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Genetic diversity of the fungal pathogen Metarhizium spp., causing epizootics in Chinese burrower bugs in the Jingting Mountains, eastern China. Mol Biol Rep 2012; 40:515-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-2088-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Li Y, Cai SH. Sensitive and rapid detection of the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. Curr Microbiol 2011; 62:1400-4. [PMID: 21274713 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-011-9872-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A set of six specific primers was designed by targeting intergenic spacer region (IGS) sequences. With Bst DNA polymerase, the products could be clearly amplified for 60 min at 62 °C in a simple water bath. The sensitivity of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for detecting Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae was about 0.01 pg fungal DNA per reaction (equivalent to 27 conidia). LAMP products could be judged with agar gel or naked eye after addition of SYBR Green I. There were no cross reactions with other fungal isolates indicating high specificity of the LAMP. The LAMP could detect the presence of M. anisopliae var. anisopliae from soil. The detection limits for M. anisopliae var. anisopliae of LAMP reaction was 50 conidia per reaction in soil.
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- Ya Li
- Agricultural College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China
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Ghikas DV, Kouvelis VN, Typas MA. Phylogenetic and biogeographic implications inferred by mitochondrial intergenic region analyses and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and B. brongniartii. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:174. [PMID: 20553589 PMCID: PMC2896372 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2010] [Accepted: 06/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The entomopathogenic fungi of the genus Beauveria are cosmopolitan with a variety of different insect hosts. The two most important species, B. bassiana and B. brongniartii, have already been used as biological control agents of pests in agriculture and as models for the study of insect host - pathogen interactions. Mitochondrial (mt) genomes, due to their properties to evolve faster than the nuclear DNA, to contain introns and mobile elements and to exhibit extended polymorphisms, are ideal tools to examine genetic diversity within fungal populations and genetically identify a species or a particular isolate. Moreover, mt intergenic region can provide valuable phylogenetic information to study the biogeography of the fungus. RESULTS The complete mt genomes of B. bassiana (32,263 bp) and B. brongniartii (33,920 bp) were fully analysed. Apart from a typical gene content and organization, the Beauveria mt genomes contained several introns and had longer intergenic regions when compared with their close relatives. The phylogenetic diversity of a population of 84 Beauveria strains -mainly B. bassiana (n = 76) - isolated from temperate, sub-tropical and tropical habitats was examined by analyzing the nucleotide sequences of two mt intergenic regions (atp6-rns and nad3-atp9) and the nuclear ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 domain. Mt sequences allowed better differentiation of strains than the ITS region. Based on mt and the concatenated dataset of all genes, the B. bassiana strains were placed into two main clades: (a) the B. bassiana s. l. and (b) the "pseudobassiana". The combination of molecular phylogeny with criteria of geographic and climatic origin showed for the first time in entomopathogenic fungi, that the B. bassiana s. l. can be subdivided into seven clusters with common climate characteristics. CONCLUSIONS This study indicates that mt genomes and in particular intergenic regions provide molecular phylogeny tools that combined with criteria of geographic and climatic origin can subdivide the B. bassiana s.l. entomopathogenic fungi into seven clusters with common climate characteristics.
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- Dimitri V Ghikas
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 15701, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 15701, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 15701, Athens, Greece
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Kouvelis VN, Sialakouma A, Typas MA. Mitochondrial gene sequences alone or combined with ITS region sequences provide firm molecular criteria for the classification of Lecanicillium species. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 112:829-44. [PMID: 18501578 DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Revised: 01/11/2008] [Accepted: 01/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The recent revision of Verticillium sect. Prostrata led to the introduction of the genus Lecanicillium, which comprises the majority of the entomopathogenic strains. Sixty-five strains previously classified as Verticillium lecanii or Verticillium sp. from different geographical regions and hosts were examined and their phylogenetic relationships were determined using sequences from three mitochondrial (mt) genes [the small rRNA subunit (rns), the NADH dehydrogenase subunits 1 (nad1) and 3 (nad3)] and the ITS region. In general, single gene phylogenetic trees differentiated and placed the strains examined in well-supported (by BS analysis) groups of L. lecanii, L. longisporum, L. muscarium, and L. nodulosum, although in some cases a few uncertainties still remained. nad1 was the most informative single gene in phylogenetic analyses and was also found to contain group I introns with putative open reading frames (ORFs) encoding for GIY-YIG endonucleases. The combined use of mt gene sequences resolved taxonomic uncertainties arisen from ITS analysis and, alone or in combination with ITS sequences, helped in placing uncharacterised Verticillium lecanii and Verticillium sp. firmly into Lecanicillium species. Combined gene data from all the mt genes and all the mt genes and the ITS region together, were very similar. Furthermore, a relaxed correlation with host specificity -- at least for Homoptera -- was indicated for the rns and the combined mt gene sequences. Thus, the usefulness of mt gene sequences as a convenient molecular tool in phylogenetic studies of entomopathogenic fungi was demonstrated.
