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Starmera pilosocereana sp. nov., a yeast isolated from necrotic tissue of cacti in a
sandy coastal dune ecosystem

Starmera
pilosocereana

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LFD Freitas, R Barbosa, JP Sampaio - of Systematic and , 2015 - Soc General Microbiol

URL
http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000596

Abstract/Summary
Two strains of a new cactophilic yeast species were isolated from the columnar cactus Pilosocereus arrabidae in a sand dune ecosystem in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Phylogenetic analysis of sequences of the large subunit rRNA gene D1/D2 domains showed that the strains represent
a sister species to Starmera caribaea, from which it differs by 21 nucleotide substitutions and two indels. The new species is heterothallic
and the asci are deliquescent with the formation of two to four hat-shaped ascospores. The name Starmera pilosocereana sp. nov. is
proposed to accommodate the species. The type strain of S. pilosocereana sp. nov. is UFMG-CM-Y316T (= CBS 13266T) and the allotype is
UFMG-CM-Y346a (=CBS 13265). The Mycobank number is MB 810683. Candida stellimalicola belonging to the Starmera clade, is reassigned
to Starmera as a new combination.

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StarmeraStarmera caribaeaCandidaCandida
stellimalicola

/Brazil, /Rio de
Janeiro, /coastal dune,
/yeast, /dune, /sand,
/new species, /new
combination

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Yamadazyma riverae sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from plant materials

Yamadazyma riverae

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MR Lopes, MC Ferreira, TFC Carvalho - of Systematic and , 2015 - Soc General Microbiol

URL
http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.000597

Abstract/Summary
Nine strains of a novel yeast species were isolated from rotting wood, tree bark, ant nests or living as endophytes in leaves of Vellozia
gigantea. Analysis of the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene
showed that this species is related to Candida insectorum in the Yamadazyma clade. The new species differs from its closely related species
by 10 and 11 substitutions in the ITS region and the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit of the rRNA gene, respectively. The species is
heterothallic and forms asci with one to two hat-shaped ascospores. The name Yamadazyma riverae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of
Yamadazyma riverae sp. nov. is UFMG-CM-Y444T (= CBS 14121) and the allotype strain is TT12 (= CBS 14098 = UFMG-CM-Y577). The
Mycobank number is MB 813221.

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/yeast, /new species

YamadazymaCandidaCandida insectorum

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Gymnopus trabzonensis sp. nov. (Omphalotaceae) and Tricholoma virgatum var.

fulvoumbonatum var. nov. (Tricholomataceae), two new white-spored agarics from
Turkey

Gymnopus trabzonensisTricholoma
virgatum var. fulvoumbonatum

Bibliographic information
A Vizzini, V Antonin, E Sesli, M Contu - Phytotaxa, 2015 - biotaxa.org

URL
http://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.226.2.2

Abstract/Summary
Abstract Gymnopus trabzonensis (section Impudici) and Tricholoma virgatum var. fulvoumbonatum (section Tricholoma) from Turkey are
described as new taxa based on both morphological and molecular characters. Colour photographs of fresh basidiomata and of the main
micromorphological features are provided.

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GymnopusGymnopus trabzonensisTricholoma
Tricholoma virgatum

/Turkey, /section

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Fungal communities in gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes in forest and
cabruca agrosystems of southern Bahia State (Brazil)

Atta cephalotes

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BM dos Santos Reis, A Silva, MRDV Alvarez - Fungal Biology, 2015 - Elsevier

