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Ansari S, Aliasgharzad N, Sarikhani MR, Najafi N, Arzanlou M, Ölmez F. Nitrogen sources alter ligninase and cellulase activities of thermophilic fungi isolated from compost and vermicompost. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2024; 69:323-332. [PMID: 37338677 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-023-01065-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Fungi harboring lignocellulolytic activity accelerate the composting process of agricultural wastes; however, using thermophilic fungal isolates for this process has been paid little attention. Moreover, exogenous nitrogen sources may differently affect fungal lignocellulolytic activity. A total of 250 thermophilic fungi were isolated from local compost and vermicompost samples. First, the isolates were qualitative assayed for ligninase and cellulase activities using Congo red (CR) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as substrates, respectively. Then, twenty superior isolates harboring higher ligninase and cellulase activities were selected and quantitatively assayed for both enzymes in basic mineral (BM) liquid medium supplemented with the relevant substrates and nitrogen sources including (NH4)2SO4 (AS), NH4NO3 (AN), urea (U), AS + U (1:1), or AN + U (1:1) with final nitrogen concentration of 0.3 g/L. The highest ligninase activities of 99.94, 89.82, 95.42, 96.25, and 98.34% of CR decolorization were recorded in isolates VC85, VC94, VC85, C145, and VC85 in the presence of AS, U, AS + U, AN, and AN + U, respectively. Mean ligninase activity of 63.75% in superior isolates was achieved in the presence of AS and ranked the highest among other N compounds. The isolates C200 and C184 exhibited the highest cellulolytic activity in the presence of AS and AN + U by 8.8 and 6.5 U/ml, respectively. Mean cellulase activity of 3.90 U/mL was achieved in AN + U and ranked the highest among other N compounds. Molecular identification of twenty superior isolates confirmed that all of them are belonging to Aspergillus fumigatus group. Focusing on the highest ligninase activity of the isolate VC85 in the presence of AS, the combination can be recommended as a potential bio-accelerator for compost production.
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- Saeideh Ansari
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas, Turkey
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Bakhshi M, Ebrahimi L, Zare R, Arzanlou M, Kermanian M. Development of a Novel Diagnostic Tool for Cercospora Species Based on BOX-PCR System. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:290. [PMID: 35972567 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-022-02989-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The genus Cercospora contains many devastating plant pathogens linked to leaf spot diseases afflicting various plants. Identification of Cercospora species based on morphology or host plant association has proven unreliable due to simple morphology and wide host range in many cases; hence, multi-gene DNA sequence data are essential for accurate species identification. Considering the complexity and cost involved in application of multi-locus DNA phylogenetic approaches for species delineation in Cercospora; rapid and cost-effective methods are urgently needed for species recognition. In this study, we applied rep-PCR (repetitive-sequence based polymerase chain reaction) fingerprinting methods referred to as BOX-PCR to differentiate species of Cercospora. Cluster analysis of the banding patterns of 52 Cercospora strains indicated the ability of BOX-PCR technique using BOXA1R primer to generate species-specific DNA fingerprints from all the tested strains. Since this technique was able to discriminate between all the 20 examined Cercospora species during this study, which corresponded well to the species identified based on multi-gene DNA sequence data, our findings revealed the efficiency of BOX-PCR system as a suitable complementary method for molecular identification of the genus Cercospora at species level.
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- Mounes Bakhshi
- Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P.O. Box 19395-1454, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, 33916-53755, Iran
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- Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P.O. Box 19395-1454, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, 33916-53755, Iran
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Torbati M, Arzanlou M, da Silva Santos AC. Fungicolous Fusarium Species: Ecology, Diversity, Isolation, and Identification. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:2850-2859. [PMID: 34184111 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-021-02584-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Fusarium species can have different lifestyles, including those of endophytes, parasites, or pathogens of plants, as well as pathogens or mutualists of animals. Fungicolous Fusarium species have been also reported in some studies, however, the information on the Fusarium interactions with other fungi is still unclear and the diversity of fungicolous Fusarium species is poorly known. In this study, we provide a survey of fungicolous Fusarium species and their hosts, and instructions for their isolation and identification. According to the survey, 80 fungicolous Fusarium isolates were reported associated with 36 host species and 32 fungal genera. The fungicolous isolates belong to 24 species grouped in nine species complexes (SC)-Fusarium chlamydosporum SC, Fusarium fujikuroi SC, F. heterosporum SC, F. lateritium SC, F. oxysporum SC, F. incarnatum-equiseti SC, F. sambucinum SC, F. solani SC (=Neocosmospora genus), and F. tricinctum SC. Fusarium associations with other fungi were predominantly necrotrophic. The prevalent fungal hosts for fungicolous Fusarium isolates were members of the sub-kingdom Dikarya, mostly microfungi. Other hosts belong to the sub-kingdom Mucoromyceta of the kingdom Fungi and to the phylum Oomycota (fungal-like organisms) of kingdom Straminipila. With this review, we hope to highlight the fungicolous associations of Fusarium, and to expand the understanding of the ecology and diversity of these fungi.
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- Mohsen Torbati
- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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Primahana G, Narmani A, Surup F, Teponno RB, Arzanlou M, Stadler M. Five Tetramic Acid Derivatives Isolated from the Iranian Fungus Colpoma quercinum CCTU A372. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11060783. [PMID: 34067463 PMCID: PMC8224775 DOI: 10.3390/biom11060783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Submerged mycelial cultures of the ascomycete Colpoma quercinum CCTU A372 were found to produce five previously undescribed tetramic acids, for which we propose the trivial names colposetins A-C (1-3) and colpomenoic acids A and B (4 and 5), along with the known compounds penicillide (6) and monodictyphenone (7). The planar structures of 1-5 were determined by high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESIMS) and extensive 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Their absolute configurations were determined by the combination of electronic circular dischroism (ECD) analysis, J-based configurational analysis, and a rotating-frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy (ROESY) experiment. Colposetin B displayed weak antimicrobial activity against Bacillus subtilis and Mucor hiemalis (MIC 67 µg/mL).
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- Gian Primahana
- Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (G.P.); (A.N.); (F.S.); (R.B.T.)
- Research Center for Chemistry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Kawasan Puspiptek, Serpong, 15314 Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia
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- Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (G.P.); (A.N.); (F.S.); (R.B.T.)
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 51666, Iran;
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- Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (G.P.); (A.N.); (F.S.); (R.B.T.)
