dermatitidis. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 83: 293–303.
Meyer W, Gams W (2003) Delimitation of Umbelopsis (Mucorales, Umbelopsidaceae fam. nov.) based on ITS sequence and RFLP data. Mycological Research 107: 339–350.
Mostert L, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Gams W, Summerbell RC (2003) Togninia (Calosphaeri-ales) is confirmed as teleomorph of Phaeoacremonium by means of morphology, sexual com-patibility, and DNA phylogeny. Mycologia 95: 646–659.
Naumov GI, Naumova ES, Smith MTh, de Hoog GS (2003) Ribosomal DNA sequencing and reinstatement of the genus Arthroascus von Arx. Journal General Applied Microbiology 49: 267–270.
Peltroche-Llacsahuanga H, Schnitzler N, Jentsch S, Platz A, Hoog GS de, Schweizer K, Haase G (2003) Analysis of phagocytosis, evoked oxidative burst, and killing of black yeasts by hu-man neutrophils: a tool for estimating their pathogenicity? Medical Mycology 41: 7–14.
Pretorius MC, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Braun U (2003) Phylogeny of some cercosporoid fungi from Citrus. Sydowia 55: 286–305.
Reynolds AP, Dicks JL, Roberts IN, Wesselink J-J, de la Iglesia B, Robert V, Boekhout T, Ray-ward-Smith VJ (2003) Algorithms for identification, key generation and optimization with appli-cation to yeast identification. Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, EvoWorkshops 2611: 107–118.
Schurko AM, Mendoza L, Cock AWAM de, Klassen GR (2003) Molecular genetic differences between strains of Pythium insidiosum from Asia, Australia, and the Americas: evidence for geographic clusters. Mycologia 95: 200–208.
Schurko AM, Mendoza L, Lévesque CA, Désaulniers NL, Cock AWAM de, Klassen GR (2003) A molecular phylogeny of Pythium insidiosum. Mycological Research 107: 537–544.
Seaward MRD, Aptroot A (2003) Lichens of Silhouette Island (Seychelles). Bibliotheca Lichen-ologica 86: 423–439.
Smith MTh, Poot GA (2003) Genome comparisons in the genus Dipodascus de Lagerheim. FEMS Yeast Research 3: 301–311.
Sparrius LB, Aptroot A (2003) Bacidia adastra, a new sorediate lichen species from Western Europe. Lichenologist 35: 275–278.
Sparrius LB, Aptroot A (2003) Changes in the lichen flora of megalithic monuments in the Neth-erlands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 86: 441–452.
Sugiyama M, Tokumasu S, Gams W (2003) Umbelopsis gibberispora sp. nov. from Japanese leaf litter and a clarification of Micromucor ramannianus var. angulisporus. Mycoscience 44: 217–226.
Summerbell RC (2002) What is the evolutionary and taxonomic status of asexual lineages in the dermatophytes? Studies in Mycology 47: 97–101. [appeared 2003]
Summerbell RC, Weitzman I, Padhye A. (2002) The Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex: biological species and mating type prevalences of North American isolates, and a review of the worldwide distribution and host associations of species and mating types. Studies in My-cology 47: 75–86. [appeared 2003]
Surridge AKJ, Viljoen A, Crous PW, Wehner FC (2003) Identification of the pathogen associ-ated with Sigatoka disease of banana in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology 32: 27–31.
Surridge AKJ, Wehner FC, Crous PW, Viljoen A (2003) First report of Cladosporium musae on banana in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology 32: 499–503.
Tang P, Mohan S, Sigler L, Witterick I, Summerbell R, Campbell I, Mazzulli T (2003) Allergic fungal sinusitis associated with Trichoderma longibrachiatum. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41: 5333–5336.
Taylor JE, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW (2003) A phylogenetic analysis of Mycosphaerellaceae leaf spot pathogens of Proteaceae. Mycological Research 107: 653–658.
Trilles L, Lazéra M, Wanke B, Theelen B, Boekhout T (2003) Genetic characterization of envi-ronmental isolates of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex from Brazil. Medical Mycology 41: 383–390.
