Prof Teresa Coutinho

Academic Staff

Research Interests

Publications

Coutinho T.A. & Wallis F.M. (1991) A new bacterial streak disease of maize. Journal of Phytopathology 133,
112-120.
Coutinho T.A., Rijkenberg F.H.J. & Van Asch M.A.J. (1992) The preinvasion behaviour of Hemileia vastatrix on
host and non-host leaf surfaces. Journal of Phytopathology 135, 274-280.
Van Asch M.A.J., Rijkenberg F.H.J. & Coutinho T.A. (1992a) Resistance induced in wheat by an avirulent race of
Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici. Plant Disease 76, 412-415.
Van Asch M.A.J., Rijkenberg F.H.J. & Coutinho T.A. (1992b) Phytotoxicity of fumonisin B1, Moniliformin, and T-2
toxin to corn callus cultures. Phytopathology 82, 1330-1332.
Coutinho T.A., Rijkenberg F.H.J. & Van Asch M.A.J. (1993) Development of infection structures by Hemileia
vastatrix in resistant and susceptible selections of Coffea and in Phaseolus vulgaris. Canadian Journal of
Botany 71, 1001-1008.

Coutinho T.A., Rijkenberg F.H.J. & Van Asch M.A.J. (1994b) The effect of leaf age on infection of Coffea arabica
by Hemileia vastatrix. Plant Pathology 43, 97-103.
Coutinho T.A., Rijkenberg F.H.J. & Van Asch M.A.J. (1994a) Appressorium formation by Hemileia vastatrix.
Mycological Research 97, 951-956.
Coutinho T.A., Rijkenberg F.H.J. & Van Asch M.A.J. (1995a) Teliospore formation of Hemileia vastatrix.
Mycological Research 99, 932-934.
Coutinho T.A., Van Asch M.A.J. & Rijkenberg F.H.J. (1995b) The effect of triadimefon on early infection structure
development of Hemileia vastatrix in Coffea arabica cv. Caturra. Mycological Research 99, 793-798.
Viljoen A., Wingfield M.J., Marasas W.F.O. & Coutinho T.A. (1995) Characterization of Fusarium isolates from
Gladiolus corms pathogenic to pines. Plant Disease 79, 1240-1244.
Smith H., Wingfield M.J., Crous P.W. & Coutinho T.A. (1995) Sphaeropsis sapinea and Botryosphaeria dothidea
endophytic in Pinus spp. and Eucalyptus spp. in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 62, 86-88.
Wingfield M.J., Crous P.W. & Coutinho T.A. (1997) A serious canker disease of Eucalyptus in South Africa
caused by a new species of Coniothyrium. Mycopathologia 136, 139-145.
Viljoen A., Wingfield M.J., Marasas W.F.O. & Coutinho T.A. (1997) Pitch canker of pines - a contemporary
review. South African Journal of Science 93, 411-413.
Coutinho T.A., Wingfield M.J., Alfenas A.C. & Crous P.W. (1998) Eucalyptus rust: a disease with the potential
for serious international implications. Plant Disease 82: 819-825.
Britz H., Wingfield M.J., Coutinho T.A. & Marasas W.F.O. (1998) Female fertility and mating type distribution in a
South African population of Fusarium subglutinans f.sp. pini. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64:
2094-2095.
Smith H., Wingfield M.J. & Coutinho T.A. (1998) Eucalyptus die-back in South Africa associated with
Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes. South African Journal of Botany 64: 226-228.
Britz H., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield M.J., Marasas W.F.O. & Gordon T.R. (1999) Establishment of Gibberella
fujikuroi mating population in H for Fusarium subglutinans f.sp. pini. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 65, 1198-1201.
Steenkamp E.T., Wingfield B.D., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield M.J. & Marasas W.F.O. (1999) Distinguishing
Fusarium subglutinans f.sp. pini from other closely related isolates of Fusarium subglutinans based on
histone gene sequence. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65, 3401-3406.
