title: Phylogenetic relationship of the genus Gilbertella and related genera within the order Mucorales based on 5.8 S ribosomal DNA sequences.
abstract: The complete ITS (internal transcribed spacer) region coding the ITS1, the ITS2 and the 5.8S rDNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction from two strains of Gilbertella persicaria, six strains in the Mucoraceae (Mucor piriformis, M. rouxii, M. circinelloides, Rhizomucor miehei, R. pusillus and R. tauricus) and four strains representing three species of the Choanephoraceae (Blakeslea trispora, Choanephora infundibulifera and Poitrasia circinans). Sequences of the amplified DNA fragments were determined and analysed. G. persicaria belongs to the monogeneric family (Gilbertellaceae), however, originally it was described as Choanephora persicaria. The goal of this study was to reveal the phylogenetic relationship among fungi belonging to Gilbertellaceae, Choanephoraceae and Mucoraceae. Our results support that the "intermediate" position of this family is between Choanephoraceae and Mucoraceae.
authors.affiliation: Hungarian Academy of Sciences-University of Szeged Microbiological Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Szeged, P.O. Box 533, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Papp
authors.forename: Klára
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Acs
authors.forename: Ildikó
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nyilasi
authors.forename: Erzsébet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Cs
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vágvölgyi
mesh_terms: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis*; D009090:Mucorales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer