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Issue: Vol. 317 No. 2: 15 August 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-15
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.317.2.4
Page range: 123–129
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Bisifusarium tonghuanum (Nectriaceae), a novel species of Fusarium-like fungi from two desert oasis plants

China General Microbiological Culture Collection Centre, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China General Microbiological Culture Collection Centre, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
Ascomycetes Hypocreales endophytic fungi morphology taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

A Fusarium-like fungus was discovered when isolating fungi from surface sterilized plant samples collected in desert oasis of China. This fungus produced orange colonies on PDA medium and small, curved and 0-1 septum macro-conidia. Phylogenetic analysis based on tef1, β-tub, ITS and LSU rDNA sequences showed its belonging to a newly erected genus, Bisifusarium, thus the name Bisifusarium tonghuanum was introduced. Relationships of the new species with known taxa were discussed.