Verkley GJ, Zijlstra JD, Summerbell RC, Berendse F (2003) Phylogeny and taxonomy of root-inhabiting Cryptosporiopsis species, and C. rhizophila sp. nov., a fungus inhabiting roots of several Ericaceae. Mycological Research 107: 689–698.
Verkley GJM (2003) Ultrastructure of the ascus apical apparatus and ascospore wall in Ombro-phila hemiamyloidea (Helotiales, Ascomycota). Nova Hedwigia 77: 271–285.
Vitale RG, Hoog GS de, Rijs TG, Verweij PE (2003) In vitro activity of amphotericin B and itra-conazole in combination with fluorocytosine, sulphadiazine and quinolones against Exophiala spinifera. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapapy 51: 1297–1300.

Book Chapters and Proceedings

Aptroot A, Seaward MRD (2003) Freshwater lichens. In: Freshwater Mycology (Tsui KM, Hyde KD, eds). Fungal Diversity Press, Hong Kong: 101–110.
Boekhout T, Naumova E (2003) Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of yeasts. In: Epide-miological typing methods (van Belkum A, Duim B, Hays JP, eds). Dutch Society for Microbi-ology, The Netherlands: 93–103.
Boekhout T, Phaff HJ (2003) Yeast biodiversity and systematics. In: Yeasts and Food (Boek-hout T, Robert R, eds). Behr’s Verlag Hamburg, Germany: 1–38.
Crous PW (2003) Speciation and host specificity in Mycosphaerella: implications for taxonomy and pathology. In: Global insights into the Septoria and Stagonospora diseases of cereals (Kema HJ, Ginkel M van, Harrabi M, eds). Proceedings of the 5th Mycosphaerella and Stagonospora Symposium, 8–13 December, Tunis, Tunisia: 13–16.
Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Aptroot A, Braun U, Xavier M, Carlier J (2003) Integrating morpho-logical and molecular data sets in Mycosphaerella, with specific reference to species occur-ring on Musa. In: Mycosphaerella leaf spot diseases of bananas: present status and outlook. (Jacome L, Lepoivre P, Marin D, Ortiz R, Romero R, Escalant JV, eds). Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Mycosphaerella leaf spot diseases of bananas, 20–23 May 2002, San José, Costa Rica. INIBAP: 43–57.
Gams W, Zare R (2003) A taxonomic review of the Clavicipitaceous anamorphs parasitizing nematodes and other microinvertebrates. In: Clavicipitalean fungi: Evolutionary biology, chemistry, biocontrol, and cultural impacts. (White JF Jr., Spatafora JW, eds). Marcel Dekker, New York: 17–73.
Göttlich E, Hoog GS de, Genilloud O, Jones BE, & Marinelli F (2003) MICROMAT: Culturable fungal diversity in microbial mats of Antarctic lakes. In: Antarctic biology in a global context. (Huiskes AHL, Gieskes WWC, Rozema J, Schorno RML, Vies SM van der, Wolff WJ eds). Proc. VIII Scar Int. Biol. Symp., Amsterdam. Backhuys, Leiden: 251–254.
Gunde-Cimerman N, Zalar P, Petrovic U, Turk M, Kogej T, Hoog GS de & Plemenitas A (2003) Fungi in the salterns. In: Halophilic Microorganisms (Ventosa A, ed.). 6: 103–113.
Hoekstra ES, Samson RA (2003) Detection, isolation and identification of indoor Fungi. In: Schutzmassnahmen vor mikrobiellen Belastung des Innenraumes (Keller R, Senkpiel K, Samson RA, Hoekstra ES, eds). Schriftenreihe Institut Medizinische Mikrobologie und Hygie-ne, Universität Lübeck 7: 277–298.
Iglesia B de la, Wesselink JJ, Rayward-Smith VJ, Dicks J, Roberts IA, Robert V,Boekhout T (2003) Developing classification techniques from biological databases using simulated annea-ling. In: Metaheuristics: Computer Decision-Making (Resende MGC, de Sousa JP, eds). Klu-wer Academic Publisher, Dordrceht, The Netherlands: 347–368.
Kurtzman CP, Fell JW, Robert V, Yarrow D, Deak T, Boekhout T (2003) Methods to identify yeast. In: Yeasts and Food (Boekhout T, Robert R, eds). Behr’s Verlag Hamburg, Germany: 69–121.
