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Lei Y, Ding D, Duan J, Luo Y, Huang F, Kang Y, Chen Y, Li S. Soil Microbial Community Characteristics and Their Effect on Tea Quality under Different Fertilization Treatments in Two Tea Plantations. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:610. [PMID: 38790239 PMCID: PMC11121415 DOI: 10.3390/genes15050610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2024] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Fertilization is an essential aspect of tea plantation management that supports a sustainable tea production and drastically influences soil microbial communities. However, few research studies have focused on the differences of microbial communities and the variation in tea quality in response to different fertilization treatments. In this work, the soil fertility, tea quality, and soil microbial communities were investigated in two domestic tea plantations following the application of chemical and organic fertilizers. We determined the content of mineral elements in the soil, including nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, and found that the supplementation of chemical fertilizer directly increased the content of mineral elements. However, the application of organic fertilizer significantly improved the accumulation of tea polyphenols and reduced the content of caffeine. Furthermore, amplicon sequencing results showed that the different ways of applying fertilizer have limited effect on the alpha diversity of the microbial community in the soil while the beta diversity was remarkably influenced. This work also suggests that the bacterial community structure and abundance were also relatively constant while the fungal community structure and abundance were dramatically influenced; for example, Chaetomiaceae at the family level, Hypocreaceae at the order level, Trichoderma at the genus level, and Fusarium oxysporum at the species level were predominantly enriched in the tea plantation applying organic fertilizer. Moreover, the bacterial and fungal biomarkers were also analyzed and it was found that Proteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria (bacteria) and Tremellomycetes (fungi) were potentially characterized as biomarkers in the plantation under organic fertilization. These results provide a valuable basis for the application of organic fertilizer to improve the soil of tea plantations in the future.
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- Yu Lei
- Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha 410125, China; (Y.L.); (D.D.); (J.D.); (Y.L.); (F.H.); (Y.K.); (Y.C.)
- National Medium and Small Leaf Tea Plant Germplasm Resource Repository (Changsha), Changsha 410125, China
- National Center for Tea Improvement, Hunan Branch/Hunan Tea Variety and Seedling Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410125, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha 410125, China; (Y.L.); (D.D.); (J.D.); (Y.L.); (F.H.); (Y.K.); (Y.C.)
- National Medium and Small Leaf Tea Plant Germplasm Resource Repository (Changsha), Changsha 410125, China
- National Center for Tea Improvement, Hunan Branch/Hunan Tea Variety and Seedling Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410125, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha 410125, China; (Y.L.); (D.D.); (J.D.); (Y.L.); (F.H.); (Y.K.); (Y.C.)
- National Medium and Small Leaf Tea Plant Germplasm Resource Repository (Changsha), Changsha 410125, China
- National Center for Tea Improvement, Hunan Branch/Hunan Tea Variety and Seedling Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410125, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha 410125, China; (Y.L.); (D.D.); (J.D.); (Y.L.); (F.H.); (Y.K.); (Y.C.)
- National Medium and Small Leaf Tea Plant Germplasm Resource Repository (Changsha), Changsha 410125, China
- National Center for Tea Improvement, Hunan Branch/Hunan Tea Variety and Seedling Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410125, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha 410125, China; (Y.L.); (D.D.); (J.D.); (Y.L.); (F.H.); (Y.K.); (Y.C.)
- National Medium and Small Leaf Tea Plant Germplasm Resource Repository (Changsha), Changsha 410125, China
- National Center for Tea Improvement, Hunan Branch/Hunan Tea Variety and Seedling Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410125, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha 410125, China; (Y.L.); (D.D.); (J.D.); (Y.L.); (F.H.); (Y.K.); (Y.C.)
- National Medium and Small Leaf Tea Plant Germplasm Resource Repository (Changsha), Changsha 410125, China
- National Center for Tea Improvement, Hunan Branch/Hunan Tea Variety and Seedling Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410125, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha 410125, China; (Y.L.); (D.D.); (J.D.); (Y.L.); (F.H.); (Y.K.); (Y.C.)
- National Medium and Small Leaf Tea Plant Germplasm Resource Repository (Changsha), Changsha 410125, China
- National Center for Tea Improvement, Hunan Branch/Hunan Tea Variety and Seedling Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410125, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha 410125, China; (Y.L.); (D.D.); (J.D.); (Y.L.); (F.H.); (Y.K.); (Y.C.)
