title: Seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from baobab and other native trees in Western Australia.
abstract: In this study seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae are described from baobab (Adansonia gibbosa) and surrounding endemic tree species growing in the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia. Members of the Botryosphaeriaceae were predominantly endophytes isolated from apparently healthy sapwood and bark of endemic trees; others were isolated from dying branches. Phylogenetic analyses of ITS and EF1-alpha sequence data revealed seven new species: Dothiorella longicollis, Fusicoccum ramosum, Lasiodiplodia margaritacea, Neoscytalidium novaehollandiae, Pseudofusicoccum adansoniae, P. ardesiacum and P. kimberleyense.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa. draginja.pavlic@fabi.up.ac.za
authors.forename: Draginja
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pavlic
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wingfield
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Slippers
authors.forename: Giles E St J
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: Treena I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Burgess
mesh_terms: D035162:Adansonia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1 / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D024301:Plant Bark / Q000382:microbiology; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014197:Trees / Q000382:microbiology*; D014904:Western Australia
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1