Jacobs A.S., Pretorius Z.A. & Coutinho T.A. (2000) Quantification of early infections structures of Puccinia
recondita f.sp. tritici in wheat with leaf rust resistance derived from Triticum monococcum. South African
Journal of Science 96, 86-90.
Coetzee M.P.A., Wingfield B.D., Harrington T.C., Coutinho T.A. & Wingfield M.J. (2000) Geographical diversity
of Armillaria mellea s. s. based on phylogenetic analysis. Mycologia 92, 105-113.
Smith H., Wingfield M.J., de Wet J. & Coutinho T.A. (2000) Genotypic diversity of Sphaeropsis sapinea from
South Africa and Northern Sumatra. Plant Disease 84, 139-142.
De Wet J., Wingfield M.J., Coutinho T.A. & Wingfield B.D. (2000) Molecular characterization of Sphaeropsis
sapinea isolates from South Africa, Mexico and Indonesia. Plant Disease 84, 151-156.
Coutinho T.A., Wingfield M.J., Roux J., Riedel K-H. & Terblanche J. (2000) First report of bacterial wilt caused by
Ralstonia solanacearum on eucalypts in South Africa. Forest Pathology 30, 205-210.
Coetzee M.P.A., Wingfield B.D., Coutinho T.A. and Wingfield M.J. (2000) Identification of the causal agent of
Armillaria root rot of Pinus species in South Africa. Mycologia 92, 777-785.
Steenkamp E.T., Wingfield B.D., Coutinho T.A., Zeller K.A., Wingfield M.J., Marasas W.F.O. and Leslie J.F.
(2000) PCR-based identification of MAT-1 and MAT-2 in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66, 4378-4382.
Steenkamp E., Britz H., Coutinho T., Wingfield B., Marasas W. and Wingfield M. (2000) Molecular
characterisation of Fusarium subglutinans associated with mango malformation. Molecular Plant
Pathology 1, 187-193.
Roux J., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield M.J. and Bouillet J.P. (2000) Diseases of plantation Eucalyptus in the Republic
of the Congo. South African Journal of Science 96, 454-456.
Slippers B., Wingfield M.J., Wingfield B.D. and Coutinho T.A. (2000) Relationships amongst Amylostereum
species associated with Siricid woodwasps, inferred from mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequence.
Mycologia 92, 955-963.
Slippers B., Wingfield M.J., Wingfield B.D. and Coutinho T.A. (2001) Population structure and possible origin of
Amylostereum areolatum in South Africa. Plant Pathology 50, 206-210.
Roux J., Coutinho T.A., Majuni Byabashaija D. and Wingfield M.J. (2001) Diseases of plantation Eucalyptus in
Uganda. South African Journal of Science 97, 16-18.
Smith H., Crous P.W., Wingfield M.J., Coutinho T.A. and Wingfield B.D. (2001) Botryosphaeria eucalyptorum sp.

nov., a new species in the B. dothidea-complex on Eucalyptus in South Africa. Mycologia 93, 277-285.
Venter M., Wingfield M.J., Coutinho T.A. (2001) Molecular characterization of Endothia gyrosa isolates from
Eucalyptus in South Africa and Australia. Plant Pathology 50, 211-217.
Coetzee M.P.A., Wingfield B.D., Harrington T.C., Steimel J., Coutinho T.A. and Wingfield M.J. (2001) The root
rot fungus Armillaria mellea introduced into South Africa by early Dutch settlers. Molecular Ecology 10,
387-396.
Wingfield M.J., Roux J., Coutinho T., Govender P. and Wingfield B.D. (2001) Plantation disease and pest
management in the next century. Southern African Forestry Journal 190, 67-71.
Maseko B., Burgess T., Coutinho T. and Wingfield M. (2001) First report of Phytophthora nicotianae associated
with Eucalyptus die-back in South Africa. Plant Pathology 50, 413.
