Journal
BOTANY
Volume 86, Issue 7, Pages 742-750Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/B08-057
Keywords
ascomycete; anamorph; Capronia semiimmersa; Cyphellophora; opportunistic pathogen; phialide
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award
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Phialophora Medlar, as defined currently, is a genus encompassing melanized, anamorphic Ascomycota that produce one-celled conidia from phialides with distinct, darkened collarettes. The type species. Phialophora verrucosa Medlar, is closely related to Phialophora americana (Nannf.) S. Hughes, the anamorph of Capronia semiimmersa (Candoussau & Sulmont) Untereiner & Naveau (Herpotrichiellaceae, Chaetothyriales). To confirm that P. americana and P. verrucosa are distinct taxa, and to examine their phylogenetic relationships to species of Capronia and other representatives of the Chaetothyriales, we sequenced portions of the beta-tubulin gene and nuclear ribosomal RNA cistron (ITS and LSU rDNA). We also compared isolates of P. americana grown on a number of media. Isolates of C. semiimmersa, Capronia svrcekiana Reblova, and P. americana produced phialides bearing deep, vase-shaped collarettes and formed a strongly supported clade that did not include P. verrucosa in a phylogeny inferred from the combined (beta-tubulin-ITS-LSU dataset. Capronia svrcekiana was found to be conspecific with C. semiimmersa based on the comparison of cultural. micromorphological, and molecular characters. In the LSU phylogeny. three recently described species of Phialophora (Phialophora europaea de Hoog et al., Phialophora reptans de Hoog. and Phialophora sessilis de Hoog) were grouped outside of the clade containing sampled members of the Herpotrichiellaceae. While the position of these species in the Chaetothyriales remained unresolved, it was evident that P. europaea, P. reptans. and P. sessilis are not members of the P. verrucosa complex.
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