Temperature adaptation markedly determines evolution within the genus Saccharomyces

The present study uses a mathematical-empirical approach to estimate the cardinal growth temperature parameters (T(min), the temperature below which growth is no longer observed; T(opt), the temperature at which the μ(max) equals its optimal value; μ(opt), the optimal value of μ(max); and T(max), the temperature above which no growth occurs) of 27 yeast strains belonging to different Saccharomyces and non-Saccharomyces species. S. cerevisiae was the yeast best adapted to grow at high temperatures within the Saccharomyces genus, with the highest optimum (32.3°C) and maximum (45.4°C) growth temperatures. On the other hand, S. kudriavzevii and S. bayanus var. uvarum showed the lowest optimum (23.6 and 26.2°C) and maximum (36.8 and 38.4°C) growth temperatures, respectively, confirming that both species are more psychrophilic than S. cerevisiae. The remaining Saccharomyces species (S. paradoxus, S. mikatae, S. arboricolus, and S. cariocanus) showed intermediate responses. With respect to the minimum temperature which supported growth, this parameter ranged from 1.3 (S. cariocanus) to 4.3°C (S. kudriavzevii). We also tested whether these physiological traits were correlated with the phylogeny, which was accomplished by means of a statistical orthogram method. The analysis suggested that the most important shift in the adaptation to grow at higher temperatures occurred in the Saccharomyces genus after the divergence of the S. arboricolus, S. mikatae, S. cariocanus, S. paradoxus, and S. cerevisiae lineages from the S. kudriavzevii and S. bayanus var. uvarum lineages. Finally, our mathematical models suggest that temperature may also play an important role in the imposition of S. cerevisiae versus non-Saccharomyces species during wine fermentation.     

Two new species of Acervus (Pezizales) with a key to species of the genus

Studies on the genus Acervus from China are reviewed briefly. Six of the seven known species of the genus are currently recorded in this country. Acervus beijingense and A. changchunense are described as new based on morphological features and molecular data, and A. flavidus with minor emendation is added to the Chinese fungus flora. Phylogenetic relationships among four of the seven species of the genus are investigated based on the 28S rDNA sequence analysis. Species of the genus formed a single clade with high bootstrap support. The sequences of A. epispartius forma epispartius and that of A. flavidus obtained from materials in different geographical regions together formed a group with 100% bootstrap support. Ascospore size and shape are important criteria in the taxonomy of the genus and are phylogenetically informative. A dichotomous key to all described species of the genus is provided.     

Two new species of the genus Sporobolomyces and a new Rhodotorula species from leaf surfaces

Two new species of the genus Sporobolomyces and one of the genus Rhodotorula are described. Sporobolomyces elongatus and Rhodotorula armeniaca spp. nov. were isolated from the surfaces of leaves of Callistemon viminalis (Soland ex Gaertn.) G. Don ex Loud. and Sporobolomyces foliicola from the leaves of Banksia collina R. Br. growing at Armidale.     

Two species of swimming crabs of the genus Achelous (Crustacea,Brachyura): environmental requirements determining the niche

Some holoplanktonic species are cosmopolitan and have continuous distribution in the world’s oceans. For most of these species it is not clear whether there is unhampered gene flow between far distant populations or they represent a complex of cryptic species. In the present study we investigated genetic diversity of the cosmopolitan chaetognath Eukrohnia hamata in order to identify its spatial structure. DNA-barcode fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene was determined and analyzed for E. hamata specimens collected in the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Five lineages were determined by the phylogenetic analysis with robust statistical support. Three lineages: Antarctic (Eh-1), Subantarctic (Eh-2), and Arctic (Eh-3) had significant genetic differences and were geographically separated. Two other lineages: Eh-4 and Eh-5, that had the smallest genetic difference, were observed together in tropical waters, but they were geographically separated from the other lineages. We suppose that geographical distribution of most of the E. hamata lineages is shaped by the large-scale oceanic fronts, considered as biogeographic boundaries for numerous zooplankton species. Genetic homogeneity of Arctic, Subantarctic, and Antarctic lineages was also shown, each within its regions of inhabit.     

Two new species of Isochrysis with remarks on the genus Ruttnera

Two marine strains of Chrysophyceae have been studied with the aid of light and electron microscopy. The benthic stages show definite similarities with two marine Gloeochrysis spp. (G. maritima and G. litoralis) described by Anand (1937), but the swarmers do not agree with the definition of this genus. The reason why they also cannot be assigned to the genus Ruttnera is discussed and their inclusion within the Isochrysidales is justified by the observation of haptophycean scales on the motile cells. The names Isochrysis maritima sp. nov. and Isochrysis litoralis sp. nov. are proposed in view of the fact that these strains might prove to be the species observed by Anand.     

