Morphological and phylogenetic characterisation of novel Cytospora species associated with mangroves
Chada NorphanphounCenter of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100 Thailand Guizhou University Guiyang ChinaOlivier RaspéBotanic Garden Meise Nieuwelaan, 38, 1860, Meise, Belgium Botanic Garden Meise Nieuwelaan Meise BelgiumRajesh JeewonDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 80837, Mauritius University of Mauritius Moka MauritiusTing‐Chi WenThe Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China Mae Fah Luang University Chiang Rai ThailandKevin D. HydeCenter of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100 Thailand Guizhou University Guiyang China
2018en
ABI
Abstract
Mangroves are relatively unexplored habitats and have been shown to harbour a number of novel species of fungi. In this study, samples of microfungi were collected from symptomatic branches, stem and leaves of the mangrove species Xylocarpusgranatum , X.moluccensis and Lumnitzeraracemosa and examined morphologically. The phylogeny recovered supports our morphological data to introduce three new species, Cytosporalumnitzericola , C.thailandica and C.xylocarpi . In addition, a combined multi-gene DNA sequence dataset (ITS, LSU, ACT and RPB2) was analysed to investigate phylogenetic relationships of isolates and help in a more reliable species identification.
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