- National Medium and Small Leaf Tea Plant Germplasm Resource Repository (Changsha), Changsha 410125, China
- National Center for Tea Improvement, Hunan Branch/Hunan Tea Variety and Seedling Engineering Technology Research Center, Changsha 410125, China
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Cheng Y, Yang J, Li T, Li J, Ye M, Wang J, Chen R, Zhu L, Du B, He G. Endosymbiotic Fungal Diversity and Dynamics of the Brown Planthopper across Developmental Stages, Tissues, and Sexes Revealed Using Circular Consensus Sequencing. INSECTS 2024; 15:87. [PMID: 38392507 PMCID: PMC10889434 DOI: 10.3390/insects15020087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Endosymbiotic fungi play an important role in the growth and development of insects. Understanding the endosymbiont communities hosted by the brown planthopper (BPH; Nilaparvata lugens Stål), the most destructive pest in rice, is a prerequisite for controlling BPH rice infestations. However, the endosymbiont diversity and dynamics of the BPH remain poorly studied. Here, we used circular consensus sequencing (CCS) to obtain 87,131 OTUs (operational taxonomic units), which annotated 730 species of endosymbiotic fungi in the various developmental stages and tissues. We found that three yeast-like symbionts (YLSs), Polycephalomyces prolificus, Ophiocordyceps heteropoda, and Hirsutella proturicola, were dominant in almost all samples, which was especially pronounced in instar nymphs 4-5, female adults, and the fat bodies of female and male adult BPH. Interestingly, honeydew as the only in vitro sample had a unique community structure. Various diversity indices might indicate the different activity of endosymbionts in these stages and tissues. The biomarkers analyzed using LEfSe suggested some special functions of samples at different developmental stages of growth and the active functions of specific tissues in different sexes. Finally, we found that the incidence of occurrence of three species of Malassezia and Fusarium sp. was higher in males than in females in all comparison groups. In summary, our study provides a comprehensive survey of symbiotic fungi in the BPH, which complements the previous research on YLSs. These results offer new theoretical insights and practical implications for novel pest management strategies to understand the BPH-microbe symbiosis and devise effective pest control strategies.
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- Yichen Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan 430070, China
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Cui L, Zou S, Liu J, Lv H, Li H, Zhang Z. Potential effects of sodium hyaluronate on constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Int Immunopharmacol 2024; 127:111404. [PMID: 38128311 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.111404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 11/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Treatment strategies for constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C) continue to improve. However, effective drugs are still lacking. Herein, we explored whether sodium hyaluronate (SH) could be used to treat IBS-C. The effects of SH with different molecular weights were compared in a rat model of IBS-C. Low-molecular-weight SH (LMW-SH, 5 ∼ 10 kDa), medium-molecular-weight SH (MMW-SH, 200 ∼ 400 kDa), and high-molecular-weight SH (HMW-SH, 1300 ∼ 1500 kDa) were screened for efficacy in IBS-C using the following indicators: body weight, number of fecal pellets, fecal moisture, visceral hypersensitivity, and gastrointestinal transit rate. H-HMW-SH was the most effective in improving IBS-C symptoms. The ELISA kits indicated that H-HMW-SH reduced the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-18, and TNF-α in IBS-C rats. In addition, both western blot and immunofluorescence analyses showed that H-HMW-SH increased the protein expressions of claudin-1, occludin and zonula occludens-1. Furthermore, H-HMW-SH restored the balance of intestinal flora in different intestinal contents (duodenum, jejunum, ileum, and colon) and feces of rats with IBS-C. Overall, our study illustrates the therapeutic potential of H-HMW-SH in the treatment of IBS-C.
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- Li Cui
- Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 210028 Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 210028 Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 210028 Nanjing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, 211198 Nanjing, China.
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- Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 210028 Nanjing, China.
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- Jiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 210028 Nanjing, China.
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Liu J, Xu H, Wang Z, Liu J, Gong X. Core Endophytic Bacteria and Their Roles in the Coralloid Roots of Cultivated Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae). Microorganisms 2023; 11:2364. [PMID: 37764208 PMCID: PMC10537169 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11092364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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As a gymnosperm group, cycads are known for their ancient origin and specialized coralloid root, which can be used as an ideal system to explore the interaction between host and associated microorganisms. Previous studies have revealed that some nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria contribute greatly to the composition of the endophytic microorganisms in cycad coralloid roots. However, the roles of host and environment in shaping the composition of endophytic bacteria during the recruitment process remain unclear. Here, we determined the diversity, composition, and function prediction of endophytic bacteria from the coralloid roots of a widely cultivated cycad, Cycas revoluta Thunb. Using next-generation sequencing techniques, we comprehensively investigated the diversity and community structure of the bacteria in coralloid roots and bulk soils sampled from 11 sites in China, aiming to explore the variations in core endophytic bacteria and to predict their potential functions. We found a higher microbe diversity in bulk soils than in coralloid roots. Meanwhile, there was no significant difference in the diversity and composition of endophytic bacteria across different localities, and the same result was found after removing cyanobacteria. Desmonostoc was the most dominant in coralloid roots, followed by Nostoc, yet these two cyanobacteria were not shared by all samples. Rhodococcus, Edaphobacter, Niastella, Nordella, SH-PL14, and Virgisporangium were defined as the core microorganisms in coralloid roots. A function prediction analysis revealed that endophytic bacteria majorly participated in the plant uptake of phosphorus and metal ions and in disease resistance. These results indicate that the community composition of the bacteria in coralloid roots is affected by both the host and environment, in which the host is more decisive. Despite the very small proportion of core microbes, their interactions are significant and likely contribute to functions related to host survival. Our study contributes to an understanding of microbial diversity and composition in cycads, and it expands the knowledge on the association between hosts and symbiotic microbes.