木霉属2中国新记录种

[目的]明确我国南部地区土壤中分离得到的2株木霉菌的分类地位.[方法]采用PDAm培养基分离木霉菌菌株,通过形态学鉴定和内转录间隔区(ITS)序列、翻译延长因子1-alpha (Tef1-α)部分序列相似性分析对菌株进行初步鉴定;选取MEGA 4.0软件用Bootstrap最大简约法、水平3、重复1 000次来构建ITS、Tef1-α序列系统进化树并分析其亲缘关系.[结果]菌株CM01的ITS序列与GenBank基因库中Trichoderma intricatum strain GJS 02-78 ITS序列同源性高达99％,在ITS序列系统进化树中与模式菌株T.intricatum GJS 02-78、Trichoderma atroviride DAOM 179514亲缘关系最近;其Tef1-α序列与GenBank基因库中Hypocrea intricate strain GJS 02-78 Tef1-α序列同源性高达99％,在Tef1-α序列系统进化树中与模式菌株H.intricata GJS 02-78亲缘关系最近;其形态描述和模式菌株一致.菌株SCGA5003的ITS序列与GenBank基因库中Trichoderma stromaticum strain GJS 97-181 ITS序列同源性高达99％,在ITS序列系统进化树中与模式菌株T.stromaticum GJS 97-179、GJS 97-180、GJS 97-181、GJS 97-182、GJS 97-183亲缘关系最近;其Tef1-α序列与GenBank基因库中T.stromatieum strain GJS 97-183 Tef1-α序列同源性高达94％,在Tef1-α序列系统进化树中与模式菌株T.stromaticum CQSQ1032、GXNN7006亲缘关系最近;其形态描述和模式菌株一致.[结论]结合形态学特征与分子鉴定结果,判定菌株CM01为交织木霉(Trichoderma intricatum Samuels&Dodd/Hypocrea intricata Samuels et Dodd)、SCGA5003 为子座木霉(Trichoderma stromaticum Samuels & Pardo-Schulth/Hypocrea stromatica Bezerra,Costa & Bastos),即发现木霉属2个中国新记录种.     

Photosynthetic innovation broadens the niche within a single species

Adaptation to changing environments often requires novel traits, but how such traits directly affect the ecological niche remains poorly understood. Multiple plant lineages have evolved C₄ photosynthesis, a combination of anatomical and biochemical novelties predicted to increase productivity in warm and arid conditions. Here, we infer the dispersal history across geographical and environmental space in the only known species with both C₄ and non‐C₄ genotypes, the grass Alloteropsis semialata. While non‐C₄ individuals remained confined to a limited geographic area and restricted ecological conditions, C₄ individuals dispersed across three continents and into an expanded range of environments, encompassing the ancestral one. This first intraspecific investigation of C₄ evolutionary ecology shows that, in otherwise similar plants, C₄ photosynthesis does not shift the ecological niche, but broadens it, allowing dispersal into diverse conditions and over long distances. Over macroevolutionary timescales, this immediate effect can be blurred by subsequent specialisation towards more extreme niches.     

Local adaptation within a hybrid species

Ecological divergence among populations may be strongly influenced by their genetic background. For instance, genetic admixture through introgressive hybridization or hybrid speciation is likely to affect the genetic variation and evolvability of phenotypic traits. We studied geographic variation in two beak dimensions and three other phenotypic traits of the Italian sparrow (Passer italiae), a young hybrid species formed through interbreeding between house sparrows (P. domesticus) and Spanish sparrows (P. hispaniolensis). We found that beak morphology was strongly influenced by precipitation regimes and that it appeared to be the target of divergent selection within Italian sparrows. Interestingly, however, the degree of parental genetic contribution in the hybrid species had no effect on phenotypic beak variation. Moreover, beak height divergence may mediate genetic differentiation between populations, consistent with isolation-by-adaptation within this hybrid species. The study illustrates how hybrid species may be relatively unconstrained by their admixed genetic background, allowing them to adapt rapidly to environmental variation.     

Two new species of the genus Teredorus Hancock, 1906 (Orthoptera,Tetrigidae) from China,with a key to the species of the genus

Taxonomy of a tetrigid genus Teredorus Hancock is reviewed. Two new species, Teredorus parvipulvillussp. n. and Teredorus hunanensissp. n. are described from China and an updated identification key to all known species of the genus is given, as well as brief comments on phylogenetic relationships, biology and ecology.     

Two new species of the genus Coccoloba (Polygonaceae)

Coccoloba ecuadorensis sp. nov, a large-leaved species from the humid coastal forest of Northwestern Ecuador, and C. trollii sp. nov., a small-leaved species from an isolated patch of dry forest in central Bolivia are described.     

