title: Gibberella musae (Fusarium musae) sp. nov., a recently discovered species from banana is sister to F. verticillioides.
abstract: Several strains of Fusarium isolated from banana were identified previously as F. verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg but described as unable to produce fumonisin. Here we report biochemical and morphological evidence, as well as multilocus phylogenetic analyses based on elongation factor (EF-1α), calmodulin, β-tubulin, and the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB2) sequences, indicating that these isolates represent a unique lineage in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex related to but distinct from F. verticillioides. Together with previous results of molecular studies, as well as with results of metabolite analyses, crossing experiments, pathogenicity tests and morphological characterization, these new data indicate that these strains isolated from banana represent a new species, Gibberella musae Van Hove et al. sp. nov. (anamorph: Fusarium musae Van Hove et al. sp. nov.), which is described herein.
authors.affiliation: Université catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Applied Microbiology, Mycothèque de l'Université catholique de Louvain (BCCM™ /MUCL), Croix du Sud 3/6, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. francois.vanhove@uclouvain.be
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Hove
authors.forename: Cees
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Waalwijk
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Logrieco
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Munaut
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moretti
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D037341:Fumonisins; D005670:Fusarium / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005874:Gibberella / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D028521:Musa / Q000382:microbiology*; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014404:Tubulin / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D037341:Fumonisins; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D014404:Tubulin; D012319:RNA Polymerase II