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- Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (G.P.); (A.N.); (F.S.); (R.B.T.)
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 67, Dschang, Cameroon
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 51666, Iran;
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- Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (G.P.); (A.N.); (F.S.); (R.B.T.)
- Correspondence:
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Bakhshi M, Zare R, Jafary H, Arzanlou M, Rabbani nasab H. Phylogeny of three Ramularia species occurring on medicinal plants of the Lamiaceae. Mycol Prog 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-020-01653-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Species of Septoria are commonly associated with leaf spot diseases of a broad range of plant hosts worldwide. During our investigation of fungi associated with leaf spot diseases in northern and northwestern Iran, several Septoria isolates were recovered from symptomatic leaves on different herbaceous and woody plants in the Asteraceae, Betulaceae, and Salicaceae families. These isolates were studied by applying a polyphasic approach including morphological and cultural data and a multigene phylogeny using a combined data set of partial sequences of the 28S nuc rRNA gene (large subunit [28S]), internal transcribed spacer regions and intervening 5.8S nuc rRNA gene (ITS) of the nuc rDNA operon, actin (actA), translation elongation factor 1-α (tef1), calmodulin (cmdA), β-tubulin (tub2), and DNA-directed RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2). Four novel species are proposed, namely, Septoria eclipticola on Eclipta prostrata, Septoria firouraghina on Cirsium arvense, Septoria guilanensis on Populus deltoides, and Septoria taleshana on Alnus subcordata. All species are illustrated, and their morphology and phylogenetic relationships with other Septoria species are discussed.
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- Mounes Bakhshi
- Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 19395-1454, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
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- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 19395-1454, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Department of Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.,Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Droevendaalsesteeg, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Narmani A, Teponno RB, Helaly SE, Arzanlou M, Stadler M. Cytotoxic, anti-biofilm and antimicrobial polyketides from the plant associated fungus Chaetosphaeronema achilleae. Fitoterapia 2019; 139:104390. [PMID: 31655088 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2019.104390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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From extracts of the plant associated fungus Chaetosphaeronema achilleae collected in Iran, a previously unreported isoindolinone named chaetosisoindolinone (1) and a previously undescribed indanone named chaetosindanone (2) were isolated in addition to five known metabolites, 2-(2-acetyl-3,5-dihydroxyphenyl) acetic acid (3), vulculic acid (4), 2-(2-acetyl-3-hydroxy-5-methoxyphenyl)acetic acid (5), curvulin (6), and curvulol (7). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis and high-resolution mass spectrometry. The isolated compounds were tested for their antimicrobial, anti-biofilm, and nematicidal activities. Compound 2 exhibited cytotoxicity against the human breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7 cells with an IC50 value of 1.5 μg/mL. Furthermore, compounds 4 and 7 almost completely inhibited biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus at 256 μg/mL. Weak antimicrobial activities were also observed for some of the isolated compounds against Mucor hiemalis, Rhodoturula glutinis, Chromobacterium violaceum, and Staphylococcus aureus.
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- Abolfazl Narmani
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 67, Dschang, Cameroon
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, 81528 Aswan, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Narmani A, Teponno RB, Arzanlou M, Surup F, Helaly SE, Wittstein K, Praditya DF, Babai-Ahari A, Steinmann E, Stadler M. Cytotoxic, antimicrobial and antiviral secondary metabolites produced by the plant pathogenic fungus Cytospora sp. CCTU A309. Fitoterapia 2019; 134:314-322. [PMID: 30807789 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2019.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Chemical analysis of extracts from cultures of the plant pathogenic fungus Cytospora sp. strain CCTU A309 collected in Iran led to the isolation of two previously unreported heptanedioic acid derivatives namely (2R,3S) 2-hydroxy-3-phenyl-4-oxoheptanedioic acid (1) and (2S,3S) 2-hydroxy-3-phenyl-4-oxoheptanedioic acid (2) as diastereomers, four previously undescribed prenylated p-terphenyl quinones 3-6 in addition to five known metabolites. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis and high-resolution mass spectrometry. For metabolites 1 and 2, the absolute configurations at C-2 were deduced from comparison of the 1H NMR difference of their (S)- and (R)-phenylglycine methyl ester derivatives while the relative configurations were tentatively assigned by a J-based analysis and confirmed by comparison of 13C chemical shifts to literature data. The isolated compounds were tested for their cytotoxic, antimicrobial (including biofilm inhibition), antiviral, and nematicidal activities. While only moderate antimicrobial effects were observed, the terphenyl quinone derivatives 3-6 and leucomelone (10) exhibited significant cytotoxicity against the mouse fibroblast L929 and cervix carcinoma KB-3-1 cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 2.4 to 26 μg/mL. Furthermore, metabolites 4-6 showed interesting antiviral activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV).
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- Abolfazl Narmani
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 67, Dschang, Cameroon
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, 81528 Aswan, Egypt
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany; Research Center for Biotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Science, Jl. Raya Bogor KM 46, Cibinong, Indonesia
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover/Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Karimi K, Arzanlou M, Pertot I. Weeds as Potential Inoculum Reservoir for Colletotrichum nymphaeae Causing Strawberry Anthracnose in Iran and Rep-PCR Fingerprinting as Useful Marker to Differentiate C. acutatum Complex on Strawberry. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:129. [PMID: 30809201 PMCID: PMC6379352 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Strawberry anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum spp. is considered one of the most serious and destructive disease of strawberry worldwide. Weeds, as possible hosts of the pathogen, could have a role as potential inoculum reservoir. To prove this hypothesis, symptomless weeds were collected in strawberry fields showing anthracnose symptoms in Iran. Ten isolates with Colletotrichum-like colonies were recovered from symptomless Amaranthus viridis L., Convolvulus arvensis L., Fumaria officinalis L., Lactuca serriola L., and Sonchus oleraceus L. plants. The isolates were identified as C. nymphaeae, based on a combination of morphological and sequence data of TUB and GADPH genes. This identification was further validated using Rep-PCR fingerprinting analysis, which produces species-specific DNA fingerprints and unveils inter and intra variation of the species examined in this study. Moreover, rep-PCR marker was used to reveal accurate taxonomic position of Colletorichum spp. causing strawberry anthracnose belonging to the C. acutatum complex, including C. acutatum sensu stricto, C. fiorinae, C. godetiae, C. nymphaeae, C. salicis, and C. simmondsii. The C. nymphaeae isolates originating from symptomless weeds confirmed their pathogenicity on detached strawberry, proving that weeds in strawberry field may have a role as reservoir of inoculum. However, further studies are necessary to quantify their actual contribution to anthracnose epidemics in strawberry fields.
