Inter-subspecies hybrid dikaryons of oyster mushroom independently isolated in Vietnam and Japan.
Two strains of the mushroom Pleurotus, isolated from nature in Vietnam and Japan, contained a similar combination of two distinct rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. They were perhaps hybrid dikaryons between P. cystidiosus subsp. abalonus and a novel P. cystidiosus subspecies. These mushrooms produce dikaryotic arthroconidia. This unique asexual reproduction might allow stable maintenance of a particular pair of nuclei.
Truong
Binh-Nguyen
BN
Division of Advanced Bioresources Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Okazaki
Koei
K
Le
Xuan-Tham
XT
Suzuki
Akira
A
D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D017753:Ecosystem; D007564:Japan; D010802:Phylogeny; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014744:Vietnam
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal