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Citation title: "Internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) molecular morphometric analysis based species delimitation of foliar endophytic fungi from Aglaia elaeagnoidea, Flacourtia inermis and Premna serratifolia".

Study name: "Internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) molecular morphometric analysis based species delimitation of foliar endophytic fungi from Aglaia elaeagnoidea, Flacourtia inermis and Premna serratifolia".

This study is part of submission 23593 (Status: Published).

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Sundaresan N., Jagan E., Gokulraj K., & Pandi M. 2018. Internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) molecular morphometric analysis based species delimitation of foliar endophytic fungi from Aglaia elaeagnoidea, Flacourtia inermis and Premna serratifolia. PLoS ONE, .

Authors

• Sundaresan N.
• Jagan E.
• Gokulraj K.
• Pandi M. (submitter)

Abstract

Molecular morphometrics is an emerging third dimensional aspect of fungal species delimitation. They have been demonstrated to be more informative than conventional barcoding methods. Hence in this study, foliar endophytic fungal (FEF) assemblages in three Magnoliopsida plants were delimited using nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequence - secondary structural features based phylogenetic analysis, also known as molecular morphometrics. A total of 392 FEF isolates were obtained from the Aglaia elaeagnoidea, Flacourtia inermis, and Premna serratifolia leaves and grouped into 98 morphotypes. Among these host plants, P. serratifolia showed the maximum percentage of colonization frequency. Representative of each morphotypes was sequenced and subjected tofurther molecular characterization. The results revealed that morphotypes were belonging to the phylum of Ascomycota, distributed over two classes (Sordariomycetes (68.59%) and Dothideomycetes (31.41%)), six orders and nineteen genera. Based on compensatory base changes (CBC) analysis and absolute identity of ITS2 structure, 21, 20 and 23 species were recognized from A. elaeagnoidea, F. inermis, and P. serratifolia respectively. Diversity indices were higher in A. elaeagnoidea, despite the fact that it accounted for a modest 16.8% of total isolates recorded in this study. The genus Colletotrichum was predominant in A. elaeagnoidea (39%) and P. serratifolia (48%). Similarly, Diaporthe (43%) was dominant in F. inermis. Several host-specific species were also observed. This study concludes that these plants host taxonomically diverse fungi. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first detailed report on FEF diversity from these plants. Also, the inclusion of ITS2 secondary structure information along with the sequence provides a further dimension to resolve the inherent problems in identification of fungal species.

Keywords

Molecular morphometrics; foliar endophytic fungi; species delimitation; ITS2; CBC

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  	 author = {Natesan  Sundaresan and Enthai Ganeshan  Jagan and Kathamuthu   GokulRaj and Mohan  Pandi},
  	 title = {Internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) molecular morphometric analysis based species delimitation of foliar endophytic fungi from Aglaia elaeagnoidea, Flacourtia inermis and Premna serratifolia},
  	 year = {2018},
  	 keywords = {Molecular morphometrics; foliar endophytic fungi; species delimitation; ITS2; CBC},
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  	 journal = {PLoS ONE},
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  	 abstract = {Molecular morphometrics is an emerging third dimensional aspect of fungal species delimitation. They have been demonstrated to be more informative than conventional barcoding methods. Hence in this study, foliar endophytic fungal (FEF) assemblages in three Magnoliopsida plants were delimited using nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequence - secondary structural features based phylogenetic analysis, also known as molecular morphometrics. A total of 392 FEF isolates were obtained from the Aglaia elaeagnoidea, Flacourtia inermis, and Premna serratifolia leaves and grouped into 98 morphotypes. Among these host plants, P. serratifolia showed the maximum percentage of colonization frequency. Representative of each morphotypes was sequenced and subjected tofurther molecular characterization. The results revealed that morphotypes were belonging to the phylum of Ascomycota, distributed over two classes (Sordariomycetes (68.59%) and Dothideomycetes (31.41%)), six orders and nineteen genera. Based on compensatory base changes (CBC) analysis and absolute identity of ITS2 structure, 21, 20 and 23 species were recognized from A. elaeagnoidea, F. inermis, and P. serratifolia respectively. Diversity indices were higher in A. elaeagnoidea, despite the fact that it accounted for a modest 16.8% of total isolates recorded in this study. The genus Colletotrichum was predominant in A. elaeagnoidea (39%) and P. serratifolia (48%). Similarly, Diaporthe (43%) was dominant in F. inermis. Several host-specific species were also observed. This study concludes that these plants host taxonomically diverse fungi. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first detailed report on FEF diversity from these plants. Also, the inclusion of ITS2 secondary structure information along with the sequence provides a further dimension to resolve the inherent problems in identification of fungal species.}
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  AU  - Pandi,Mohan 
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