Robert V (2003) Data management and bioinformatics. In: Yeasts and Food. (Boekhout T, Robert V, eds). Behr’s Verlag, Hamburg, Germany: 139–170.
Samson RA (2003) Research on fungi in indoor environments: developments in 2003. In: Schutzmassnahmen vor mikrobiellen Belastung des Innenraumes (Keller R, Senkpiel K, Samson RA, Hoekstra ES, eds). Schriftenreihe Institut Medizinische Mikrobologie und Hygie-ne, Universität Lübeck 7: 1–6.
Summerbell RC (2003) Aspergillus, Fusarium, Sporothrix, Piedraia and their relatives. Patho-genic and opportunistic members of the Eurotiales, Hypocreales, Ophiostomatales and Pseu-deurotiaceae ss. str. In: Pathogenic fungi in humans and animals, 2nd ed. (Howard DH, ed.). Marcel Dekker Press, New York, USA.: 237–498.
Summerbell, R.C (2003) Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton, and agents of superfi-cial mycosis. In: Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 8th ed. (Murray PR, Baron EJ, Jorgensen JH, Pfaller MA, Yolken RH, eds). ASM Press, Washington DC: 1798–1819.
Viljoen A, Surridge AKJ, Crous PW (2003) Impact of Mycosphaerella pathogens on bananas (Musa) in South Africa. In: Mycosphaerella leaf spot diseases of bananas: present status and outlook. (Jacome L, Lepoivre P, Marin D, Ortiz R, Romero R, Escalant JV, eds). Proceed-ings of the Second International Workshop on Mycosphaerella leaf spot diseases of bananas, 20–23 May 2002, San José, Costa Rica. INIBAP: 65–70.

Popular Publications

Boekhout T (2003) The 5th Conference on Cryptococcus and cryptococcosis, Adelaide, 2002. FEMS Yeast Research 3: II-III.
Boekhout T (2003) The 7th International Mycological Congress, Oslo, 2002. FEMS Yeast Re-search 3: I.
Crous PW (2003) Fungi and research collaborations with the Centraalbureau voor Schimmel-cultures (CBS) in the Netherlands. Inoculum 54 (4): 11–13.
Crous PW (2003) Het Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures en onderzoek aan plantenziek-ten. Gewasbescherming 34: 78–79.
Crous PW, Cother EJ (2003) The reality of a virtual laboratory: reference to personal herbaria and culture collections is bad science. Inoculum 54 (5): 2–3; Phytopathology News 37 (10): 138.
Gams W, Iturriaga T, Kirk PM (2003) Article 59 vicissitudes. Inoculum 54(1): 6–7.
Koenraad P, Egmond H van, Wareing P, Hoekstra E, Samson RA (2003) Gisten en schimmels in levensmiddelen: een zorg? Voedingsmiddelen-technologie 36: 26–27.
Koenraad P, Egmond H van, Wareing P, Hoekstra E, Samson RA (2003) De risico’s van myco-toxinen. Voedingsmiddelentechnologie 36: 32–33.

Papers and Posters:

Adan OCG, Sanders MM, Samson RA (2003) Sustained fungal control through interior finish performance requirements. International Conference on Bioaerosols, Fungi, Bacteria, My-cotoxins and Human Health, September 12, Saratoga Springs NY, USA.
Aptroot A (2003) “Distribution patterns of nitrophytic lichens” and “Lichens respond to global warming”, British Lichenological Society and English Nature-sponsored workshop "Nitrogen in the environment", Nettlecombe, Somerset, UK.
Ball LM, Bes MA, Theelen B, Boekhout T, Kuijper EJ (2003) Use of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) in the epidemiology of Candida species colonization in children under-going stem cell transplantation (SCT). 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) Abstracts, American Society for Microbiology, September, Chi-cago, USA.
Beer, ZW de, Crous PW, Ivory M, Zhou XD, Wingfield MJ (2003) Phylogenetic relationship of Sporothrix eucalypti and Ramularia pitereka from diseased Eucalyptus and Corymbia in South Africa and Australia. 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology, February 2–7, Christ-church, New Zealand.