URL
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614615001592

Abstract/Summary
Abstract Leaf-cutting ants interact with several fungi in addition to the resident fungal symbiont the ants cultivate for food. Here, we
assessed fungal communities in colonies of Atta cephalotes, a leafcutter ant found in habitats in different conservation stages. Fungus
garden fragments were sampled from colonies in the Atlantic Rainforest and in a cabruca agroforest system in the state of Bahia (Brazil) in
two distinct periods (winter and summer) to evaluate whether differences in nest habitat influence the diversity of fungi in the ant colonies.
We recovered a total of 403 alien fungi isolates from 628 garden fragments. The prevalent taxa found in these samples were Escovopsis sp.
(26%), Escovopsioides nivea (24%) and Trichoderma spirale (10.9%). Fungal diversity was similar between the colonies sampled in both
areas suggesting that ants focus on reducing loads of alien fungi in the fungus gardens instead of avoiding specific fungi. However, fungal
taxa composition markedly differed between colonies sampled in the two areas and between the sampling periods. These differences are
likely explained by the availability of plant substrates available for foraging over habitats and periods. Ordination analysis further supported
that sampling period was the main attribute for community structuring but also revealed that additional factors (colony age or composition
of garden microbiome) may explain the structuring of fungal communities in colonies of A. cephalotes.

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FungusEscovopsisEscovopsioidesEscovopsioides nivea
TrichodermaTrichoderma spirale

/Bahia, /Atta,
/Brazil, /forest, /garden

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PP-O and PP-V, Monascus pigment homologs, production and phylogenetic analysis in
Penicillium purpurogenum

Penicillium purpurogenumPP-OPP-V

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T Arai, R Kojima, Y Motegi, J Kato, T Kasumi, J Ogihara - Fungal Biology, 2015 - Elsevier

URL
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614615001579

Abstract/Summary
Abstract The production of pigments as secondary metabolites by microbes is known to vary by species and by physiological conditions
within a single strain. The fungus strain Penicillium purpurogenum IAM 15392 has been found to produce violet pigment (PP-V) and orange
pigment (PP-O), Monascus azaphilone pigment homologs, when grown under specific culture conditions in PP-V production media or PP-O
production media, respectively. In this study, we analyzed PP-V and PP-O production capability in seven strains of P. purpurogenum in
addition to strain IAM15392 under specific culture conditions. The pigment production pattern of five strains cultivated in PP-V production
medium was similar to that of strain IAM15392, and all violet pigments produced by these five strains were confirmed to be PP-V. Strains
that did not produce pigment were also identified. In addition, two strains cultivated in PP-O production medium produced a violet pigment
identified as PP-V. The ribosomal DNA (rDNA) internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region sequences from the eight P. purpurogenum strains
were sequenced and used to construct a neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree. PP-O and PP-V production of P. purpurogenum was shown to
be related to phylogenetic placement based on rDNA ITS sequence. Based on these results, two hypotheses for the alteration of pigment
production of P. purpurogenum in evolution were proposed.

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/pigment production

MonascusPenicilliumPenicillium purpurogenum

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Phylogenetic and mycogeographical aspects of Lactarius and Rhizopogon associated

with Pinus radiata in south-central Chile

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D Chvez, Machuca, G Torres-Mellado - Phytotaxa, 2015 - biotaxa.org

URL
http://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.226.2.7/0

Abstract/Summary
Abstract Pinus and Eucalyptus, being grown worldwide for timber and paper pulp industry, are depending on ectomycorrhizal fungi during
their entire life cycle; especially Pinus is frequently found to be colonized by highly host-specific root mycobionts such as Suillus spp. or
Rhizopogon spp. Although compatible fungi are usually not naturally present when the host tree genus is not native in the planted area, as
in the case of Southern Chile, adventitious communities of ectomycorrhizal fungal partners with unknown origin are commonly observed
along the extensive range of Chilean Pinus radiata plantations. We performed a molecular phylogenetic analysis focused on two taxa of
Lactarius sect. Deliciosi and Rhizopogon, two very common but insufficiently studied ectomycorrhizal fungi in plantations of P. radiata in
central Chile, in order to clarify both identity and origin of adventitious fungal strains. Based on ITS sequences from different specimens
covering a larger distribution area, we identified the examined taxa as Lactarius quieticolor and Rhizopogon roseolus. This is the first record
of L. quieticolor for South America and there is some evidence that the geographic origin of the examined strains of both species is in the
Eurasian region rather than in North America where their host tree P. radiata is native, which raises the discussion how mycorrhizal partners
of different geographical origins meet in an allochthonous area.