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- Jiating Liu
- Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; (J.L.); (H.X.); (Z.W.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; (J.L.); (H.X.); (Z.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; (J.L.); (H.X.); (Z.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; (J.L.); (H.X.); (Z.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; (J.L.); (H.X.); (Z.W.)
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Ujvári G, Turrini A, Avio L, Agnolucci M. Possible role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and associated bacteria in the recruitment of endophytic bacterial communities by plant roots. MYCORRHIZA 2021; 31:527-544. [PMID: 34286366 PMCID: PMC8484141 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-021-01040-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) represent an important group of root symbionts, given the key role they play in the enhancement of plant nutrition, health, and product quality. The services provided by AMF often are facilitated by large and diverse beneficial bacterial communities, closely associated with spores, sporocarps, and extraradical mycelium, showing different functional activities, such as N2 fixation, nutrient mobilization, and plant hormone, antibiotic, and siderophore production and also mycorrhizal establishment promotion, leading to the enhancement of host plant performance. The potential functional complementarity of AMF and associated microbiota poses a key question as to whether members of AMF-associated bacterial communities can colonize the root system after establishment of mycorrhizas, thereby becoming endophytic. Root endophytic bacterial communities are currently studied for the benefits provided to host plants in the form of growth promotion, stress reduction, inhibition of plant pathogens, and plant hormone release. Their quantitative and qualitative composition is influenced by many factors, such as geographical location, soil type, host genotype, and cultivation practices. Recent data suggest that an additional factor affecting bacterial endophyte recruitment could be AMF and their associated bacteria, even though the mechanisms allowing members of AMF-associated bacterial communities to actually establish in the root system, becoming endophytic, remain to be determined. Given the diverse plant growth-promoting properties shown by AMF-associated bacteria, further studies are needed to understand whether AMF may represent suitable tools to introduce beneficial root endophytes in sustainable and organic agriculture where the functioning of such multipartite association may be crucial for crop production.
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- Gergely Ujvári
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
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Pecundo MH, dela Cruz TEE, Chen T, Notarte KI, Ren H, Li N. Diversity, Phylogeny and Antagonistic Activity of Fungal Endophytes Associated with Endemic Species of Cycas (Cycadales) in China. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:572. [PMID: 34356951 PMCID: PMC8304459 DOI: 10.3390/jof7070572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
The culture-based approach was used to characterize the fungal endophytes associated with the coralloid roots of the endemic Cycas debaoensis and Cycas fairylakea from various population sites in China. We aim to determine if the assemblages of fungal endophytes inside these endemic plant hosts are distinct and could be explored for bioprospecting. The isolation method yielded a total of 284 culturable fungal strains. Identification based on the analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA showed that they belonged to two phyla, five classes, eight orders and 22 families. At least 33 known genera and 62 different species were confirmed based on >97% ITS sequence similarity. The most frequent and observed core taxa in the two host species regardless of their population origin were Talaromyces, Penicillium, Fusarium, Pochonia and Gliocladiopsis. Seventy percent was a rare component of the fungal communities with only one or two recorded isolates. Contrary to common notions, diversity and fungal richness were significantly higher in C. debaoensis and C. fairylakea collected from a botanical garden, while the lowest was observed in C. debaoensis from a natural habitat; this provides evidence that garden management, and to a minor extent, ex-situ conservation practice, could influence fungal endophyte communities. We further selected nineteen fungal isolates and screened for their antagonistic activities via a co-cultivation approach against the phytopathogens, Diaporthe sp. and Colletotrichum sp. Among these, five isolates with high ITS similarity matches with Hypoxylon vinosupulvinatum (GD019, 99.61%), Penicillium sp. (BD022, 100%), Penicillifer diparietisporus (GD008, 99.46%), Clonostachys rogersoniana (BF024, 99.46%) and C. rosea (BF011, 99.1%), which showed exceptional antagonistic activities against the phytopathogenic fungi with a significant inhibition rate of 70-80%. Taken together, our data presented the first and most comprehensive molecular work on culturable fungal endophytes associated with the coralloid roots of cycads. Our study also demonstrated that about 5% of fungal endophytes were not detected by the high-throughput sequencing approach, implying the equal importance of a culture-dependent approach to study fungal communities of cycads. We further highlighted the potential role of endemic and rare plants to discover and isolate unique plant-associated fungal taxa with excellent biocontrol properties.
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- Melissa H. Pecundo
- South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China; (M.H.P.); (H.R.)
- Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518004, China;
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Santo Tomas, Manila 1008, Philippines;
- Fungal Biodiversity, Ecogenomics and Systematics (FBeS) Group, Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Santo Tomas, Manila 1008, Philippines;
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- Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518004, China;
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fungal Biodiversity, Ecogenomics and Systematics (FBeS) Group, Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Santo Tomas, Manila 1008, Philippines;
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- South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China; (M.H.P.); (H.R.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518004, China;
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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