Bibashi E, Hoog GS de, Kostopoulou E, Tsivitanidou M, Sevastidou J, Sofianou D (2003) Invasive Infection caused by Pseudallescheria boydii in an immunocompetent patient. Trends in Fungal Infections / European Confederation for Medical Mycology, September 29, Amster-dam, Netherlands.
Bilodeau G, Lévesque CA, Cock AWAM de, Kristjansson G, McDonald J, Hamelin RC (2003) Detection and identification of Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death by real-time PCR. APS annual meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, August 9–13. Phyto-pathology 93: S8.
Bilodeau G, Lévesque CA, Cock AWAM de, Kristjansson G, McDonald J, Hamelin RC (2003) Molecular diagnosis of Phytophthora ramorum by real-time PCR using Taqman, SybrGreen and Molecular beacons. The Canadian Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Montréal, Quebec, June 22–25. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 25: 418.
Boekhout T (2003) Molecular approaches to species delineation and strain typing of food-related and clinical yeasts. * International Course on Molecular ecology, taxonomy and identi-fication of yeasts. July21 – August 1, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal.
Boekhout T (2003) Yeast sytematics in the genomic era: case studies. * International Course on Molecular ecology, taxonomy and identification of yeasts. July21 – August 1, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal.
Boekhout T, Gildemacher P, Theelen B, Müller WH, Heijne B (2003) A new post harvest disor-der on apples in North Western Europe is caused by asexual stages of smut fungi. 23rd Inter-national Specialized Symposium on yeast ‘Interactions between yeasts and other organisms’, August 26–29, Budapest, Hungary.
Boekhout T, Robert V, Stalpers J, Gijswit G, Kurtzman CP, Fell JW, Roberts I (2003). Yeasts of the world, an interactive CD-ROM. * 23rd International Specialized Symposium on Yeasts ‘Interactions between yeasts and other organisms’, August 26–29, Budapest, Hungary.
Boekhout T, Robert V, Stalpers J, Gijswit G, Kurtzman CP, Fell JW, Roberts I (2003) Yeasts of the world, an interactive CD-ROM. Lecture Voorjaarsvergadering Nederlandse Vereniging voor Microbiologie. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Medische Microbiologie 11: S35.
Boekhout T, Theelen B, Dawson TL, Batra R, Gupta A (2003) Update on Malassezia. * 7th Trends in Medical Mycology & 9th Congress European Confederation of Medical Mycology and 7th Trends in invasive fungal infections. September 28 – October 1, Amsterdam, Nether-lands.
Boekhout T, Theelen B, Diaz M, Fell JW, Falk R, Polacheck I, Hagen F, Robert V, Bovers M, Kuramae EE, Meyer W (2003) Functional diversity within the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Keynote lecture 23rd International Specialized Symposium on Yeast ‘Interactions between yeasts and other organisms’, August 26–29, Budapest, Hungary.
Boekhout T, Theelen B, Houbraken J, Robert V, Scorzetti G, Gafni A, Gerson A, Sztejnberg A (2003) New anamorphic mite-associated yeast-like fungi. 23rd International Specialized Sym-posium on yeast ‘Interactions between yeasts and other organisms’, August 26–29, Buda-pest, Hungary.
Cock AWAM de (2003) Speciation within Pythium and Phytophthora. CBS/Wageningen Phyto-pathology symposium, June 27, De Uithof, Utrecht.
Cock AWAM de (2003) Species delimitation, hybridization, and speciation within Pythium and Phytophthora. *, October 30, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Quebec City, Canada.
Cock AWAM de (2003) Species delimitation, hybridization, and speciation within Pythium and Phytophthora. *, October 31, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Coller GJ van, Denman S, Crous PW, Fourie PH (2003) The effect of downy mildew chemicals on Phytophthora cinnamomi infection of nursery grapevines. Annual meeting of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology, January 19–22, Bain’s Game Lodge, Bloemfontein.
Crous PW (2003) Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures: past realities and future possibilities. *, annual meeting of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology, January 19–22, Bain’s Game Lodge, Bloemfontein.
Crous PW (2003) Genomics – a new dimension to fungal taxonomy. British Society for Plant Pathology Presidential Meeting: Plant Pathogen Genomics – From Sequence To Application. Keynote, December 15–18, Nottingham, UK.