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- Kaivan Karimi
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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Torbati M, Arzanlou M, Sandoval-Denis M, Crous PW. Multigene phylogeny reveals new fungicolous species in the Fusarium tricinctum species complex and novel hosts in the genus Fusarium from Iran. Mycol Prog 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-018-1422-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Bakhshi M, Arzanlou M, Babai-Ahari A, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW. Novel primers improve species delimitation in Cercospora. IMA Fungus 2018; 9:299-332. [PMID: 30622885 PMCID: PMC6317581 DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.02.06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The genus Cercospora includes many important plant pathogens that are commonly associated with leaf spot diseases on a wide range of cultivated and wild plant species. Due to the lack of useful morphological features and high levels of intraspecific variation, host plant association has long been a decisive criterion for species delimitation in Cercospora. Because several taxa have broader host ranges, reliance on host data in Cercospora taxonomy has proven problematic. Recent studies have revealed multi-gene DNA sequence data to be highly informative for species identification in Cercospora, especially when used in a concatenated alignment. In spite of this approach, however, several species complexes remained unresolved as no single gene proved informative enough to act as DNA barcoding locus for the genus. Therefore, the aims of the present study were firstly to improve species delimitation in the genus Cercospora by testing additional genes and primers on a broad set of species, and secondly to find the best DNA barcoding gene(s) for species delimitation. Novel primers were developed for tub2 and rpb2 to supplement previously published primers for these loci. To this end, 145 Cercospora isolates from the Iranian mycobiota together with 25 additional reference isolates preserved in the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute were subjected to an eight-gene (ITS, tef1, actA, cmdA, his3, tub2, rpb2 and gapdh) analysis. Results from this study provided new insights into DNA barcoding in Cercospora, and revealed gapdh to be a promising gene for species delimitation when supplemented with cmdA, tef1 and tub2. The robust eight-gene phylogeny revealed several novel clades within the existing Cercospora species complexes, such as C. apii, C. armoraciae, C. beticola, C. cf. flagellaris and Cercospora sp. G. The C. apii s. lat. isolates are distributed over three clades, namely C. apii s. str., C. plantaginis and C. uwebrauniana sp. nov. The C. armoraciae s. lat. isolates are distributed over two clades, C. armoraciae s. str. and C. bizzozeriana. The C. beticola s. lat. isolates are distributed over two clades, namely C. beticola s. str. and C. gamsiana, which is newly described.
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- Mounes Bakhshi
- Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 19395-1454, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
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- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
- Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Laboratory of Phytopathology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Narmani A, Pichai S, Palani P, Arzanlou M, Surup F, Stadler M. Daldinia sacchari (Hypoxylaceae) from India produces the new cytochalasins Saccalasins A and B and belongs to the D. eschscholtzii species complex. Mycol Prog 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-018-1413-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Mohammadian E, Babai Ahari A, Arzanlou M, Oustan S, Khazaei SH. Tolerance to heavy metals in filamentous fungi isolated from contaminated mining soils in the Zanjan Province, Iran. Chemosphere 2017; 185:290-296. [PMID: 28700958 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In the present study the population of fungi inhabiting metal contaminated soil samples from lead-zinc mining area was investigated, and their tolerance and biosorption capacity towards Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu were evaluated. Fungal species, including Acremonium persicinum, Penicillium simplicissimum, Seimatosporium pistaciae, Trichoderma harzianum, Alternaria chlamydosporigena and Fusarium verticillioides were isolated. Fungal tolerance was determined by measuring of the "Minimum Inhibitory Concentration", after exposure to increasing concentrations of heavy metal chlorides. Among the test fungi, Trichoderma harzianum was the most tolerant against Cd, Pb and Cu. The Heavy metal content in the fungal biomass was quantified after combustion. The calculated total sorption of heavy metals showed that Acremonium persicinum and Penicillium simplicissimum had the highest accumulation of Zn and Cu, respectively. The data presented in this study should help to use the accumulation potential of some of those fungal species examined for bioremediation of contaminated soils.
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- Department of Plant Protection, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Soil Science, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Science, Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Khorramshahr, Iran
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Nozad-Bonab Z, Hejazi MJ, Iranipour S, Arzanlou M. Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Some Chemical and Biological Insecticides on Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Eggs and Neonates. J Econ Entomol 2017; 110:1138-1144. [PMID: 28334249 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is one of the serious pests of tomatoes. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of some chemical and biological insecticides on T. absoluta. The insecticides tested were diazinon, dichlorvos, chlorantraniliprole, deltamethrin, acetamiprid, imidacloprid, spinosad, abamectin, indoxacarb, Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin, and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin. Sublethal effects for the most effective insecticides tested, namely, abamectin, spinosad, chlorantraniliprole, and indoxacarb were assessed, and life table parameters were calculated. Chlorantraniliprole had the highest lethal effect on T. absoluta followed by spinosad, abamectin, and indoxacarb. On the other hand, imidacloprid was not considerably effective on T. absoluta eggs. Metarhizium anisopliae was 11 and 518 times more effective on the eggs and newly hatched larvae than B. bassiana and B. thuringiensis, respectively. Chlorantraniliprole, spinosad, abamectin, and indoxacarb affected life table parameters of T. absoluta significantly (α = 0.05). Spinosad had the highest sublethal effect on T. absoluta followed by abamectin, chlorantraniliprole, and indoxacarb. The results revealed that chlorantraniliprole, spinosad, abamectin, and indoxacarb had considerable lethal and sublethal effects on T. absoluta, and if they perform similarly in commercial greenhouses and fields, they would be suitable candidates to be considered in IPM programs for this pest.
