Journal
MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 301-306Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11557-010-0702-5
Keywords
ITS rDNA; Ptychogaster cubensis; Inonotus rickii; Phylogenetic tree
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- Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
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Thirteen isolates of Inonotus rickii/Ptychogaster cubensis, from different geographic provenances, were analyzed by sequencing ITS1, ITS 2 and 5,8S ribosomal RNA region. A phylogenetic tree, also including sequences available in Genbank database, showed that the strains enclosed in this study fall into two well-separated groups, one formed by isolates from Florida (USA) and the other one by isolates from Europe, Argentina and China. Differences were also highlighted on the growth rate of mycelial cultures at different temperatures. In fact, although the tested isolates generally attained the best growth at 30A degrees C, isolates from Europe seem well adapted to higher temperatures and went on growing at 40A degrees C whilst the growth of isolates from Florida significantly decreased at 35A degrees C. Since the teleomorph I. rickii was never detected in Florida, and in this study noticeable differences were detected by analysis of ITS region, the existence of two possible distinct species, not discriminated solely on the basis of morphological characters, could be suggested.
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