I have come across the term solopathogenic strain many times. But I am really not clear as to what it means. Kindly let me know. Are they infectious only when they are diploid after mating? Can someone throw more light and clarity on this?
This is not my area of knowledge at all, but these papers define it as "pathogenic in the absence of mating" (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20199574), "can infect a host in absence of crossing with a compatible haploid sporidia" (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19226747), "pathogenic dimorphic diploid strains called solopathogens can be formed where no mating occurs" ..."the pathogen can become solopathogenic, whereby strains are able to switch from the saprotrophic sporidial stage to parasitic hyphe without mating" (http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajb/article/viewFile/97538/86842) .... hope this helps!
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