Journal
FUNGAL BIOLOGY
Volume 115, Issue 11, Pages 1151-1162Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.08.001
Keywords
Actin; beta-Tubulin; Calmodulin; Histone H3; nrRNA; Translation elongation factor1-alpha
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- Fondo Mixto Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
- Gobierno del Estado de Guanajuato [GTO-2003-C02-11858]
- Instituto de Ecologia del estado de Guanajuato
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Water hyacinth is a beautiful monocotyledon plant that has been dispersed all over the world by humans. The plant has been present in Mexico since 1907, and many water bodies have become infested with it since then. In 2001, we initiated a survey in Yuriria lagoon in southern Guanajuato state to isolate fungi able to biocontrol the plant. We isolated 25 morphologically distinct fungal cultures, of which two were identified as members of the genus Cercospora. Cercospora species are among the most prevalent and destructive of plant pathogens and can be found on leaves, pedicels, stems, fruits, and bracts. Only two species of Cercospora, Cercospora piaropi, and Cercospora rodmanii, have been described on water hyacinth; however, the classification of these species has been controversial. Several molecular approaches have been used for Cercospora identification, and some candidate genes have been identified for use in Cercospora species determination. Although the nrRNA genes alone do not show sufficient resolution for species determination, histone H3, translation elongation factor1-alpha, beta-tubulin, actin, and calmodulin have been shown in previous studies to have an adequate number of nucleotide changes to allow species identification. In the present study, we used partial sequences of the histone H3, actin, and calmodulin genes to identify our two isolates as C. rodmanii. Our two strains are not specific to water hyacinth, as they are also pathogenic to beet and sugar beet. Similar host ranges were found for C. rodmanii strains isolated from Tabasco in Mexico, Zambia, and Brazil, however, the specificity for water hyacinth persists in Cercospora piaropi Tharp and C. rodmanii Conway, the latter being the most pathogenic. (C) 2011 British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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