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- Vassili N Kouvelis
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistemiopolis, Athens, Greece
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Yanaka-Schäfer FY, Dall'Onder LP, Panichi MC, Mendes RG, Fagundes NJ, Bandinelli JB, Bogo MR. Sequence analysis of the rDNA intergenic spacer of Metarhizium strains isolated in Brazil. Genet Mol Biol 2008. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572008000100020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Márquez M, Iturriaga EA, Quesada-Moraga E, Santiago-Álvarez C, Monte E, Hermosa R. Detection of potentially valuable polymorphisms in four group I intron insertion sites at the 3'-end of the LSU rDNA genes in biocontrol isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae. BMC Microbiol 2006; 6:77. [PMID: 16978412 PMCID: PMC1578565 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2006] [Accepted: 09/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The entomopathogenic anamorphic fungus Metarhizum anisopliae is currently used as a biocontrol agent (BCA) of insects. In the present work, we analyzed the sequence data obtained from group I introns in the large subunit (LSU) of rDNA genes with a view to determining the genetic diversity present in an autochthonous collection of twenty-six M. anisopliae isolates selected as BCAs. Results DNA fragments corresponding to the 3'-end of the nuclear LSU rDNA genes of 26 M. anisopliae isolates were amplified by PCR. The amplicon sizes ranged from 0.8 to 3.4-kb. Four intron insertion sites, according to Escherichia coli J01695 numbering, were detected- Ec1921, Ec2066, Ec2449 and Ec2563- after sequencing and analysis of the PCR products. The presence/absence of introns allowed the 26 isolates to be distributed into seven genotypes. Nine of the isolates tested showed no introns, 4 had only one, 3 two, and 10 displayed three introns. The most frequent insertion sites were Ec1921 and Ec2449. Of the 26 isolates, 11 showed insertions at Ec2563 and a 1754-bp sequence was observed in ten of them. The most-parsimonious (MP) tree obtained from parsimony analysis of the introns revealed a main set containing four-groups that corresponded to the four insertion sites. Conclusion Four insertion sites of group I introns in the LSU rDNA genes allowed the establishment of seven genotypes among the twenty-six biocontrol isolates of M. anisopliae. Intron insertions at the Ec2563 site were observed for first time in this species.
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- Marcela Márquez
- Centro Hispano-Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias (CIALE), Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Edificio Departamental lab 208, Plaza Doctores de la Reina s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
- Area de Genética. Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Edificio Departamental lab 324, Plaza Doctores de la Reina s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Area de Genética. Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Edificio Departamental lab 324, Plaza Doctores de la Reina s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Agrícolas y Forestales, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio C4 Celestino Mutis, Campus Rabanales, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Agrícolas y Forestales, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio C4 Celestino Mutis, Campus Rabanales, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Centro Hispano-Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias (CIALE), Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Edificio Departamental lab 208, Plaza Doctores de la Reina s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro Hispano-Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias (CIALE), Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Edificio Departamental lab 208, Plaza Doctores de la Reina s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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Ghikas DV, Kouvelis VN, Typas MA. The complete mitochondrial genome of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae: gene order and trn gene clusters reveal a common evolutionary course for all Sordariomycetes, while intergenic regions show variation. Arch Microbiol 2006; 185:393-401. [PMID: 16552580 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0104-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2005] [Revised: 02/08/2006] [Accepted: 02/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae, with a total size of 24,673 bp, was one of the smallest known mtDNAs of Pezizomycotina. It contained the 14 typical genes coding for proteins related to oxidative phosphorylation, the two rRNA genes, a single intron that harbored an intronic ORF coding for a putative ribosomal protein (rps) within the large rRNA gene (rnl), and a set of 24 tRNA genes which recognized codons for all amino acids, except proline and valine. Gene order comparison with all known mtDNAs of Sordariomycetes illustrated a highly conserved genome organization for all the protein- and rRNA-coding genes, as well as three clusters of tRNA genes. By considering all mitochondrial essential protein-coding genes as one unit a phylogenetic study of these small genomes strongly supported the common evolutionary course of Sordariomycetes (100% bootstrap support) and highlighted the advantages of analyzing small genomes (mtDNA) over single genes. In addition, comparative analysis of three intergenic regions demonstrated sequence variability that can be exploited for intra- and inter-specific identification of Metarhizium.