Crous PW (2003) Anamorph and teleomorph names in plant pathology: present realities and future possibilities. * 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology, February 2–7, Christ-church, New Zealand.
Crous PW (2003) Biodiversity within Mycosphaerella. CBS/Wageningen Phytopathology sym-posium, June 27, De Uithof, Utrecht.
Crous PW (2003) Speciation and host specificity in Mycosphaerella: implications for taxonomy and pathology. Keynote, 5th Mycosphaerella and Stagonospora Symposium, December 8–13, Tunisia.
Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Aptroot A, Braun U, Xavier M, Carlier J (2003) Integrating morpho-logical and molecular data sets in Mycosphaerella, with specific reference to species occur-ring on Musa. *, Second International Workshop on Mycosphaerella Leaf Spot Diseases of Bananas, 20–23 May 2002, San José, Costa Rica.
Dijksterhuis J, Golovina E, Nijsse J, Samson RA, Hoekstra F (2003) Activation and germination of Talaromyces ascospores; awaking from a very deep sleep. International Commission on Food Mycology meeting, October 15–19, Samsø, Denmark.
Dijksterhuis J, Hanssen M, Lugones L, Eleveld J, Houbraken JAMP, Samson RA (2003) Dor-mant ascospores of Talaromyces macrosporus are activated to germinate after treatment with ultra-high pressure. International Commission on Food Mycology meeting, October 15–19, Samsø, Denmark.
Dijksterhuis J, Hanssen M, Lugones L, Nijsse J, Eleveld J, Driel KGA van, Sietsma JH, Golovina E, Hoekstra FH, Samson RA (2003) Activation and germination of Talaromyces ascospores; the transformation of a highly stress resistant fungal spore into a vegetative hyphae. Najaars-vergadering van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Microscopie, December 12, Papendal, Arn-hem.
Driel K van, Müller WH, Yiggittop H, Verkleij AJ, Wösten HAB, Boekhout T (2003) Isolation and characterization of the septal pore cap structure in the plant pathogen Rhizoctonia solani. Dutch Society for Microbiology. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Medische Microbiologie 11: S79.
Frisvad JC Nielsen KF, Samson RA (2003) Problems in the identification of mycotoxin produc-ing filamentous fungi. International Commission on Food Mycology meeting, October 15–19, Samsø, Denmark.
Gemmer C, Boekhout T, Theelen B, DeAngelis Y, Dawson TL, (2003) Malassezia: Molecular species differentiation, ecology, and application to dandruff biology. * 15th International Soci-ety for Human and Animal Mycology congress, May 25–29, San Antonio, USA.
Gildemacher PR, Heijne B, Silvestri M, Houbraken J, Hoekstra ES, Vromans T, Boekhout T (2003) The effect of yeast populations on russeting of Elstar apples. 23rd International Spe-cialized Symposium on yeast ‘Interactions between yeasts and other organisms’, August 26–29, Budapest, Hungary.
Gupta AK, Batra R, Theelen B, Boekhout T (2003) Comparison of molecular and conventional method of identification of Malassezia species. 12th Annual meeting of the European Acad-emy of Dermatology and Venereology, October 15–18, Barcelona, Spain.
Gupta AK, Batra R, Theelen B, Boekhout T (2003) Genetic diversity among Malassezia yeasts of Ontario region of Canada as seen by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP). 61st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, March 21–26, San Francisco, USA.
Gupta AK, Boekhout T, Theelen B, Summerbell RS, Batra R (2003) Identifcation and typing of Malassezia species by fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and sequence analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit (LSU) regions of ribosomal DNA. 15th In-ternational Society for Human and Animal Mycology congress, May 25–29, San Antonio, USA.
Gupta AK, Theelen B, Boekhout T, Batra R (2003) Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Malassezia as inferred by Amplified Fragment length Polymorphism and sequence analysis. European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, February 27 – March 1, Malta.
Gupta, AK, Batra R, Boekhout T, Theelen B, Summerbell R (2003) Molecular identification of Malassezia species. 23rd International Specialized Symposium on Yeasts ‘Interactions be-tween yeasts and other organisms’, August 26–29, Budapest, Hungary.