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- Z Nozad-Bonab
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran (; ; ; )
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran ( ; ; ; )
- Corresponding author, e-mail:
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran (; ; ; )
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran (; ; ; )
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Mohammadian E, Arzanlou M, Babai-Ahari A. Diversity of culturable fungi inhabiting petroleum-contaminated soils in Southern Iran. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:903-923. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-017-0863-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Crous P, Wingfield M, Burgess T, Hardy G, Crane C, Barrett S, Cano-Lira J, Le Roux J, Thangavel R, Guarro J, Stchigel A, Martín M, Alfredo D, Barber P, Barreto R, Baseia I, Cano-Canals J, Cheewangkoon R, Ferreira R, Gené J, Lechat C, Moreno G, Roets F, Shivas R, Sousa J, Tan Y, Wiederhold N, Abell S, Accioly T, Albizu J, Alves J, Antoniolli Z, Aplin N, Araújo J, Arzanlou M, Bezerra J, Bouchara JP, Carlavilla J, Castillo A, Castroagudín V, Ceresini P, Claridge G, Coelho G, Coimbra V, Costa L, da Cunha K, da Silva S, Daniel R, de Beer Z, Dueñas M, Edwards J, Enwistle P, Fiuza P, Fournier J, García D, Gibertoni T, Giraud S, Guevara-Suarez M, Gusmão L, Haituk S, Heykoop M, Hirooka Y, Hofmann T, Houbraken J, Hughes D, Kautmanová I, Koppel O, Koukol O, Larsson E, Latha K, Lee D, Lisboa D, Lisboa W, López-Villalba Á, Maciel J, Manimohan P, Manjón J, Marincowitz S, Marney T, Meijer M, Miller A, Olariaga I, Paiva L, Piepenbring M, Poveda-Molero J, Raj K, Raja H, Rougeron A, Salcedo I, Samadi R, Santos T, Scarlett K, Seifert K, Shuttleworth L, Silva G, Silva M, Siqueira J, Souza-Motta C, Stephenson S, Sutton D, Tamakeaw N, Telleria M, Valenzuela-Lopez N, Viljoen A, Visagie C, Vizzini A, Wartchow F, Wingfield B, Yurchenko E, Zamora J, Groenewald J. Fungal Planet description sheets: 469-557. Persoonia 2016; 37:218-403. [PMID: 28232766 PMCID: PMC5315290 DOI: 10.3767/003158516x694499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia: Apiognomonia lasiopetali on Lasiopetalum sp., Blastacervulus eucalyptorum on Eucalyptus adesmophloia, Bullanockia australis (incl. Bullanockia gen. nov.) on Kingia australis, Caliciopsis eucalypti on Eucalyptus marginata, Celerioriella petrophiles on Petrophile teretifolia, Coleophoma xanthosiae on Xanthosia rotundifolia, Coniothyrium hakeae on Hakea sp., Diatrypella banksiae on Banksia formosa, Disculoides corymbiae on Corymbia calophylla, Elsinoë eelemani on Melaleuca alternifolia, Elsinoë eucalyptigena on Eucalyptus kingsmillii, Elsinoë preissianae on Eucalyptus preissiana, Eucasphaeria rustici on Eucalyptus creta, Hyweljonesia queenslandica (incl. Hyweljonesia gen. nov.) on the cocoon of an unidentified microlepidoptera, Mycodiella eucalypti (incl. Mycodiella gen. nov.) on Eucalyptus diversicolor, Myrtapenidiella sporadicae on Eucalyptus sporadica, Neocrinula xanthorrhoeae (incl. Neocrinula gen. nov.) on Xanthorrhoea sp., Ophiocordyceps nooreniae on dead ant, Phaeosphaeriopsis agavacearum on Agave sp., Phlogicylindrium mokarei on Eucalyptus sp., Phyllosticta acaciigena on Acacia suaveolens, Pleurophoma acaciae on Acacia glaucoptera, Pyrenochaeta hakeae on Hakea sp., Readeriella lehmannii on Eucalyptus lehmannii, Saccharata banksiae on Banksia grandis, Saccharata daviesiae on Daviesia pachyphylla, Saccharata eucalyptorum on Eucalyptus bigalerita, Saccharata hakeae on Hakea baxteri, Saccharata hakeicola on Hakea victoria, Saccharata lambertiae on Lambertia ericifolia, Saccharata petrophiles on Petrophile sp., Saccharata petrophilicola on Petrophile fastigiata, Sphaerellopsis hakeae on Hakea sp., and Teichospora kingiae on Kingia australis.Brazil: Adautomilanezia caesalpiniae (incl. Adautomilanezia gen. nov.) on Caesalpina echinata, Arthrophiala arthrospora (incl. Arthrophiala gen. nov.) on Sagittaria montevidensis, Diaporthe caatingaensis (endophyte from Tacinga inamoena), Geastrum ishikawae on sandy soil, Geastrum pusillipilosum on soil, Gymnopus pygmaeus on dead leaves and sticks, Inonotus hymenonitens on decayed angiosperm trunk, Pyricularia urashimae on Urochloa brizantha, and Synnemellisia aurantia on Passiflora edulis. Chile: Tubulicrinis australis on Lophosoria quadripinnata.France: Cercophora squamulosa from submerged wood, and Scedosporium cereisporum from fluids of a wastewater treatment plant. Hawaii: Beltraniella acaciae, Dactylaria acaciae, Rhexodenticula acaciae, Rubikia evansii and Torula acaciae (all on Acacia koa).India: Lepidoderma echinosporum on dead semi-woody stems, and Rhodocybe rubrobrunnea from soil. Iran: Talaromyces kabodanensis from hypersaline soil. La Réunion: Neocordana musarum from leaves of Musa sp. Malaysia: Anungitea eucalyptigena on Eucalyptus grandis × pellita, Camptomeriphila leucaenae (incl. Camptomeriphila gen. nov.) on Leucaena leucocephala, Castanediella communis on Eucalyptus pellita, Eucalyptostroma eucalypti (incl. Eucalyptostroma gen. nov.) on Eucalyptus pellita, Melanconiella syzygii on Syzygium sp., Mycophilomyces periconiae (incl. Mycophilomyces gen. nov.) as hyperparasite on Periconia on leaves of Albizia falcataria, Synnemadiella eucalypti (incl. Synnemadiella gen. nov.) on Eucalyptus pellita, and Teichospora nephelii on Nephelium lappaceum.Mexico: Aspergillus bicephalus from soil. New Zealand: Aplosporella sophorae on Sophora microphylla, Libertasomyces platani on Platanus sp., Neothyronectria sophorae (incl. Neothyronectria gen. nov.) on Sophora microphylla, Parastagonospora phoenicicola on Phoenix canariensis, Phaeoacremonium pseudopanacis on Pseudopanax crassifolius, Phlyctema phoenicis on Phoenix canariensis, and Pseudoascochyta novae-zelandiae on Cordyline australis.Panama: Chalara panamensis from needle litter of Pinus cf. caribaea. South Africa: Exophiala eucalypti on leaves of Eucalyptus sp., Fantasmomyces hyalinus (incl. Fantasmomyces gen. nov.) on Acacia exuvialis, Paracladophialophora carceris (incl. Paracladophialophora gen. nov.) on Aloe sp., and Umthunziomyces hagahagensis (incl. Umthunziomyces gen. nov.) on Mimusops caffra.Spain: Clavaria griseobrunnea on bare ground in Pteridium aquilinum field, Cyathus ibericus on small fallen branches of Pinus halepensis, Gyroporus pseudolacteus in humus of Pinus pinaster, and Pseudoascochyta pratensis (incl. Pseudoascochyta gen. nov.) from soil. Thailand: Neoascochyta adenii on Adenium obesum, and Ochroconis capsici on Capsicum annuum. UK: Fusicolla melogrammae from dead stromata of Melogramma campylosporum on bark of Carpinus betulus. Uruguay: Myrmecridium pulvericola from house dust. USA: Neoscolecobasidium agapanthi (incl. Neoscolecobasidium gen. nov.) on Agapanthus sp., Polyscytalum purgamentum on leaf litter, Pseudopithomyces diversisporus from human toenail, Saksenaea trapezispora from knee wound of a soldier, and Sirococcus quercus from Quercus sp. Morphological and culture characteristics along with DNA barcodes are provided.
