Molecular and morphological description of two new species of Stemphylium from China and France.
Two new species of Stemphylium (anamorphic Pleospora) are described on the basis of morphological characters and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Stemphylium phaseolina and S. variabilis were isolated respectively from diseased leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. in Hebei Province, China, and from diseased leaves of Allium sativum L. in Angres, France. The two species exhibit characteristic Stemphylium morphology but are distinct from similar species based on the morphology and development of conidia. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) nuclear rDNA region and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gpd) genes were sequenced. The results of maximum parsimony (MP) and maximum likelihood (ML) phylogenetic analyses of the combined DNA sequences of these two gene regions supported S. phaseolina and S. variabilis as two distinct phylogenetic species. The taxonomic descriptions of the new species and their comparison with related species are presented, together with the phylogenetic analysis based on combined DNA sequences of ITS and gpd gene regions.
Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taiwan, 271018, China.
Yong
Y
Wang
Yun
Y
Geng
Yun-Fei
YF
Pei
Xiu-Guo
XG
Zhang
D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D002681:China; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics*; D005602:France; D005737:Garlic / Q000382:microbiology; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics*; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D027805:Phaseolus / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000502:physiology
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases