Two new <Emphasis Type="Italic">Corollospora</Emphasis> species and one new anamorph based on morphological and molecular data |
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Authors: | Mohamed A Abdel-Wahab Takahiko Nagahama Faten A Abdel-Aziz |
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Institution: | (1) Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kanagawa, Japan;(2) Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt |
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Abstract: | Two new species of the genus Corollospora, namely, C. anglusa sp. nov. with its anamorph Varicosporina anglusa sp. nov. and C. portsaidica sp. nov., which were isolated from the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt, are described in this article based on morphological
and molecular evidence. The two new species have one-septate ascospores. Corollospora anglusa resembles C. gracilis by having narrow one-septate hyaline ascospores; however, they differ in ascomata and ascospore dimensions and in pure culture
characteristics. Single-ascospore culture of C. anglusa produces the conidia of its anamorph, whereas an anamorph has not been reported for C. gracilis. Varicosporina anglusa differs from the other two known Varicosporina species by having conidial branches that are filamentous, rectangularly branched, hypha like, and disarticulated into two-
or one-celled fragments. Corollospora portsaidica is morphologically similar to C. cinnamomea, but the two species differ in the dimensions, shape, and ornamentation of the ascospores. The new Corollospora species were confirmed to be divergent from other similar Corollospora species based on phylogenetic analyses of partial sequences of the LSU rDNA region. |
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Keywords: | Halosphaeriaceae Marine fungi Mediterranean Sea Molecular systematics Subtropical fungi |
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