Database development

Jacek Grzebyta, Rothamsted Research, UK
Mansoor Saqi, Rothamsted Research, UK
Rainer Winnenburg, BIOTEC, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Chris Rawlings, Rothamsted Research, UK

Data curation

Kim Hammond-Kosack, Rothamsted Research, UK - Fungal and Oomycete virulence factors
Martin Urban, Rothamsted Research, UK - Fungal and Oomycete virulence factors
Andrew Beacham, Rothamsted Research, UK - Fungal and Oomycete virulence factors
Neil Brown, Rothamsted Research, UK - Fungal and Oomycete virulence factors


Species experts

The following people have contributed and checked PHI-base entries
Roland Krause, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany - Virulence factors from Salmonella
Hilde Hansen, University of Tromsø, Norway - Virulence factors from Vibrios
The FRAC team (http://www.frac.info/)
Magdalen Lindeberg, Cornell University, USA - Pseudomonas virulence factors
Jason Rudd, Rothamsted Research, UK - Virulence factors Mycosphaerella graminicola
Chris Ridout, John Innes Centre, UK - Effector genes Blumeria species
Jan Schirawski, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany - Secreted virulence factors, Ustilago maydis
Paul Tudzynski, Institut fuer Botanik, Münster, Germany - Virulence factors - Claviceps purpurea
Jan van Kan, Wageningen University Plant Sciences, The Netherlands - Virulence factors, Botrytis cinerea
Barry Scott, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University, New Zealand - Epichloe species
Alexander Idnurm, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA - Virulence factors, Cryptococcus species

Former members and contributors

Jacob Köhler, Rothamsted Research, UK & University of Tromsø, Norway - Database development
Thomas Baldwin, Rothamsted Research, UK - Fungal and Oomycete virulence factors
Sabrina Holland, University of Mainz, Germany - Virus, Fungal and Oomycete virulence factors

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