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- Dimitri V Ghikas
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistemiopolis, 15701 Athens, Greece
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Roberts DW, St Leger RJ. Metarhizium spp., cosmopolitan insect-pathogenic fungi: mycological aspects. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2004; 54:1-70. [PMID: 15251275 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(04)54001-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Donald W Roberts
- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5305, USA
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Uribe D, Khachatourians GG. Restriction fragment length polymorphism of mitochondrial genome of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana reveals high intraspecific variation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 108:1070-8. [PMID: 15506018 DOI: 10.1017/s0953756204000760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungus with a growing potential for pest control in different agro-ecosystems worldwide. Such potential brings the necessity of developing a strain specific typing system. In a previous study, we reported the identification of molecular variants in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism in 15 North American isolates. Results indicated a highly conserved mitochondrial genome showing only two mitochondrial genotypes (mitotypes). In this study we used whole genomic DNA from 18 isolates of B. bassiana, two unidentified Beauveria spp., and one each of B. amorpha, B. cylindrospora and B. nivea from more diverse origins. By doing single- and double-restriction enzyme digestion of total genomic DNA with EcoRI, and HindIII and then probing with BbmtE2, the predominance of mitotypes A and B was observed again, along with three newly described mitotypes (C to E). Additionally, by using whole B. bassiana mtDNA digested with HpaII as probe, we further demonstrate up to nine different mitotypes within B. bassiana. With either of the two probes, distinguished between members of the genus Beauveria and from Paecilomyces farinosus and Metarhizium anisopliae. Phylogenetic analysis could not however distinguish B. amorpha and B. nivea isolates from B. bassiana, suggesting a close genetic relation between the three species of the genus. Altogether, these results show high variability in mitochondrial genome, which can be useful as a reliable tool for the biopesticide industry for both species and isolate specific identification.
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- Daniel Uribe
- Biolnsecticide Research Laboratory, Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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Sugimoto M, Koike M, Hiyama N, Nagao H. Genetic, morphological, and virulence characterization of the entomopathogenic fungus Verticillium lecanii. J Invertebr Pathol 2003; 82:176-87. [PMID: 12676554 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2011(03)00014-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In order to clarify relationships among genetic diversity, virulence, and other characteristics of conidia, 46 isolates of Verticillium lecanii from various hosts and geographical locations were examined. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and intergenic spacer (IGS) regions of ribosomal DNA (rDNA), mitochondrial small subunit rDNA (mt-SrDNA) and beta-tubulin were analyzed by PCR-RFLP. PCR-single stranded conformational polymorphism (SSCP) was performed on regions of the mitochondrial large subunit rDNA, mt-SrDNA, beta-tubulin and histone 4. There were no relationships among the results of RFLP, SSCP, isolation source, and location. However, amplified product size of IGS did have relationships with conidia size and sporulation. Six isolates with 4.0-kb IGS products had large conidia dimensions, and yielded low numbers of conidia compared with other isolates. Three out of the six isolates were high virulence (over 90%) against green peach aphids. Furthermore, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) was detected in 22 out of 35 V. lecanii isolates and related with the amplicon sizes of IGS, though not with virulence or isolation location. Isolates containing dsRNA were divided into six distinct types based on banding pattern. These data demonstrate the level of genetic diversity of V. lecanii, and suggest relations among the genetic properties and conidial morphology.
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- Midori Sugimoto
- Department of Agro-environmental Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan.
