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Cheng CY, Zhang MY, Niu YC, Zhang M, Geng YH, Deng H. Comparison of Fungal Genera Isolated from Cucumber Plants and Rhizosphere Soil by Using Various Cultural Media. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:934. [PMID: 37755042 PMCID: PMC10532442 DOI: 10.3390/jof9090934] [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: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Plant endophytic fungi and rhizosphere soil fungi are often reported as biocontrol agents against plant pathogens or with plant growth promotion potential. Four treatments were performed in field and greenhouse experiments where cucumber plants were inoculated with Trichoderma harzianum and Fusarium oxysporum in 2022. The roots, stems and leaves of cucumber plants and their rhizosphere soil were collected twice individually from the field and greenhouse for isolation of cucumber endophytic and rhizosphere soil fungi. All fungal strains were identified through sequence similarity of the ITS1-5.8s-ITS2 rDNA region. The potato dextrose agar (PDA) media yielded the highest number of genera isolated from cucumber plants, rhizosphere soil and both compared to other media. There were no significant differences among the four media for the isolation of all cucumber endophytic fungi. However, in the roots, the number of endophytic fungi isolated by MRBA was significantly higher than that isolated on malt extract agar (MEA), while in the stems, the number of fungi isolated with PDA was significantly higher than that isolated with Martin's rose bengal agar medium (MRBA). PDA had significantly higher isolation efficiency for the rhizosphere soil fungi than MRBA. The 28 fungal genera had high isolation efficiency, and the endophytic Trichoderma strains were significantly more isolated by MEA than those of MRBA. It is suggested that PDA can be used as a basic medium, and different cultural media can be considered for specific fungal genera.
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- Chong-Yang Cheng
- Plant Protection College, Henan Agricultural University, No. 95 Wen-Hua Road, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (C.-Y.C.); (M.Z.)
- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China; (M.-Y.Z.); (Y.-C.N.)
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China; (M.-Y.Z.); (Y.-C.N.)
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China; (M.-Y.Z.); (Y.-C.N.)
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China
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- Plant Protection College, Henan Agricultural University, No. 95 Wen-Hua Road, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (C.-Y.C.); (M.Z.)
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- Plant Protection College, Henan Agricultural University, No. 95 Wen-Hua Road, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (C.-Y.C.); (M.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China; (M.-Y.Z.); (Y.-C.N.)
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China
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Luo J, Walsh E, Groben G, Justiniano B, Zhang N. Larger presence of ectomycorrhizae detected from pygmy pine ecotype in the fire-frequent pine barrens ecosystem. Mycologia 2023; 115:602-613. [PMID: 37561445 DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2023.2234269] [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: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Pine barrens ecosystem has acidic, sandy, and nutrient-poor soil and is prone to drought and fire. In the New Jersey Pine Barrens, the predominant pitch pine (Pinus rigida) consists of two ecotypes: the regular pitch pines with heights of 4.6-12 m, and the pygmy pines of low stature (1.2-1.8 m) in the New Jersey Pine Plains. Previous ecological studies suggested that the dwarf pines in the Pine Plains that are embedded within the Pine Barrens were an evolutionary adaptation to frequent fire. Pines are obligate ectomycorrhizal (EcM) mutualists, and their root mycobiota may contribute to stress protection and plant health. However, information on the mycobiota associated with plants in the pine barrens ecosystem is lacking. To have a holistic understanding of the evolution and adaptation in this stressed environment, we used both culture-independent metabarcoding and culture-based method to characterize the mycobiota from soil and root of the two ecotypes and to identify core mycobiota. We found that Agaricomycetes, Leotiomycetes, and Mucoromycotina are predominant fungi in the New Jersey Pine Barrens ecosystem, which is rich in root mutualistic fungi. We observed that the pygmy pine roots had significantly higher density of EcM tips than the regular pine roots. This was corroborated by our metabarcoding analysis, which showed that the pygmy pine trees had higher ratio of ectomycorrhiza-forming fungi than the regular-statured pines. We hypothesize that symbiotrophic EcM fungi associated with pygmy pines are capable of mitigating high fire stress in the Pine Plains.
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- Jing Luo
- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901
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- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901
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- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901
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- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901
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- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, 76 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901
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Phylogeny and Morphology of Novel Species and New Collections Related to Sarcoscyphaceae ( Pezizales, Ascomycota) from Southwestern China and Thailand. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12010130. [PMID: 36671822 PMCID: PMC9856026 DOI: 10.3390/biology12010130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Sarcoscyphaceae (Pezizales) is distinguished by small to large, vividly-coloured sessile to stipitate apothecia, plurinucleate and pigmented paraphyses, operculate asci with thick walls, and plurinucleate, uniguttulate to multiguttulate ascospores with smooth walls or ornamentations. We collected more than 40 Sarcoscyphaceae specimens from dead twigs or wood. Based on morphology and phylogeny, these species belong to Cookeina, Nanoscypha, Phillipsia, Pithya, and Sarcoscypha. Among these, we introduce three new species-Nanoscypha aequispora, Pithya villosa, and Sarcoscypha longitudinalis. Phylogenetic analyses based on ITS, LSU, SSU, rpb2, and tef-1α gene regions indicate the relationships of these species within Sarcoscyphaceae. Meanwhile, we propose Ph. gelatinosa as a synonym of Ph. domingensis. One new record of C. sinensis is reported from Thailand.
