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Citation for Study 25783

About Citation title: "The phoma-like dilemma".
About Study name: "The phoma-like dilemma".
About This study is part of submission 25783 (Status: Published).

Citation

Hou L., Groenewald J.Z., Pfenning L.H., Crous P.W., & Cai L. 2020. The phoma-like dilemma. Studies in Mycology, .

Authors

  • Hou L. (submitter) Phone 18810982026
  • Groenewald J.Z. Phone +31302122600
  • Pfenning L.H.
  • Crous P.W.
  • Cai L.

Abstract

Species of Didymellaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution and are geographically widespread, occurring in diverse ecosystems. The family includes several important plant pathogenic fungi associated with foliar, fruit, leaf, stem and root diseases on a wide variety of hosts, as well as endophytic, saprobic and clinically relevant species. The Didymellaceae was recently revised based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses of ex-type strains subjected to DNA sequencing of partial gene data of the LSU, ITS, rpb2 and tub2 loci. Several poly- and paraphyletic genera, including Ascochyta, Didymella and Phoma were redefined, along with the introduction of new genera. In the present study, a global collection of 1 130 Didymellaceae strains from 92 countries, 98 plant families and 55 other substrates, including air, coral, human tissues, house dust, fungi, insects, soil, and water were examined via multi-locus phylogenetic analyses and detailed morphological comparisons, representing the broadest sampling of Didymellaceae to date. Among these, 105 isolates representing 35 new species, seven new genera and 21 new combinations were newly introduced in Didymellaceae. In addition, four epitypes and six neotypes were designated to stabilise the taxonomy and use of older names. A robust, multi-locus reference phylogenetic tree of Didymellaceae was generated. In addition, rpb2 was revealed as the most effective locus for the identification of Didymellaceae at species level, and is proposed as a secondary DNA marker for the family.

Keywords

Multi-locus phylogeny, new taxa, Phoma, rpb2, taxonomy.

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