Halleen F, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ (2003) ITS and ?-tubulin phylogeny of Cylindrocarpon spp. associated with black foot disease of grapevine. 8th International Congress of Plant Pa-thology, February 2–7, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Halleen F, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ (2003) Molecular phylogeny of Cylindrocarpon spp. as-sociated with black foot disease of grapevine. 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1–2, Grapevine Trunk Disease workshop.
Harrak J, Luijsterburg KF, Gerrits van den Ende AHG, Göttlich E & Hoog GS de (2003) Black oligotrophic fungi in drinking water. PhD day Research School Biodiversity, December 8, Am-sterdam, Netherlands.
Hoog GS de (2003) Selection of potential fungal agents of bioterrorism using evolutionary crite-ria. Dutch Society for Medical Microbiology and Mycology, 15th April, Arnhem, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Medische Microbiologie 11: 21.
Hoog GS de, Rainer J, Horré R, Becker WHJ, Rodriguez-Tudela J, Boucharra JP, Velegraki A, Tintelnot K, Viviani M (2003) ECMM Working Group on Pseudallescheriasis: Launching mo-lecular studies of an emerging opportunistic agent, Pseudallescheria boydii (Scedosporium apiospermum) and its relative S. prolificans. Trends in Fungal Infections / European Confed-eration for Medical Mycology, September 29, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Hoog GS de, Snippe-Claus F, Zalar P & Gorjan A (2003) ECMM Working Group on BioSafety Levels: the case of Hortaea werneckii, agent of tinea nigra. Trends in Fungal Infections / European Confederation for Medical Mycology, September 29, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Hoog SG de (2003) Pathogenic potential of Alternaria-like fungi. CBS/Wageningen Phytopa-thology symposium, June 27, De Uithof, Utrecht.
Horré R, Sterzik B, Schnitzler N, Siekmeier R, HoogGS de, Becker WHJ, Ratz H, Tintelnot K & Rainer J (2003) Die Lunge als Eintrittspforte zerebraler Scedosporiose nach Beinah-Ertrinken – Neue Humanpathogene durch Umwelt verschmutzung? Pneumologie 57: 690. Tagung Ge-sellschaft fuer Atemwegs- und Lungenkrankheiten, October 5, Bochum.
Houbraken JAMP, Dijksterhuis J, Kuijpers A, Frisvad JC, Samson RA (2003) Significance of Byssochlamys in relation with heat resistance and mycotoxin production. ICFM meeting, Oc-tober 15–19, Samsø, Denmark.
Houbraken JAMP, Dijksterhuis J, Samson RA (2003) Modification and standardization of the detection method for heat-resistant fungi. ICFM meeting, October 15–19, Samsø, Denmark.
Hunter GC, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW, Roux J, Coutinho T, Wingfield BD (2003) Mycosphaerella species causing Mycosphaerella leaf disease on Eucalyptus in South Africa. 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology, February 2–7, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Jennessen J, Robert V, Olsson J, Samson RA, Schnurer J (2003) Carbon source utilization of the tempe fungus Rhizopus oligosporus and related species. Federation of European Micro-biological Societies conference, June 10, Ljubljana.
Koike ST, Subbarao KV, Verkley GJM, O’Neill T, Fogle D (2003) Phoma basal rot of lettuce caused by Phoma exigua in California. Annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, August, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Kuijper EJ, Hagen F, Boekhout T (2003) Genotyping by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) mating type- and serotype diversity, and susceptibility to fluconazole among Dutch isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), American Society for Microbiology, September, 2003, Chicago, USA.
Kuramae EE, Snel B, Boekhout T (2003) Fungal Phylogenomics. * Cryptococcus Genomics meeting, August 9–10, Vancouver, Canada.
Lee S, Crous PW (2003) Biodiversity of saprobic microfungi in fynbos of the Cape Floral King-dom of South Africa. Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America, California, USA. Inoculum 54(3): 32.
May R, Bovers M, Hagen F, Coenjaerts F, Boekhout T, Ramnath D, Plasterk R (2003) Modelling cryptococcosis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nederlandse Wormdag, December 12, Amster-dam, Netherlands.