Steenkamp E.T., Coutinho T.A., Desjardins A.E., Wingfield B.D., Marasas W.F.O. and M.J. Wingfield (2001)
Gibberella fujikuroi mating population E is associated with maize and teosinte. Molecular Plant Pathology
2, 215-221.
Britz H., Coutinho T.A., Gordon T.R. and M.J. Wingfield (2001) Characterisation of the pitch canker fungus,
Fusarium circinatum, from Mexico. South African Journal of Botany 67, 609-614.
Maseko, B., T. Burgess, T.A. Coutinho and M.J. Wingfield. 2001. First report of Phytophthora nicotianae
associated with Eucalyptus die-back in South Africa. Plant Pathology 50, 413.
Coutinho T.A., Preisig O., Mergaert J., Cnockaert M.C., K-H. Riedel, J. Swings and M.J. Wingfield (2002)
Bacterial blight and die-back of Eucalyptus species, hybrids and clones in South Africa. Plant Disease 86,
20-25.
Wingfield M.J., Jacobs A, Coutinho T.A., Ahumada R. and Wingfield B.D. (2002) First report of the pitch canker
fungus, Fusarium circinatum, on pines in Chile. Plant Pathology 51, 397.
Britz H., Steenkamp E.T., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield B.D., Marasas W.F.O. and Wingfield M.J. (2002) Two new
species of Fusarium section Liseola associated with mango malformation. Mycologia 94, 722-730.
Van Zyl L.M., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield M.J., Pongpanich K. and Wingfield B.D. (2002) Morphological and
molecular relatedness of geographically diverse isolates of Coniothyrium zuluense from South Africa and
Thailand. Mycological Research 106, 51-59.
Venter M., Myburg H., Wingfield B.D., Coutinho T.A. and Wingfield M.J. (2002) A new species of Cryphonectria
from South Africa and Australia, pathogenic to Eucalyptus. Sydowia 54, 98-117.
De Wet J., Wingfield M.J., Coutinho T. & Wingfield B.D. (2002) Characterisation of the “C” morphotype of the
pine pathogen Sphaeropsis sapinea. Forest Ecology and Management 161, 181-188.
Smith H., Coutinho T.A., Wolfaardt F.W. & Wingfield M.J. (2002) Relative susceptibility of northern and southern
provenances of Pinus greggii to infection by Sphaeropsis sapinea. Forest Ecology and Management 166,
331-336.
Smith H., Wingfield M.J. and Coutinho T.A. (2002) The role of latent Sphaeropsis sapinea infection in post-hail
associated die-back of Pinus patula. Forest Ecology and Management 164, 177-184.
Britz H., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield M.J. & Marasas W.F.O. (2002) Validation of the description of Gibberella
circinata and morphological differentiation of the anamorph Fusarium circinatum. Sydowia 54, 9-22.
Slippers B., Wingfield B.D., Coutinho T.A. & Wingfield M.J. (2002) DNA sequence and RFLP data reflect
geographical spread and relationships of Amylostereum areolatum and its insect vectors. Molecular
Ecology 11, 1845-1854.
Van Zyl L.M., Coutinho T.A. and Wingfield M.J. (2002) Morphological, cultural and pathogenic characteristics
of Coniothyrium zuluense isolates from different plantation regions in South Africa. Mycopathologia 155,
149-153.
Britz H., Wingfield B.D., Coutinho T.A. and Wingfield M.J. (2002) Sequence characterized amplified polymorphic
markers for the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum. Molecular Ecology Notes 2, 577-580.
Wingfield M.J., Coutinho T.A., Roux J. and Wingfield B.D. (2002) The future of exotic plantation forestry in the
tropics and southern Hemisphere: Lessons from pitch canker. South African Forestry Journal 195, 79-82.
Maseko B.O.Z. and Coutinho T.A. (2002) Pathogenicity of Phytophthora and Pythium species associated with
citrus root rot in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 68, 327-332.
