1. Fusarium massalimae sp. nov. (F. lateritium species complex) occurs endophytically in leaves of Handroanthus chrysotrichus
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Layanne de Oliveira Ferro, Jadson D. P. Bezerra, Anthony Dias Cavalcanti, Oliane Maria Correia Magalhães, Cristina Maria de Souza-Motta, and Ana Carla da Silva Santos
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0106 biological sciences ,Fusarium ,0303 health sciences ,Species complex ,Mating type ,biology ,food and beverages ,Bignoniaceae ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Translation elongation ,Botany ,Handroanthus chrysotrichus ,Heterothallic ,Gene ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Fusarium isolates obtained as endophytes from healthy leaves of Handroanthus chrysotrichus (Bignoniaceae) in the Atlantic Forest of north-eastern Brazil were characterised morphologically and phylogenetically on the basis of partial rDNA sequences encompassing the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II, translation elongation factor EF-1 alpha, and β-tubulin genes. A novel species within the Fusarium lateritium species complex (FLSC) is described as Fusarium massalimae. Isolates of F. pseudocircinatum of the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (FFSC) were also isolated as endophytes from leaves of H. chrysotrichus. Mating type gene analyses suggested that obtained isolates of F. massalimae and F. pseudocircinatum are heterothallic. more...
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- 2020
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