Meyer W, Boekhout T, Kwon-Chung KJ, Castaneda E, Wanke B, Lazera M, Theelen B, Kidd S, Latouche N, Jackson S, Castaneda A, Siafakas R, Marszewska K, Huynh M (2003) Crypto-coccus neoformans a case for ongoing speciation. * 15th International Society for Human and Animal Mycology congress, May 25–29, San Antonio, USA.
Mostert L, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Gams W, Summerbell R (2003) Genetic characterisation and detection of the Petri disease complex of grapevines. CBS/Wageningen Phytopathology symposium, June 27, De Uithof, Utrecht.
Mostert L, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Gams W, Summerbell R (2003) Multiple gene genealo-gies delineate several additional species of Phaeoacremonium. 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology, February 2–7, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Mostert L, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Gams W, Summerbell R (2003) Teleomorph associations and genetic diversity occurring in Phaeoacremonium. 8th International Congress of Plant Pa-thology, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1–2, Grapevine Trunk Disease workshop.
Naumova ES, Naumov GI, Smith M Th, Hoog GS de (2003) Molecular and genetic bases for classification of predatory yeast Arthroascus. International Special Symposium on Yeasts, February 2, Budapest.
Naumova ES, Naumov GI, Smith MTh & de Hoog GS (2003) Molecular and genetic bases for classification of predatory yeast Arthroascus. 23rd International Special Symposium on Yeasts, August 26–29, Budapest, Hungary.
Niekerk JM van, Crous PW, Fourie PH, Groenewald JZ, Halleen F (2003) Characterisation and identification of Botryosphaeria species occurring on grapevines. Annual meeting of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology, January 19–22, Bain’s Game Lodge, Bloemfon-tein.
Niekerk JM van, Crous PW, Fourie PH, Groenewald JZ, Halleen J (2003) Botryosphaeria can-ker and dieback of grapevines. 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology, February 2–7, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Onofri S, Cockell C, Edwards H, Friedmann EI, Billi D, Zucconi L, Selbmann L, Hoog GS de, Sterflinger K & Grady M (2003) Lithobionts - Ecological niches for life in lithic habitats: mod-els for searching past life on Mars. Congress on Exobiology, Mars: the search for life; focus point: Terrestrial analogues; November 18–20, Milano, Italy.
Pitt JI, Samson RA, Frisvad JC (2003) A definitive list of toxigenic fungi. International Commis-sion on Food Mycology meeting, October 15–19, Samsø, Denmark.
Robert V (2003) Fungal databases and biolomics. *, First European Workshop "Modern Taxo-nomic Tools and Molecular Mycology in Diagnosis, Treatment Epidemiology and Prevention of Fungal Diseases", November 15–18, Athens, Greece.
Robert V (2003) Fungal databases and biolomics. *, Second European Workshop "Modern Taxonomic Tools and Molecular Mycology in Diagnosis, Treatment Epidemiology and Preven-tion of Fungal Diseases", November 4–8, Athens, Greece.
Robert V (2003) Identification of organisms by computers: problems and solutions. * Second European Workshop "Modern Taxonomic Tools and Molecular Mycology in Diagnosis, Treat-ment Epidemiology and Prevention of Fungal Diseases", November 4–8, Athens, Greece.
Safodien S, Halleen F, Crous PW, Botha A, Groenewald JZ, Smit WA, Smit L (2003) The characterization of Eutypa isolates associated with Eutypa dieback of grapevines in South Africa. 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Christchurch, New Zealand. February 1–2, Grapevine Trunk Disease workshop.
Safodien S, Halleen F, Crous PW, Botha A, Groenewald JZ, Smit WA, Smit L (2003) The characterisation of Eutypa isolates associated with Eutypa dieback of grapevines in South Africa. Annual meeting of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology, January 19–22, Bain’s Game Lodge, Bloemfontein.
Samson RA (2003) Developments and strategies handling fungi in home and working environ-ments. * European Confederation of Medical Mycology, September 29, Okura, Amsterdam.
Samson RA (2003) Fungal identification of indoor molds: current methods and new develop-ments. Keynote 5th International Conference on Bioaerosols, Fungi, Bacteria, Mycotoxins and Human Health, September 12, Saratoga Springs NY, USA.