Pakela Y.P., Aveling T.A.S. and Coutinho T.A. (2002) Effect of plant age, temperature and dew period on the
severity of anthracnose of cowpea caused by Colletotrichum dematium. African Plant Protection 8, 65-68.
Venter M., Eisenberg B.E., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield B.D. & Wingfield M.J. (2003) Pathogenicity of Cryphonectria
eucalypti to Eucalyptus clones in South Africa. Forest Ecology and Management 176, 427-437.
Slippers B., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield B.D. & Wingfield M.J. (2003) A review of the genus Amylostereum and its
association with woodwasps. South African Journal of Science 99, 70-74.
Telechea N. M. Rolfo, T.A. Coutinho & Wingfield M.J (2003) Puccinia psidii on Eucalyptus globulus in Uruguay.
Plant Pathology 52, 427.
Mitchell R.G., J. Zwolinski, N. Jones & Coutinho T.A. (2004) The effect of applying prophylactic measures on the

post-planting survival of Pinus patula in South Africa. Southern African Forestry Journal 200, 51-58.
Slippers B., P.W. Crous, S. Denman, T.A. Coutinho, B.D. Wingfield & Wingfield M.J. (2004) Combined multiple
gene genealogies and phenotypic characters differentiate several species previously identified as
Botryosphaeria dothidea. Mycologia 96, 83-101.
Slippers B., Fourie G., Crous P.W., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield B.D. & Wingfield M.J. (2004) Multiple gene
sequences delimit Botryosphaeria australis sp. nov. from B. lutea. Mycologia 96, 1030-1041.
Slippers B., Fourie G., Crous P.W., Coutinho T.A., Wingfield B.D. & Wingfield M.J. (2004) Speciation and
distribution of Botryosphaeria spp. on native and introduced Eucalyptus trees in Australia and South
Africa. Studies in Mycology 40, 343-358.
Slippers B, Burgess T, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Coutinho TA & Wingfield MJ (2004) Development of simple
sequence repeat markers for Botryosphaeria with Fusicoccum anamorphs. Molecular Ecology Notes 4,
675-677.
Britz H, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Marasas WFO & WIngfield MJ (2005) Diversity and differentiation in two
populations of Gibberella circinata in South Africa. Plant Pathology 54, 46-53.
Slippers B, Johnson GI, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, WIngfield BD & Wingfield MJ (2005) Phylogenetic and
morphological re-evaluation of the Botryosphaeria species causing disease of Mangifera indica.
Mycologia 97, 99-110.
Slippers B, Summerell BA, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD & Wingfield MJ (2005) Preliminary studies on
Botryosphaeria species from Southern Hemisphere conifers in Australia and South Africa. Australasian
Plant Pathology 34, 213-220.
Pavlic D, Slippers S, Coutinho TA, Gryzenhout M & Wingfield MJ (2005) Lasiodiplodia gonubiensis sp.nov., a
new Botryosphaeria anamorph from native Syzygium cordatum in South Africa. Studies in Mycology 50,
313-322.
Goszczynska T, Venter SN & Coutinho TA (2006) PA 20, a semi-selective medium for isolation and enumeration
of Pantoea ananatis. Journal of Microbiological Methods 64, 225-231.
Goszczynska T, Moloto VM, Venter SN & Coutinho TA (2006) Isolation and identification of Pantoea ananatis
from onion seed in South Africa. Seed Science and Technology 34, 655-668.
Fouché-Weich J, Poussier S, Trigalet-Demery D, Berger D, Coutinho TA, 2006. Molecular identification of
some African strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from Eucalyptus and potato. Journal of General Plant
Pathology 72, 369-373.
Coutinho TA, Steenkamp ET, Mongwaketsi K, Wilmot M & Wingfield MJ (2007) First outbreak of pitch canker in
a South African pine plantation. Australasian Plant Pathology 36, 265-261.