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- P.W. Crous
- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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- Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- Department of Parks and Wildlife, Vegetation Health Service, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Bentley, WA 6983, Australia
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- Department of Parks and Wildlife Albany District, 120 Albany Highway, Albany, WA 6330, Australia
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Plant Health & Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, Manatū Ahu Matua, 231 Morrin Road, St Johns, Auckland 1072, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departamento de Micología, Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- Pós-graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- ArborCarbon, 1 City Farm Place, East Perth, Western Australia, 6004 Australia
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- I.E.S Gabriel Ferrater i Soler, Ctra. de Montblanc, 5-9, 43206 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Pós-graduação em Biologia de Fungos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Ascofrance, 64 route de Chizé, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, GPO Box 267, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, GPO Box 267, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA
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- Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns 4870, Queensland, Australia
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Aranzadi Society of Sciences, Mycology section, Zorroagagaina 11, P.C. 200014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência do Solo, CCR, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima n°1000, Campus, Bairro Camobi, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil
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- 21 Shetland Close, Pound Hill, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 7YZ, England, UK
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- Center of Infectious Disease Dynamics, Millennium Science Complex, University Park Campus, Pennsylvania State University, USA
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- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- Departamento de Micologia Prof. Chaves Batista, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- GEIHP - EA 3142, Université d’Angers, Institut de Biologie en Santé PBH-IRIS CHU, 4 Rue Larrey, 49933 Angers Cedex 9, France
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- UNESP-University of São Paulo State, Av. Brasil no. 56, 15385-000, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil
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- UNESP-University of São Paulo State, Av. Brasil no. 56, 15385-000, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fundamentos da Educação, CCR, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima n°1000, Campus, Bairro Camobi, CEP 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Nelson Chaves, s/n, 50670-901 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Dermatology Laboratory (SML), University Hospital of Geneva, Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Department of Primary Industries, Private Bag 4008, Narellan 2567, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Departamento de Micología, Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- AgriBio Centre for AgriBiosciences, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, 5 Ring Road, LaTrobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083 Australia
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- North East Agricultural Services, McLeans Ridges 2480, NSW, Australia
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departamento de Micologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Nelson Chaves, s/n, 50670-901 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- GEIHP - EA 3142, Université d’Angers, Institut de Biologie en Santé PBH-IRIS CHU, 4 Rue Larrey, 49933 Angers Cedex 9, France
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Biodiversity (Mycology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada; Department of Clinical Plant Science, Faculty of Bioscience, Hosei University, 3-7-2 Kajino-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Herbarium UCH, Mycological Research Center (CIMi), Autonomous University of Chiriquí (UNACHI), 0427, David, Chiriquí Province, Panama
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center of Infectious Disease Dynamics, Millennium Science Complex, University Park Campus, Pennsylvania State University, USA
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- Slovak National Museum-Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 13, 810 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Biodiversity (Mycology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada; Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-12801, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673 635, India
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- Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation-Wheat (EMBRAPA-Trigo), Caixa Postal 3081, Rodovia BR-285 Km 294, 99050-970 Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673 635, India
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Unidad Docente de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, GPO Box 267, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA
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- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Apdo. 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Departamento de Micologia Prof. Chaves Batista, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Mycology, Cluster for Integrative Fungal Research (IPF), Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, DE-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673 635, India
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- University of North Carolina, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27402, USA
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- GEIHP - EA 3142, Université d’Angers, Institut de Biologie en Santé PBH-IRIS CHU, 4 Rue Larrey, 49933 Angers Cedex 9, France
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- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Apdo. 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
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- Biodiversity (Mycology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada; Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Department of Primary Industries, Private Bag 4008, Narellan 2567, Australia
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- Departamento de Micologia Prof. Chaves Batista, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departamento de Micologia Prof. Chaves Batista, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Departamento de Micología, Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
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- Biodiversity (Mycology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada; Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale P.A. Mattioli 25, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology, Paleski State University, Dnyaprouskai flatylii str. 23, BY-225710, Pinsk, Belarus
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Arzanlou M, Samadi R, Frisvad JC, Houbraken J, Ghosta Y. Two novel Aspergillus species from hypersaline soils of The National Park of Lake Urmia, Iran. Mycol Prog 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-016-1230-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Akbari A, Irani-Nejad KH, Khanjani M, Arzanlou M, Kaźmierski A. Tydeus shabestariensis sp. nov. and description of the male of Neopronematus sepasgosariani (Acari: Tydeoidea), with a key to the Iranian species of Tydeus. Zootaxa 2015; 4032:264-76. [PMID: 26624361 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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A new species of the family Tydeidae from Iran, Tydeus shabestariensis sp. nov., is described from adult males and females collected from soil in apple orchards. A key to species of Tydeus of Iran, based on females, is provided. The male of Neopronematus sepasgosariani (Tydeoidea: Iolinidae) is also described and illustrated for the first time.
