Taxonomy and phylogeny of Synchaetomella lunatospora, a new genus and species of synnematous fungi from Southeast Asia

The anamorphic fungus Synchaetomella lunatospora gen. et sp. nov. is described from a culture isolated from leaf litter in Singapore. The genus is characterized by the production of synnematous conidiomata with brown stipes, phialidic conidiogenesis with terminal and acropleurogenous conidiogenous c...

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Published in:Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2005-10, Vol.88 (3-4), p.231-240
Main Authors: Decock, Cony, Delgado Rodriguez, G, Seifert, Keith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ascomycota - classification
Ascomycota - cytology
Ascomycota - genetics
Ascomycota - isolation & purification
Asia, Southeastern
DNA, Fungal - chemistry
DNA, Fungal - genetics
DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal - genetics
Fungi
Hyphae - cytology
Leaf litter
Microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Plant Leaves - microbiology
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Spores, Fungal - cytology
Synchaetomella Lunatospora
Taxonomy
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Summary:The anamorphic fungus Synchaetomella lunatospora gen. et sp. nov. is described from a culture isolated from leaf litter in Singapore. The genus is characterized by the production of synnematous conidiomata with brown stipes, phialidic conidiogenesis with terminal and acropleurogenous conidiogenous cells, and falcate, 1-septate conidia, aggregating in white, mucilaginous heads. Its phylogenetic relationships, inferred from the partial nuclear small ribosomal subunit (18S) sequence, are with the coelomycetous genera Sphaerographium, Chaetomella, and Hainesia. However, the order and family affinities of this group are unclear.
ISSN:0003-6072
1572-9699
DOI:10.1007/s10482-005-7210-7