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LactariusRhizopogonSuillusLactarius quieticolor
Rhizopogon roseolus

/Lactarius, /Chile, /Pinus,

/Eucalyptus,
/ectomycorrhizal fungus, /life cycle,
/molecular phylogenetic
analysis

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Taxonomic Characteristic of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-A Review

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R Lone, S Agarwal, KK Koul - Intl. J, 2014 - idosi.org

URL
http://idosi.org/ijmr/ijmr5(3)14/8.pdf

Abstract/Summary
Abstract: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have mutualistic relationships with more than 80% of terrestrialplant species. Despite their
abundance and wide range of relationship with plant species, AMF have shownlow species diversity. AMF have high functional diversity
because different combinations of host plants andAMF have different effects on the various aspects of symbiosis. Because of wide range of
relationships withhost plants it becomes difficult to identify the species on the morphological bases as the spores are to beextracted from
the soil. This review provides a summary of morphological and molecular characteristics on thebasis of which different species are identified.

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/mycorrhizal fungi

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Unusual preservation of a microthyriaceous fungus (Ascomycota) on Sphenobaiera

(ginkgophyte foliage) from the Middle Jurassic of China

Sphenobaiera

Bibliographic information
C Sun, TN Taylor, Y Na, T Li, M Krings - Review of Palaeobotany and , 2015 - Elsevier

URL
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034666715001591

Abstract/Summary
Abstract Leaves today are inhabited by a wide variety of fungi, typically ascomycetes, but also some basidiomycetes and zygomycetes. Little
is known to date regarding the fungi that colonized the leaves of fossil plants older than Cretaceous. In this paper we describe ascomycete
fruiting bodies (ascomata) that are present on the adaxial surface of a Sphenobaiera (Ginkgophyta) leaf from a Middle Jurassic deposit near
Daohugou village, Inner Mongolia, China. The ascomata are identified as imprints in the leaf cuticle, with only parts remaining of the actual
body fossil. Fruiting bodies are scutate, spherical in outline, and consist of three distinct zones delimited by the size and arrangement of the
hyphae. The morphology is suggestive of geologically younger microthyriaceous ascomata, especially Asterothyrites, Microthyriacites, and
Trichothyrites. This discovery represents the oldest fossil evidence of microthyriaceous fungi inhabiting ginkgophytes.

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AscomycotaAsterothyritesMicrothyriacitesTrichothyrites

/Mongolia, /the oldest

fossil, /China, /Inner
Mongolia, /Cretaceous

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Role of Endophytic Fungi in Preservation of Plant Biodiversity

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SS Sandhu, D Gupta - ijapbc.com

URL
http://www.ijapbc.com/files/05-09-15/14-4134.pdf

Abstract/Summary
Biodiversity, the diversity of all life forms on earth, is the variety and variability between genes, species andecosystem. India is blessed with
rich and diverse heritage of plants along with their use in a very broad area. Theorigins of most drugs are directly from plants and are
constantly exploiting in pharmaceutical industry. Apartfrom pharmaceutical industries plants are also used in paper industries, timber
industries and textile industriesand also in bio-fuel production. This further leads to a great loss in the plant biodiversity. For the sake of
ourvaluable plants, an effort was made to use endophytic fungi in a new approach to exploit them inpharmaceutical industry which will
conserve plant biodiversity. These are the excellent source of bioactivecompounds with tremendous medicinal value, as they do mimicry of
plants and produce compounds similar tothat of host plant, which would be beneficial for human race. So without going beyond our nature
or byexploiting least, if a microbial source is available then we must have to use these microbes.

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/India