Slippers B, Smith WA, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD & Wingfield MJ (2007) Taxonomy, phylogeny and
identification of Botryosphaeriaceae associated with pome and stone fruit trees in South Africa and other
regions of the world. Plant Pathology 56,128-139.
Brady C, Venter SN, Cleenwerck I, Vancanneyt M, Swings J & Coutinho TA (2007) An FAFLP-system for the
improved identification of plant-pathogenic and -associated species of the genus Pantoea. Systematic
and Applied Microbiology 30, 413-417.
Goszczynska T, Venter SN & Coutinho TA (2007) Isolation and identification of the causal agent of brown stalk
rot, a new disease of corn in South Africa. Plant Disease 91, 711-718.
Hurley BP, Govender P, Coutinho T, Wingfield BD & Wingfield MJ (2007) Fungus gnats and other Diptera in
South African forestry nurseries and their possible association with the pitch canker fungus. South African
Journal of Science 103, 43-46.
Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA & Wingfield MJ (2007) Botryosphaeriaceae that infect native and exotic
species Myrtaceae in South Africa. Plant Pathology 56, 624-636.
Jacobs A, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Ahumada R & Wingfield BD (2007) Characterization of the pitch canker
fungus, Fusarium circinatum, from Chile. South African Journal of Science 103, 253-257.
Hurley BP, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Govender P, Wingfield MJ. (2007) Molecular detection of
fungi carried by Bradysia difformis (Sciaridae: Diptera) in South African forestry nurseries. Southern
Hemisphere Forestry Journal 69,103-109.
Maseko BOZ, Burgess TI, Coutinho TA & Wingfield MJ (2007) Two new Phytophthora species from South African
Eucalyptus plantations. Mycological Research 111, 1321-1338.
Young JM, Allen C, Coutinho T, Denny T, Elphinstone J, Fegan M, Gillings M, Gottwald TR, Graham JH,
Iacobellis NS, Janse JD, Jacques M-A, Lopez MM, Morris C, Parkinson N, Prior P, Pruvost O, Rodrigues
Neto J, Scortichini M, Takikawa Y & Upper CD (2008) Plant Pathogenic Bacteria as Bioterror Weapons –
a Real Threat? Phytopathology 98,1060-1065.
Wingfield MJ, Hammerbacher A, Ganley RJ, Steenkamp ET, Gordon TR, Wingfield BD & Coutinho TA (2008)
Pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum – a growing threat to pine plantations and forests worldwide.
Australasian Plant Pathology 37, 319-334.

Brady CL, Cleenwerck I, Venter SN, Vancanneyt M, Swings J & Coutinho TA (2008) Phylogeny and identification
of Pantoea species associated with plants, humans and the natural environment based on multilocus
sequence analysis (MLSA). Systematic and Applied Microbiology 31, 447-460.
Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD & Roux J (2008) Eucalypt pests and diseases:
growing threats to plantation productivity. Southern Forests 70, 139-144.
Brady CL, Venter SN, Cleenwerck I, Engelbeen K, Vancanneyt M, Swings J & Coutinho TA (2009) Pantoea
vagans sp. nov., Pantoea eucalypti sp. nov., Pantoea deleyi sp. nov. and Pantoea anthophila sp. nov.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59, 2339 – 2345.
Coutinho TA & Venter SN (2009) Pantoea ananatis: an unconventional plant pathologen. Molecular Plant
Pathology 10, 235-335.
Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA & Wingfield MJ (2009) Multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic data reveal
cryptic species of the Botryosphaeriaceae : a case study on the Neofusicoccum parvum/N. ribis complex.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51 : 259-268.
Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA & Wingfield MJ (2009) Molecular and phenotypic characterization of 3
phylogenetic species discovered within the Neofusicoccum parvum/N. ribis complex. Mycologia 101, 636-
647
Porter B, Wingfield MJ & Coutinho TA (2009) Susceptibility of South African native conifers to the pitch canker
pathogen, Fusarium circinatum. South African Journal of Botany 75, 380-382.