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- Ali Akbari
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.;
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran;
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.; unknown
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.;
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Bakhshi M, Arzanlou M, Babai-ahari A, Groenewald J, Braun U, Crous P. Application of the consolidated species concept to Cercospora spp. from Iran. Persoonia 2015; 34:65-86. [PMID: 26240446 PMCID: PMC4510272 DOI: 10.3767/003158515x685698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The genus Cercospora includes many important plant pathogenic fungi associated with leaf spot diseases on a wide range of hosts. The mainland of Iran covers various climatic regions with a great biodiversity of vascular plants, and a correspondingly high diversity of cercosporoid fungi. However, most of the cercosporoid species found to date have been identified on the basis of morphological characteristics and there are no cultures that support these identifications. In this study the Consolidated Species Concept was applied to differentiate Cercospora species collected from Iran. A total of 161 Cercospora isolates recovered from 74 host species in northern Iran were studied by molecular phylogenetic analysis. Our results revealed a rich diversity of Cercospora species in northern Iran. Twenty species were identified based on sequence data of five genomic loci (ITS, TEF1-α, actin, calmodulin and histone H3), host, cultural and morphological data. Six novel species, viz. C. convolvulicola, C. conyzae-canadensis, C. cylindracea, C. iranica, C. pseudochenopodii and C. sorghicola, are introduced. The most common taxon was Cercospora cf. flagellaris, which remains an unresolved species complex with a wide host range. New hosts were recorded for previously known Cercospora species, including C. apii, C. armoraciae, C. beticola, C. cf. richardiicola, C. rumicis, Cercospora sp. G and C. zebrina.
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- M. Bakhshi
- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Tabriz, Iran
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Biologie, Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Neuwerk 21, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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Chenari Bouket A, Arzanlou M, Tojo M, Babai-Ahari A. Pythium kandovanense sp. nov., a fungus-like eukaryotic micro-organism (Stramenopila, Pythiales) isolated from snow-covered ryegrass leaves. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2500-2506. [PMID: 25933619 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.000291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pythiumkandovanense sp. nov. (ex-type culture CCTU 1813T = OPU 1626T = CBS 139567T) is a novel oomycete species isolated from Lolium perenne with snow rot symptoms in a natural grassland in East-Azarbaijan province, Iran. Phylogenetic analyses based on sequence data from internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-rDNA, coxI and coxII mitochondrial genes clustered our isolates in Pythium group E as a unique, well supported clade. Pythium kandovanense sp. nov. is phylogenetically and morphologically distinct from the other closely related species in this clade, namely Pythium rostratifingens and Pythium rostratum. Pythium kandovanense sp. nov. can be distinguished from these two species by its cylindrical sporangia and lower temperatures for optimum and maximum growth rate. The development of zoospores released through a shorter discharge tube is an additional morphological feature which can be used to differentiate Pythium kandovanense sp. nov. from Pythium rostratifingens. Laboratory inoculation tests demonstrated the pathogenicity of Pythium kandovanense sp. nov. to L. perenne under wet cold (0-3 °C) conditions.
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- Ali Chenari Bouket
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan.,Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
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Arzanlou M. DNA Barcoding: a new tool with wide array of applications. Res Mol Med (RMM) 2013. [DOI: 10.18869/acadpub.rmm.1.2.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Davari M, Wei S, Babay-Ahari A, Arzanlou M, Waalwijk C, van der Lee T, Zare R, Gerrits van den Ende A, de Hoog G, van Diepeningen A. Geographic differences in trichothecene chemotypes of Fusarium graminearum in the Northwest and North of Iran. WORLD MYCOTOXIN J 2013. [DOI: 10.3920/wmj2012.1493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The diversity and prevalence of Fusarium species and their chemotypes on wheat in the North-West and North of Iran was determined. Wheat in these areas is severely affected by Fusarium head blight, with Fusarium graminearum as prevalent species causing 96% of the infections in the North-West and 50% in the Northern provinces. Fungal isolates were identified based on morphological characters and sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region, and parts of translation elongation factor 1-? and RNA polymerase subunit II sequences. Phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses show little haplotype variation between the F. graminearum strains collected from the different locations, but the isolates differ significantly in their trichothecene chemotypes as determined with a multilocus genotyping assay. F. graminearum strains producing 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol were abundant in Ardabil (North-West of Iran), while in Golestan province (North of Iran) at the other side of the Caspian Sea especially nivalenol producing strains and a variety of other Fusarium species were observed. Strains producing 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol were rarely found in both areas. This is the first detailed study on Fusarium infections in Iranian wheat, showing large differences in prevalent etiological agents and in mycotoxin chemotypes geographically.
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- M. Davari
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, 56199-11367 Ardabil, Iran
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, 51666-14766 Tabriz, Iran
- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- B.U. Biointeractions & Plant Health, Plant Research International, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Dongling Road 120, 110866 Shenyang, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, 51666-14766 Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, 51666-14766 Tabriz, Iran
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- B.U. Biointeractions & Plant Health, Plant Research International, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- B.U. Biointeractions & Plant Health, Plant Research International, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, 19395-1454 Tehran, Iran
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94062, 1090 GB Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Peking University Health Science Centre, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University First Hospital, Xishiku Street, Xicheng District, 100034 Beijing, China
- Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 107 Yan Jiang West Road, 510275 Guangzhou, China
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Jannati E, Roshani M, Arzanlou M, Habibzadeh S, Rahimi G, Shapuri R. Capsular serotype and antibiotic resistance of group B streptococci isolated from pregnant women in Ardabil, Iran. Iran J Microbiol 2012; 4:130-5. [PMID: 23066487 PMCID: PMC3465538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Group B Streptococci (GBS) is a major cause of neonatal and maternal infections. The aim of this study was to determine the serotype distribution and antibiotic resistance profile of GBS strains isolated from pregnant women in Ardabil. MATERIALS AND METHODS Antibiotic resistance of 56 GBS isolates was investigated using E-test strips and disk-diffusion method. Serotyping was performed using capsular antiserum. RESULTS The results of MIC tests showed all isolates were susceptible to ampicillin, vancomycin and penicillin. One isolate (1.7%) showed reduced susceptibility pattern to penicillin (MIC; 0.25 µg/ml). There were 3 (5.3%) isolates semi-sensitive (0.25-1 µg/ml) to erythromycin (2; 0.5 µg/ml and 1; 0.38 µg/ml) and 2 (3.5%) isolates to clindamycin (1; 0.5 µg/ml, 1; 0.38 µg/ml). Additionally, 2 (3.5%) isolates were resistant to clindamycin (1; 16 µg/ml, 1; 2 µg/ml). According to the disk diffusion test, 47 (83.9%), 8 (14.2%) and 7 (12.5%) isolates were resistant to Co-trimoxazole, ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone respectively. Serotypes V (19.6%), II (12.5%) and IV (12.5%) were the most frequent followed by serotypes III (10.7%) and VI (10.7%), Ib (8.9%), Ia (7/1%), VII (5/3%) and VIII (5/3%); 7.1% of strains were nontypeable. CONCLUSIONS In this study, most isolates were sensitive to common antibiotics, but increased resistance to other antibiotics indicates the importance of monitoring of antibiotic resistance in group B streptococci over time.
