Database development

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

Database development and curation

Kim Hammond-Kosack, Rothamsted Research, UK - Fungal and Oomycete virulence factors
Martin Urban, Rothamsted Research, UK - Fungal and Oomycete virulence factors

Curation at Molecular Connections (www.molecularconnections.com)

Rashmi Punt
Arathi Ragunath

Species experts

The following people have contributed and checked entries in the earlier PHI-base Version 3.3 release:
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
Andrew Beacham, Rothamsted Research, UK - Fungal and Oomycete virulence factors
Neil Brown, Rothamsted Research, UK - Fungal and Oomycete virulence factors

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