Hammerbacher A, Wright LP, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ & Coutinho TA (2009) Factors affecting pine pitch
canker modelled on Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Botany 87, 36-42.
Lennox CL, Hoffmann JH, Coutinho TA & Roques A (2009) A threat of exacerbating the spread of pitch canker
precludes further consideration of a cone weevil, Pissodes validirostris, for biological control of invasive
pines in South Africa. Biological Control 50, 179-184.
Brady CL, Venter SN, Cleenwerck I, Engelbeen K, de Vos P, Wingfield MJ, Telechea N & Coutinho TA (2009)
Isolation of Enterobacter cowanii from Eucalyptus showing symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback in
Uruguay. Letters in Microbiology 49, 461-465.
Ngadze E, Coutinho TA & van der Waals JE (2010) First report of soft rot of potatoes caused by Dickeya dadantii
in Zimbabwe. Plant Disease 94: 1263.
Brady CL, Venter SN, Cleenwerck I, Vandemeulebroecke K, De Vos P & Coutinho TA (2010) Transfer of
Pantoea citrea, Pantoea punctata and Pantoea terrea to the genus Tatumella emend. as Tatumella citrea
comb. nov., Tatumella punctata comb. nov. and Tatumella terrea comb. nov. and description of Tatumella
morbirosei sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60, 484-494.
De Maayer P, Chan WY, Venter SN, Toth IK, Birch PRJ, Joubert F & Coutinho TA (2010) The genome sequence
of Pantoea ananatis LMG20103, the causative agent of Eucalyptus blight and dieback. Journal of
Bacteriology 192, 2936-3937.
Van der Merwe H, Coutinho TA, Korsten L & van der Waals J (2010) First report of Pectobacterium carotovorum
subsp. brasilensis causing blackleg on potatoes in South Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology 126,
175-185.
Brady CL, Cleenwerck I, Venter SN, Engelbeen K, de Vos P & Coutinho TA (2010) Emended description of the
genus Pantoea and description of four novel species from human clinical samples, Pantoea septica sp.
nov., Pantoea eucrina sp. nov., Pantoea brenneri sp. nov. and Pantoea conspicua sp. nov., and transfer
of Pectobacterium cypripedii (Hori 1911) Brenner et al. 1973 emend. Hauben et al. 1998 to the genus
Pantoea emend. as Pantoea cypripedii comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary
Microbiology 60, 2430-2440.
Jacobs A, van Wyk PS, Marasas WFO, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ & Coutinho TA (2010) Fusarium ananatum
sp. nov. in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex from pineapples with fruit rot in South Africa. Fungal
Biology 114, 515-527.
Brady CL, Denman S, Palenzuela PR, Venter SN & Coutinho TA (2010) Description of Gibbsiella quercinecans
gen. nov., sp. nov., associated with Acute Oak Decline. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 33, 444-
450.
Coutinho TA, Brady CL, van der Vaart M, Venter SN, Telechea N, Perez C & Wingfield MJ (2011) A new shoot
and stem disease of Eucalyptus species caused by Erwinia psidii. Australasian Plant Pathology 40, 55-
60.

Brady CL, Goszczynska T, Venter SN, Cleenwerck I, Gitaitis R, de Vos P & Coutinho TA (2011) Pantoea allii
sp. nov., a novel species isolated from onion and onion seed. International Journal of Systematic and
Evolutionary Microbiology 61, 932-937.
Mitchell RG, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA & Wingfield MJ (2011) The pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum:
implications for South African forestry. Southern Forests 73, 1-13.

De Maayer P, Venter SN, Kamber T, Duffy B, Coutinho TA & Smits THM (2011) Comparative genomics of
the type VI secretion systems of Pantoea and Erwinia species reveals the presence of putative effector
islands that may be translocated by the VgrG and Hcp proteins. BMC Genomics (in press).