Two new species and a new phyllobothriid cestode genus from sharks of the genus Negaprion Whitley (Carcharhiniformes)

Alexandercestus n. g. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) is erected for two cestode species found parasitising the two known species of lemon sharks (Carcharhiniformes: Negaprion spp.). This new genus differs from all other phyllobothriid genera except for Hemipristicola Cutmore, Theiss, Bennett & Cribb, 2011, Marsupiobothrium Yamaguti, 1952, Nandocestus Reyda, 2008, Orectolobicestus Ruhnke, Caira & Carpenter 2006, Orygmatobothrium Diesing, 1863, Paraorygmatobothrium Ruhnke, 1994 and Phyllobothrium van Beneden, 1849 in possessing uniloculate bothridia with an apical sucker and neck scutes. Alexandercestus differs from Orectolobicestus and Nandocestus in lacking marginal loculi on the bothridia, from Paraorygmatobothrium in possessing uninterrupted vitelline follicles at the level of the ovary and from Phyllobothrium in being euapolytic as opposed to anapolytic and in lacking posteriorly bifid bothridia. The new genus lacks the central accessory bothridial organ seen in specimens of Orygmatobothrium, and lacks the central bothridial accessory sucker of specimens of Marsupiobothrium. Alexandercestus spp. compare most favourably with specimens of Hemipristicola, especially with respect to aspects of proglottid morphology, but differ in possessing aristate gladiate spinitriches rather than serrate gladiate spinitriches on the proximal bothridial surface. In addition, the bothridia of Alexandercestus spp. are comparatively more fleshy and foliose than those in specimens of Hemipristicola. Two new species of Alexandercestus n. g. are described, Alexandercestus gibsoni n. sp. from Negaprion acutidens, collected from off northern Australia and the Marshall Islands, and Alexandercestus manteri n. sp. from N. brevirostris, collected off the islands of Bimini and the Florida Keys. The two new species differ in total length and vitelline follicle distribution. Bayesian inference and parsimony analysis of the D1–D3 region of the large nuclear ribosomal DNA of 17 published and seven novel sequences placed A. gibsoni as the sister taxon to a clade containing Hemipristicola gunterae Cutmore, Theiss, Bennett & Cribb, 2011 and species of Paraorygmatobothrium. This result supports the erection of Alexandercestus as a genus separate from Hemipristicola and Paraorygmatobothrium. At the present time, species of Alexandercestus are known only from hosts of the carcharhinid genus Negaprion Whitley; examination of extensive survey data suggests this may be the extent of the host distribution of this genus.     

Complex patterns of environmental niche evolution in Iberian columbines (genus Aquilegia,Ranunculaceae)

Aims This study explores the patterns of niche differentiation in a group of seven closely related columbines (genus Aquilegia, Ranunculaceae) from the Iberian Peninsula. Populations of these columbines are subject to complex patterns of divergent selection across environments, which partly explain the taxonomic structure of the group. This suggests the hypothesis that niche divergence must have occurred along the process of diversification of the group.Methods We used MaxEnt to build environmental niche models of seven subspecies belonging to the three species of Aquilegia present in the Iberian Peninsula. From these models, we compared the environmental niches through two different approaches: ENMtools and multivariate methods.Important findings MaxEnt distributions conformed closely to the actual distribution of the study taxa. ENMtools methods failed to uncover any clear patterns of niche differentiation or conservatism in Iberian columbines. Multivariate analyses indicate the existence of differentiation along altitudinal gradients and along a gradient of climatic conditions determined by the summer precipitation and temperatures. However, climatic conditions related to winter temperature and precipitation, as well as soil properties, were equally likely to show conservatism or divergence. The complex patterns of niche evolution we found suggest that Iberian Columbines have not been significantly constrained by forces of niche conservatism, so they could respond adaptively to the fast and profound climate changes in the Iberian Peninsula through the glacial cycles of the Pleistocene.     

Two new species of the genus Libnotes Westwood (Diptera:Limoniidae) from China,with a key to Chinese species

Two new species of the genus Libnotes Westwood, 1876, L.(Libnotes) wanensis sp. nov. and L.(L.) pseudonohirai sp. nov. from Southern China(Anhui) are described and illustrated here. A key to all of Chinese species in the subgenus Libnotes(Libnotes) is provided. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the animal specimen room, School of Life Sciences, Anqing Normal University, Anhui Province, China.     

广西植物二新种和一个新记录属

报道了在进行华南生物多样性调查过程中, 在广西发现的２ 个广西植物新种和１ 个新记录属。