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Supporting Information
Additional Supporting Information may be found online in the
Supporting Information section at the end of the article.
Dataset S1 Amico acid sequences of 13 287 protein-coding genes
of Colletotrichum orbiculare 104-T predicted in this study.
Fig. S1 Cytological observation of cucumber infection by Colletotrichum orbiculare 104-T.
Fig. S2 Differentially expressed genes between in vitro and in
planta conditions.
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Fig. S3 Schematic representation of the experimental design for
quantification of virulence effect on cucumber.
Fig. S19 Appressoria formation of the Top5 quintuple knockout
mutants on different hosts.
Fig. S4 Virulence of isolates from the Colletotrichum orbiculare
species complex on Nicotiana benthamiana.
Fig. S20 Hyphal growth of the Top5 quintuple knockout
mutants on PDA medium.
Fig. S5 Lesion development by Colletotrichum orbiculare on
cucurbit hosts and Nicotiana benthamiana.
Fig. S21 Amino acid sequence of g_04549.
Fig. S6 Cytological observation of Nicotiana benthamiana infection by Colletotrichum orbiculare 104-T.
Fig. S7 Amino acid sequence of EPC1 and comparisons with its
homologs.
Fig. S8 Amino acid sequence of EPC2 and phylogenetic relationships of its homologs.
Fig. S9 Alignment of amino acid sequences of EPC4 homologs.
Fig. S10 Amino acid sequence of EPC3 and phylogenetic relationships and virulence contribution of its homologs.
Fig. S22 Alignment of amino acid sequences of g_09965 homologs from Colletotrichum species.
Fig. S23 Alignment of amino acid sequences of g_13573 homologs from Colletotrichum species.
Fig. S24 Amino acid sequence and phylogenetic relationships of
g_01264 homologs.
Fig. S25 Amino acid sequence and phylogenetic relationships of
g_01222 homologs.
Table S1 Colletotrichum orbiculare isolates used in this study.
Table S2 Primers used in this study.
Fig. S11 Knockout (KO) vectors for generation of EPC multigene KO mutants and maps of genomic regions around the target
genes.
Table S3 Colletotrichum orbiculare strains used in this study.
Table S4 Summary of RNA-seq reads and mapping statistics.
Fig. S12 Quantification of fungal biomass by qPCR.
Table S5 Plasmids used in this study.
Fig. S13 Appressorium formation ratio of EPC knockout strains.
Fig. S14 Measurement of appressorial penetration of inert cellophane membranes by EPC quadruple knockout mutants.
Fig. S15 Differentially expressed genes of Colletotrichum orbiculare during infection of two distantly related host species, cucumber and Nicotiana benthamiana.
Fig. S16 Knockout (KO) vectors for generation of the Top5
multigene KO mutants and maps of genomic regions around the
target genes.
Fig. S17 Genetic complementation of the Top5 quintuple
knockout mutant.
Table S6 List of in planta-induced core secreted protein genes of
Colletotrichum orbiculare.
Table S7 Significantly upregulated Colletotrichum orbiculare
genes on cucumber compared with on Nicotiana benthamiana at
24 hpi.
Table S8 Significantly upregulated Colletotrichum orbiculare
genes on Nicotiana benthamiana compared with on cucumber at
24 hpi.
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Fig. S18 Quantification of host penetration and invasive hyphal
growth of the Top5 quintuple knockout mutants.
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