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Issue: Vol. 574 No. 2: 29 November 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.574.2.3
Page range: 149-157
Abstract views: 35
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A new species of Neoconidiobolus (Entomophthorales, Ancylistaceae) from China based on morphological, molecular and physiological evidences

Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Pest Control, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Technology, Ma,anshan 243002, China.
School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Technology, Ma,anshan 243002, China;
School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Technology, Ma,anshan 243002, China;
Institute of Microbiology, School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China;
Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Pest Control, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China;
Entomophthoromycota Taxonomy Phylogeny New taxon Fungi

Abstract

Neoconidiobolus pseudothromboides is proposed as a species new on the basis of morphological characteristics, physiological feature and molecular phylogeny. This new species is morphologically allied to N. thromboides. However, the maximum growth temperature of this new species is lower than that of N. thromboides and it grows slower than N. thromboides. The phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial small subunit (mtSSU), nuclear large subunit (nucLSU) and translation elongation-factor-like (EFL) reveals that Neoconidiobolus is divided into three clades, and N. pseudothromboides sp. nov. is closely related to N. lachnodes rather than N. thromboides. Morphological comparisons between N. pseudothromboides sp. nov. and its affinities are provided herein.

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