FABI Articles : Novel species of Huntiella from naturally-occurring forest trees in Greece and South Africa
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FeiFei Liu, Seonju Marincowitz, ShuaiFei Chen, Michael Mbenoun, Panaghiotis Tsopelas, Nikoleta Soulioti, Michael J. Wingfield
Abstract
Huntiella species
are wood-infecting, filamentous ascomycetes that occur in fresh wounds
on a wide variety of tree species. These fungi are mainly known as
saprobes although some have been associated with disease symptoms. Six
fungal isolates with typical culture characteristics of Huntiella spp.
were collected from wounds on native forest trees in Greece and South
Africa. The aim of this study was to identify these isolates, using
morphological characters and multigene phylogenies of the rRNA internal
transcribed spacer (ITS) region, portions of the β-tubulin (BT1) and translation elongation factor 1α (TEF-1α)
genes. The mating strategies of these fungi were also determined
through PCR amplification of mating type genes. The study revealed two
new species; one from Platanus orientalis in Greece and one from Colophospermum mopane and Senegalia nigrescens in South Africa. These novel taxa have been provided with the names, H. hellenica sp. nov. and H. krugeri sp. nov., respectively. The former species was found to have a homothallic and the latter a heterothallic mating system.
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