Ceratocystis fagacearum

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Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Ceratocystidaceae/Ceratocystis

At a glance

Occurrence records22

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens10

eDNA detections11

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Ceratocystis fagacearum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility22 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF22 records

Environmental DNA2 datasets · 2 countries11 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD10 specimens

Genome at a glanceNCBI≈27 Mbp

01Narrative

Oak wilt is a fungal disease caused by the organism Bretziella fagacearum that threatens Quercus spp. The disease is limited to the Midwestern and Eastern United States; first described in the 1940s in the Upper Mississippi River Valley. The pathogen penetrates xylem tissue, preventing water transport and causing disease symptoms. Symptoms generally consist of leaf discoloration, wilt, defoliation, and death. The disease is dispersed by insect vectors and to adjacent trees through underground root networks. However, human spread is the most consequential dispersal method. Moving firewood long distances can potentially transport diseases and invasive species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding10 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ceratocystis fagacearum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens10

Marker genes1

eDNA detections11

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★ITS

fungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceNCBI

The complete instruction manual Ceratocystis fagacearum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈26 782 037 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

THIS GENOME Ceratocystis fagacearum0.03 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type22 records

Museum / vouchered22

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO68 km²

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2>10 km 8

10 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence22

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Bronx, US	7
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record	4
ILLSlocation not on record	3
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record	3

4 institutions · 17 of 22 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA11 detections

Where the DNA of Ceratocystis fagacearum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found11

Studies independent surveys2

Countries2

Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 11 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median12.5 °C 12.5–23.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter27.0 °C

Max temp (day)18.4 °C 18.4–25.2

Min temp (night)8.20 °C 8.20–21.2

Precipitation79.6 mm/mo 79.6–133

Air humidity57.3 % 57.3–65.2

Moisture balance-38.4 mm/mo -38.4–-28.3

Vapour deficit733 Pa 733–1,015

Wind speed5.80 m/s 5.10–5.80

Cloud cover36.7 % 36.7–40.0

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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