Samson RA (2003) New identification methods for foodborne fungi: the Biolog Microstation FF Microplate. * ICFM meeting, October 15–19, Samsø, Denmark. Undefined acronym
Samson RA (2003) New taxonomic developments in Paecilomyces and related genera. Sympo-sium: Phylogeny and Ecology of Paecilomyces. * Kanto Branch of the Mycological Society of Japan, November 24, Japan.
Samson RA (2003) Research on fungi in indoor environments: developments in 2003. Keynote at VII Lübecker Fachtagung Lübeck, September 24, Germany.
Samson RA, Stalpers JA (2003) The Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures at the beginning of the 21st Century. Keynote at annual meeting of the Canadian Phytopathological Society, June 24, Montreal, Canada.
Schroers HJ (2003) Phylotaxonomy of Cladosporium. CBS/Wageningen Phytopatholo-gy sym-posium, June 27, De Uithof, Utrecht.
Sudhadham M, Assawachuang K, Sihanonth P, Sivichai S, Rattanawat C, Haase G & Hoog GS de (2003) Searching the natural life cycle of human pathogenic black yeasts in Thailand. Trends in Fungal Infections / European Confederation for Medical Mycology, September 29, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Summerbell RC (2003) Molecular resolution of the true relationships of morphologically simpli-fied, medically important members of the genera Fusarium and Acremonium. 47th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Medical Mycology, October 16–17, Tokyo. [Keynote]
Summerbell RC (2003) Problematic and unusual fungal pathogens. American Society for Mi-crobiology May 18–22, Washington, DC.
Summerbell RC (2003). Important taxonomic characters for identification of Fusarium and its teleomorphic states. Fourth International Workshop: Fusarium. Mar. 16 – 19. University of Assiut, Assiut, Egypt.
Summerbell RC (2003). Relationship of Fusarium to members of other genera. Fourth Interna-tional Workshop: Fusarium. Mar. 16 – 19. University of Assiut, Assiut, Egypt.
Summerbell RC (2003). Survey of important fusaria and key to Fusarium species. Fourth In-ternational Workshop: Fusarium. Mar. 16 – 19. University of Assiut, Assiut, Egypt.
Summerbell RC, Kurtzman C, Burt A, Hawksworth D (2003) Debate: “This house believes that changes in taxonomy should only be made where there is molecular information.” Invited de-bate. British Society for Medical Mycology/British Mycological Society, March 1–3, Manchester, UK.
Summerbell RC, Schroers H-J, de Hoog GS, Starink-Willemse M (2003) Acremonium: the Wild West of fungal identification. 15th International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) Congress, May 25–29, San Antonio, USA.
Surridge AKJ, Viljoen A, Wehner FC, Crous PW (2003) Molecular characterization of My-cosphaerella species associated with banana leaves in South Africa. 8th International Con-gress of Plant Pathology, February 2–7, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Taj-Aldeen SJ, Al-Ansari HI, Boekhout T, Theelen B (2003) Co-isolation of Trichosporon inkin and Candida parapsilosis from a scalp white piedra case. Trends in Medical Mycology, 9th Congress European Confederation of Medical Mycology and 7th Trends in Invasive Fungal In-fections meeting. September 28 – October 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Thunnissen FBJM, Hoog GS de, Meis JFGM & Viëtor HE (2003) The systemic mycosis array test (SMART). Dutch Society for Medical Microbiology and Mycology, April 15, Arnhem; Ned-erlands Tijdschrift voor Medische Microbiologie 11: 33.
Verkley G (2003) Host specificity and speciation within Septoria. CBS/Wageningen Phytopa-thology symposium, June 27, De Uithof, Utrecht.
Verkley GJM (2003) Phylogenetic analyses of Septoria species pathogenic to Asteraceae. 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology. February, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Viljoen A, Surridge AKJ, Crous PW (2003) Impact of Mycosphaerella pathogens on bananas (Musa) in South Africa. *, Second International Workshop on Mycosphaerella Leaf Spot Dis-eases of Bananas, 20–23 May 2002, San José, Costa Rica.
Zijlstra JD, Verkley GJM, Baar J, Summerbell RC, Berendse F (2003) Two Cryptosporiopsis species form functional ericoid mycorrhiza in Dutch ericoid plants. 4th International Confer-ence on Mycorrhizae, August, Montreal, Canada.