Penicillium macrosclerotiorum, a new species producing large sclerotia discovered in south China.
A distinctive new penicillium species, Penicillium macrosclerotiorum, isolated from soil in south China is reported. Morphologically, it resembles P. thomii, but is distinguished from the latter by its large, white to ivory coloured sclerotia, smooth-walled stipes, and globose, smooth-walled conidia. Although its rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 sequence is identical with that of P. thomii, the partial calmodulin gene sequence data show that it is a unique taxon and has no closely related relatives in penicillia.
Wang
Long
L
Systematic Mycology and Lichenology Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Zhang
Xiang-Min
XM
Zhuang
Wen-Ying
WY
D002147:Calmodulin / Q000235:genetics; D002681:China; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010407:Penicillium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity
D002147:Calmodulin; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S