title: Relationships among the genera Ashbya, Eremothecium, Holleya and Nematospora determined from rDNA sequence divergence.
abstract: Species of the genera Ashbya, Eremothecium, Holleya, and Nematospora were compared from extent of divergence in a 580-nucleotide region near the 5' end of the large subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA gene. The four genera are closely related and comprise a subclade of the hemiascomycetes. Because the taxa show little divergence, it is proposed that all be placed in the genus Eremothecium. The family Eremotheciaceae, fam. nov., is proposed.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois 61604, USA.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kurtzman
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S