Journal
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages 273-283Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.005
Keywords
Genealogical concordance; Speciation; Phylogenetic species; Molecular phylogeny; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioides lutzii
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- MCT/CNPq
- FAP-DF/CNPq
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Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic disease endemic to most of Latin America, with greatest impact in rural areas. The taxonomic status of one of the best studied Paracoccidioides isolates (Pb01) as A brasiliensis remains unresolved due to its genomic differences from the other three previously described phylogenetic species (S1, PS2 and PS3; Carrero et al., 2008. Fungal Genet. Biol. 45, 605). Using the genealogic concordance method of phylogenetic species recognition (GCPSR) via maximum parsimony and Bayesian analysis, we identified a clade of 17 genotypically similar isolates, including Pb01, which are distinct from the S1/PS2/P3 clade. Consistent with GCPSR, this Pb01-like group can be considered a new phylogenetic species, since it is strongly supported by all independent and concatenated genealogies. Pb01-like species exhibit great sequence and morphological divergence from the S1/PS2/PS3 species clade, and we estimate that these groups last shared a common ancestor approximately 32 million years ago. In addition, recombination analysis revealed independent events inside both main groups suggesting reproductive isolation. Consequently, we recommend the formal description of the Pb01-like cluster as the new species Paracoccidioides lutzii, a tribute to Adolpho Lutz, discoverer of P. brasiliensis in 1908. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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