1. Paradictyocheirospora tectonae, a novel genus in the family Dictyosporiaceae from India
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Rajeshkumar, Kunhiraman C., Verma, Rajnish K., Boonmee, Saranyaphat, Chandrasiri, Sajini, Hyde, Kevin D., Ashtekar, Nikhil, Lad, Sneha, and Wijayawardene, Nalin N.
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Prions ,Lineage (evolution) ,0206 medical engineering ,Subviral agents ,02 engineering and technology ,Plant Science ,Biology ,Hyphomycetes ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Phylogenetics ,Genus ,Prions (awaiting allocation) ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,Appendage ,0303 health sciences ,Phylogenetic tree ,Biodiversity ,biology.organism_classification ,Fungal ,Taxon ,Evolutionary biology ,Viruses ,Taxonomy (biology) ,020602 bioinformatics - Abstract
This study introduces, Paradictyocheirospora, a new genus, belonging to the family Dictyosporiaceae with evidence from morphology and phylogenetic analysis of a combined ITS, LSU and TEF1α sequence data. Paradictyocheirospora can be distinguished from allied taxa based on dictyosporous, cheiroid conidia with suprabasal bubble-like hyaline appendages and cylindrical, reduced conidiophores. The new genus is similar to Dictyocheirospora; however, the conidia are smaller with fewer rows (3–6) and have globose, supra-basal appendages. Paradictyocheirospora tectonae forms a distinct lineage basal to Digitodesmium and Dictyocheirospora. Additional new collections from Thane, Maharashtra were morphologically identical and phylogenetically related to Dictyocheirospora nabanheensis, and the latter is a new record from India.
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- 2021