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- E Jannati
- Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
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- General practitioner, Ardabil University of Medical sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran, Corresponding author: Dr. Mohsen Arzanlou, Address: Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran. Tel: +98-912-6049290. Fax: +98-451-5510057. E-mail:
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Biology Research Center, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran
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Davari M, van Diepeningen AD, Babai-Ahari A, Arzanlou M, Najafzadeh MJ, van der Lee TAJ, de Hoog GS. Rapid identification of Fusarium graminearum species complex using Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA). J Microbiol Methods 2012; 89:63-70. [PMID: 22326479 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Revised: 01/24/2012] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA) of DNA is a sensitive and cost effective method for the rapid identification of pathogenic fungi without the need for sequencing. Amplification products can be visualized on 1% agarose gel to verify the specificity of probe-template binding or directly by adding fluorescent dyes. Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) is currently the world's largest threat to the production of cereal crops with the production of a range of mycotoxins as an additional risk. We designed sets of RCA padlock probes based on polymorphisms in the elongation factor 1-α (EF-1α) gene to detect the dominant FHB species, comprising lineages of the Fusarium graminearum species complex (FGSC). The method also enabled the identification of species of the Fusarium oxysporum (FOSC), the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti (FIESC), and the Fusarium tricinctum (FTSC) species complexes, and used strains from the CBS culture collection as reference. Subsequently probes were applied to characterize isolates from wheat and wild grasses, and inoculated wheat kernels. The RCA assays successfully amplified DNA of the target fungi, both in environmental samples and in the contaminated wheat samples, while no cross reactivity was observed with uncontaminated wheat or related Fusarium species. As RCA does not require expensive instrumentation, the technique has a good potential for local and point of care screening for toxigenic Fusarium species in cereals.
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- Mahdi Davari
- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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Arzanlou M. Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Chaetopyrena penicillata from Iran with description of a hyphomycete synanomorph. MYCOSPHERE 2012. [DOI: 10.5943/mycosphere/3/1/9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The phylogeny of the genera Periconiella, Ramichloridium,
Rhinocladiella and Veronaea was explored by means of partial
sequences of the 28S (LSU) rRNA gene and the ITS region (ITS1, 5.8S rDNA and
ITS2). Based on the LSU sequence data, ramichloridium-like species segregate
into eight distinct clusters. These include the Capnodiales
(Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae), the
Chaetothyriales (Herpotrichiellaceae), the Pleosporales, and
five ascomycete clades with uncertain affinities. The type species of
Ramichloridium, R. apiculatum, together with R. musae,
R. biverticillatum, R. cerophilum, R. verrucosum, R. pini, and three new
species isolated from Strelitzia, Musa and forest soil,
respectively, reside in the Capnodiales clade. The human-pathogenic
species R. mackenziei and R. basitonum, together with R.
fasciculatum and R. anceps, cluster with Rhinocladiella
(type species: Rh. atrovirens, Herpotrichiellaceae,
Chaetothyriales), and are allocated to this genus. Veronaea
botryosa, the type species of the genus Veronaea, also resides
in the Chaetothyriales clade, whereas Veronaea simplex
clusters as a sister taxon to the Venturiaceae (Pleosporales), and is
placed in a new genus, Veronaeopsis. Ramichloridium
obovoideum clusters with Carpoligna pleurothecii (anamorph:
Pleurothecium sp., Chaetosphaeriales), and a new combination
is proposed in Pleurothecium. Other ramichloridium-like clades
include R. subulatum and R. epichloës (incertae sedis,
Sordariomycetes), for which a new genus, Radulidium is
erected. Ramichloridium schulzeri and its varieties are placed in a
new genus, Myrmecridium (incertae sedis, Sordariomycetes).
The genus Pseudovirgaria (incertae sedis) is introduced to
accommodate ramichloridium-like isolates occurring on various species of rust
fungi. A veronaea-like isolate from Bertia moriformis with
phylogenetic affinity to the Annulatascaceae (Sordariomycetidae) is
placed in a new genus, Rhodoveronaea. Besides
Ramichloridium, Periconiella is also polyphyletic.
Thysanorea is introduced to accommodate Periconiella papuana
(Herpotrichiellaceae), which is unrelated to the type species, P.
velutina (Mycosphaerellaceae).
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- M Arzanlou
- CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Yellow rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici is undoubtedly, the most important fungal disease of wheat especially in central and Western Asia that causes significant annual yield losses. Production and use of cultivars with durable resistance is the best controlling method. For this purpose, study on reaction of 19 promising lines to yellow rust was carried out in Ardabil in 2008-2009 cropping year. Assessment of adult plant reaction was conducted under field condition with artificial inoculation. Seedling test was also conducted in greenhouse. Slow rusting resistance at adult plant stage was assessed through the Infection Type (IT), Disease Severity (DS), Relative Area Under Disease Progress Curve (rAUDPC) and Coefficient of Infection (CI). Results of mean comparison of CI and rAUDPC indicated that the lines; C-87-1, C-87-2, C-87-3 and C-87-18 had the highest CI and rAUDPC. The lines C-87-6, C-87-8 and C-87-11 had the susceptible reaction at seedling test and were moderately resistant to moderately susceptible at adult plant stage. Consequently, these lines with low rAUDPC (15.2 to 27.8%) most probably could have slow rusting resistance. The lines C-87-4, C-87-5, C-87-13, C-87-14 and C-87-17 had not any infection or were at low level of infection, thus, they were selected as immune or resistant lines. The rest lines were moderately resistant to moderately susceptible. In this study, correlation analysis of different parameters also showed highly strong relationship of CI with rAUDPC and disease severity (R2 = 0.91 and 0.98, respectively).