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Pantou MP, Mavridou A, Typas MA. IGS sequence variation, group-I introns and the complete nuclear ribosomal DNA of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium: excellent tools for isolate detection and phylogenetic analysis. Fungal Genet Biol 2003; 38:159-74. [PMID: 12620253 DOI: 10.1016/s1087-1845(02)00536-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The complete nuclear rDNA gene complex of Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae isolate ME1 is 8118bp long and contains the 18S, 5.8S, and 28S rRNA genes as well as the ITS and IGS regions. Variation in the ITS of isolates of M. anisopliae var. anisopliae and one each of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum, Metarhizium flavoviride var. flavoviride, and Metarhizium flavoviride var. minus, clustered 39 out of 40 of M. anisopliae var. anisopliae isolates in one clade. Nucleotide sequence variation in the IGS among 21 of M. anisopliae var. anisopliae isolates showing IGS length variation sorted them into three strongly supported clades, which were weakly correlated with insect hosts and were not correlated with geographic location. Two group-I introns, Ma-int4 and Ma-int5, were discovered in the 18S and the 3(') end of the 28S, in M. anisopliae var. anisopliae isolates ITALY-12 and IMBST 9601. The insertion sites and sub-group of these introns correlated with their closest relatives, as judged by phylogenetic analysis of intron nucleotide sequence.
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- Malena P Pantou
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistemiopolis, Kouponia, 15701, Athens, Greece
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Kouvelis VN, Zare R, Bridge PD, Typas MA. Differentiation of mitochondrial subgroups in theVerticillium lecaniispecies complex. Lett Appl Microbiol 2002. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00530.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- V. N. Kouvelis
- Division of Genetics and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, University of Athens, Greece, and
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- Division of Genetics and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, University of Athens, Greece, and
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Nielsen C, Sommer C, Eilenberg J, Hansen KS, Humber RA. Characterization of aphid pathogenic species in the genus Pandoraby PCR techniques and digital image analysis. Mycologia 2001. [DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2001.12063221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Charlotte Nielsen
- The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Department of Ecology, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Department of Ecology, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Department of Ecology, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- USDA-ARS Plant Protection Research Unit, U.S. Plant Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- USDA-ARS Plant Protection Research Unit, U.S. Plant Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Mavridou A, Cannone J, Typas MA. Identification of group-I introns at three different positions within the 28S rDNA gene of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae. Fungal Genet Biol 2000; 31:79-90. [PMID: 11170737 DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.2000.1232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Using a set of heterologous primers designed from the 3'-end of the 28S rRNA gene of Verticillium dahliae the corresponding gene region of 30 isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae was amplified. The polymerase chain reaction products obtained could be classified into four groups varying in size from 1.0 to 2.2 kb. Sequence analyses of representative PCR products revealed the presence of five distinct introns, positioned in three different insertion sites. Fungal isolates 316 and 11 both harbored one intron each (374 and 337 bp in size, respectively), whereas isolate 33 harbored three introns (436, 334, and 412 bp) within the relevant 28S rRNA region. All five introns shared the conserved P, Q, R, S elements and all the other characteristic features of group-I introns in their deduced secondary structure; three (316-int, 33-int1, and 33-int3) belong to subgroup IC1 and two (33-int2 and 11-int) belong to subgroup IE. Further, reverse transcription polymerase chain reactions indicated that all these introns were absent from the mature RNA molecules. The appearance of the five introns at identical positions with those from other organisms belonging to various phyla is discussed.
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- A Mavridou
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistemiopolis, Athens, 157 01, Greece
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Zare R, Kouvelis VN, Typas MA, Bridge PD. Presence of a 20 bp insertion/deletion in the ITS1 region of Verticillium lecanii. Lett Appl Microbiol 1999; 28:258-62. [PMID: 10212437 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00529.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the complete ribosomal RNA internally transcribed spacer (ITS) region of 36 isolates of Verticillium lecanii and related species gave a single 620 bp product in 31 isolates. Five isolates received as V. lecanii, however, gave a single product of 600 bp. Restriction fragment analysis of the PCR products from all isolates gave consistent patterns for the 31 isolates with a 620 bp product. The five isolates with the 600 bp product showed only minor discrepancies to these, generally related to the size of only one restriction fragment. The total ITS region was sequenced from 10 typical 620 bp isolates and one 600 bp isolate. Sequence variation between the isolates varied from 0 to 14.5%, and the 20 bp size discrepancy was found to relate to an insertion or deletion in the centre of the ITS1 region.
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- R Zare
- CABI Bioscience, Egham, Surrey, UK
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