Ustilago 1867234 223696452 2008-07-05T09:03:22Z Ka Faraq Gatri 6892069 Category:Ustilaginomycotina {{Taxobox | name = ''Ustilago'' | image = Ustilago maydis de 2.jpg | image_width = 270px | image_caption = ''Ustilago maydis'' (Corn smut) | regnum = [[Fungi]] | phylum = [[Basidiomycota]] | classis = [[Ustilaginomycetes]] | ordo = [[Ustilaginales]] | genus = ''Ustilago'' | genus_authority = (Pers.) Roussel 1806 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''[[Ustilago avenae|U. avenae]]'' (Pers.) Rostr. -- loose smut of oats * ''[[Ustilago esculenta|U. esculenta]]'' P. Henn. -- zizania smut * ''[[Ustilago maydis|U. maydis]]'' (DC.) Corda -- [[corn smut]] * ''[[Ustilago nuda|U. nuda]]'' (C.N. Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle -- loose smut of barley * ''[[Ustilago tritici|U. tritici]]'' C. Bauhin -- loose smut of wheat }} '''''Ustilago''''' is a genus of [[smut (fungus)|smut fungi]] parasitic on [[Poaceae|grasses]]. There is a large research community that works on ''Ustilago maydis'' including researchers at the [[University of Georgia]], [[Philipps-Universität Marburg]], [[University of British Columbia]] and others. Research with this organism has led to better understanding of the [[genetics]] underlying self-non-self recognition through elucidation of the mating type system as well as fundamental aspects of [[signal transduction]] and cell-cycle regulation. ''U. maydis'' is also eaten as a traditional Mexican food known as huitlacoche [[corn smut]] The genome of U. maydis has been sequenced [http://www.broad.mit.edu/annotation/genome/ustilago_maydis/Home.html] ==See also== *[[Corn smut]] [[Category:Ustilaginomycotina]] [[Category:Cereal diseases]] [[Category:Plant pathogens and diseases]] {{Basidiomycetes-stub}} {{plant-disease-stub}} [[eo:Ustilago]] [[he:פחמון (פטרייה)]]