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- S A Safavi
- Agricultural Research Center and Natural Resources of Ardabil, Iran
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Arzanlou M, Crous PW, Zwiers LH. Evolutionary dynamics of mating-type loci of Mycosphaerella spp. occurring on banana. Eukaryot Cell 2010; 9:164-72. [PMID: 19915079 PMCID: PMC2805284 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00194-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The devastating Sigatoka disease complex of banana is primarily caused by three closely related heterothallic fungi belonging to the genus Mycosphaerella: M. fijiensis, M. musicola, and M. eumusae. Previous phylogenetic work showing common ancestry led us to analyze the mating-type loci of these Mycosphaerella species occurring on banana. We reasoned that this might provide better insight into the evolutionary history of these species. PCR and chromosome-walking approaches were used to clone the mating-type loci of M. musicola and M. eumusae. Sequences were compared to the published mating-type loci of M. fijiensis and other Mycosphaerella spp., and a novel organization of the MAT loci was found. The mating-type loci of the examined Mycosphaerella species are expanded, containing two additional Mycosphaerella-specific genes in a unique genomic organization. The proteins encoded by these novel genes show a higher interspecies than intraspecies homology. Moreover, M. fijiensis, M. musicola, and M. eumusae contain two additional mating-type-like loci, containing parts of both MAT1-1-1 and MAT1-2-1. The data indicate that M. fijiensis, M. musicola, and M. eumusae share an ancestor in which a fusion event occurred between MAT1-1-1 and MAT1-2-1 sequences and in which additional genes became incorporated into the idiomorph. The new genes incorporated have since then evolved independently in the MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 loci. Thus, these data are an example of the evolutionary dynamics of fungal MAT loci in general and show the great flexibility of the MAT loci of Mycosphaerella species in particular.
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- Mahdi Arzanlou
- Evolutionary Phytopathology, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Center, Utrecht 3508 AD, The Netherlands, Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR), Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen 6708 PB, The Netherlands, Plant Protection Department, Agriculture Faculty, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Iran
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- Evolutionary Phytopathology, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Center, Utrecht 3508 AD, The Netherlands, Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR), Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen 6708 PB, The Netherlands, Plant Protection Department, Agriculture Faculty, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Iran
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- Evolutionary Phytopathology, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Center, Utrecht 3508 AD, The Netherlands, Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR), Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen 6708 PB, The Netherlands, Plant Protection Department, Agriculture Faculty, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, P.O. Box 5166614766, Iran
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Schoch CL, Sung GH, López-Giráldez F, Townsend JP, Miadlikowska J, Hofstetter V, Robbertse B, Matheny PB, Kauff F, Wang Z, Gueidan C, Andrie RM, Trippe K, Ciufetti LM, Wynns A, Fraker E, Hodkinson BP, Bonito G, Groenewald JZ, Arzanlou M, de Hoog GS, Crous PW, Hewitt D, Pfister DH, Peterson K, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ, Aptroot A, Suh SO, Blackwell M, Hillis DM, Griffith GW, Castlebury LA, Rossman AY, Lumbsch HT, Lücking R, Büdel B, Rauhut A, Diederich P, Ertz D, Geiser DM, Hosaka K, Inderbitzin P, Kohlmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Mostert L, O'Donnell K, Sipman H, Rogers JD, Shoemaker RA, Sugiyama J, Summerbell RC, Untereiner W, Johnston PR, Stenroos S, Zuccaro A, Dyer PS, Crittenden PD, Cole MS, Hansen K, Trappe JM, Yahr R, Lutzoni F, Spatafora JW. The Ascomycota tree of life: a phylum-wide phylogeny clarifies the origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits. Syst Biol 2009; 58:224-39. [PMID: 20525580 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syp020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 401] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present a 6-gene, 420-species maximum-likelihood phylogeny of Ascomycota, the largest phylum of Fungi. This analysis is the most taxonomically complete to date with species sampled from all 15 currently circumscribed classes. A number of superclass-level nodes that have previously evaded resolution and were unnamed in classifications of the Fungi are resolved for the first time. Based on the 6-gene phylogeny we conducted a phylogenetic informativeness analysis of all 6 genes and a series of ancestral character state reconstructions that focused on morphology of sporocarps, ascus dehiscence, and evolution of nutritional modes and ecologies. A gene-by-gene assessment of phylogenetic informativeness yielded higher levels of informativeness for protein genes (RPB1, RPB2, and TEF1) as compared with the ribosomal genes, which have been the standard bearer in fungal systematics. Our reconstruction of sporocarp characters is consistent with 2 origins for multicellular sexual reproductive structures in Ascomycota, once in the common ancestor of Pezizomycotina and once in the common ancestor of Neolectomycetes. This first report of dual origins of ascomycete sporocarps highlights the complicated nature of assessing homology of morphological traits across Fungi. Furthermore, ancestral reconstruction supports an open sporocarp with an exposed hymenium (apothecium) as the primitive morphology for Pezizomycotina with multiple derivations of the partially (perithecia) or completely enclosed (cleistothecia) sporocarps. Ascus dehiscence is most informative at the class level within Pezizomycotina with most superclass nodes reconstructed equivocally. Character-state reconstructions support a terrestrial, saprobic ecology as ancestral. In contrast to previous studies, these analyses support multiple origins of lichenization events with the loss of lichenization as less frequent and limited to terminal, closely related species.
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- Conrad L Schoch
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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Arzanlou M, Abeln ECA, Kema GHJ, Waalwijk C, Carlier J, Vries ID, Guzmán M, Crous PW. Molecular diagnostics for the sigatoka disease complex of banana. Phytopathology 2007; 97:1112-1118. [PMID: 18944176 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-97-9-1112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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ABSTRACT The Sigatoka disease complex of banana involves three related ascomycetous fungi, Mycosphaerella fijiensis, M. musicola, and M. eumusae. The exact distribution of these three species and their disease epidemiology remain unclear, because their symptoms and life cycles are rather similar. Disease diagnosis in the Mycosphaerella complex of banana is based on the presence of host symptoms and fungal fruiting structures, which hamper preventive management strategies. In the present study, we have developed rapid and robust species-specific molecular-based diagnostic tools for detection and quantification of M. fijiensis, M. musicola, and M. eumusae. Conventional species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers were developed based on the actin gene that detected DNA at as little as 100, 1, and 10 pg/mul from M. fijiensis, M. musicola, and M. eumusae, respectively. Furthermore, TaqMan real-time quantitative PCR assays were developed based on the beta-tubulin gene and detected quantities of DNA as low as 1 pg/mul for each Mycosphaerella sp. from pure cultures and DNA at 1.6 pg/mul per milligram of dry leaf tissue for M. fijiensis that was validated using naturally infected banana leaves.
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