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Walsh E, Luo J, Khiste S, Scalera A, Sajjad S, Zhang N. Pygmaeomycetaceae, a new root-associated family in Mucoromycotina from the pygmy pine plains. Mycologia 2020; 113:134-145. [PMID: 33085937 DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2020.1803649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A new genus, Pygmaeomyces, and two new species are described based on phylogenetic analyses and phenotypic and ecological characters. The species delimitation was based on concordance of gene genealogies. The Pygmaeomyces cultures were isolated from the roots of mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) and pitch pine (Pinus rigida) from the acidic and oligotrophic New Jersey pygmy pine plains; however, they likely have a broader distribution because their internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences have high similarity to a number of environmental sequences from multiple independent studies. Based on the phylogeny and phenotypic characters, a new family, Pygmaeomycetaceae, is proposed to accommodate this new lineage in Mucoromycotina. Pygmaeomycetaceae corresponds to Clade GS23, which was identified based on a sequence-only soil fungal survey and was believed to be a distinct new class. Compared with the culture-based methods, we observed that sequence-only analyses tend to overestimate the taxonomic level. Results from this work will facilitate ecological and evolutionary studies on root-associated fungi.
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- Emily Walsh
- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901.,Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, 76 Lipman Drive, Rutgers University , New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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Plant growth drives soil nitrogen cycling and N-related microbial activity through changing root traits. FUNGAL ECOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2019.100910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tanney J, Seifert K. Mollisiaceae: An overlooked lineage of diverse endophytes. Stud Mycol 2020; 95:293-380. [PMID: 32855742 PMCID: PMC7426276 DOI: 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Mollisia is a taxonomically neglected discomycete genus (Helotiales, Leotiomycetes) of commonly encountered saprotrophs on decaying plant tissues throughout temperate regions. The combination of indistinct morphological characters, more than 700 names in the literature, and lack of reference DNA sequences presents a major challenge when working with Mollisia. Unidentified endophytes, including strains that produced antifungal or antiinsectan secondary metabolites, were isolated from conifer needles in New Brunswick and placed with uncertainty in Phialocephala and Mollisia, necessitating a more comprehensive treatment of these genera. In this study, morphology and multigene phylogenetic analyses were used to explore the taxonomy of Mollisiaceae, including Mollisia, Phialocephala, and related genera, using new field collections, herbarium specimens, and accessioned cultures and sequences. The phylogeny of Mollisiaceae was reconstructed and compared using the nuc internal transcribed spacer rDNA (ITS) barcode and partial sequences of the 28S nuc rDNA (LSU) gene, largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB1), DNA topoisomerase I (TOP1), and the hypothetical protein Lipin/Ned1/Smp2 (LNS2). The results show that endophytism is common throughout the Mollisiaceae lineage in a diverse range of hosts but is infrequently attributed to Mollisia because of a paucity of reference sequences. Generic boundaries within Mollisiaceae are poorly resolved and based on phylogenetic evidence the family included species placed in Acephala, Acidomelania, Barrenia, Bispora, Cheirospora, Cystodendron, Fuscosclera, Hysteronaevia, Loramyces, Mollisia, Neopyrenopeziza, Obtectodiscus, Ombrophila, Patellariopsis, Phialocephala, Pulvinata, Tapesia (=Mollisia), and Trimmatostroma. Taxonomic novelties included the description of five novel Mollisia species and five novel Phialocephala species and the synonymy of Fuscosclera with Phialocephala, Acidomelania with Mollisia, and Loramycetaceae with Mollisiaceae.
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- J.B. Tanney
- Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, 506 Burnside Road, Victoria, British Columbia, V8Z 1M5, Canada
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Biodiversity (Mycology and Microbiology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
- Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada
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Pollard AT, Okubara PA. Real-time PCR quantification of Fusarium avenaceum in soil and seeds. J Microbiol Methods 2019; 157:21-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2018.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Moose RA, Schigel D, Kirby LJ, Shumskaya M. Dead wood fungi in North America: an insight into research and conservation potential. NATURE CONSERVATION 2019. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.32.30875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Saproxylic fungi act as keystone species in forest ecosystems because they colonise and decompose dead wood, facilitating colonisation by later species. Here, we review the importance of intact forest ecosystems to dead wood fungi, as well as trends in their diversity research and challenges in conservation. Saproxylic communities are sensitive to transition from virgin forests to managed ecosystems, since the latter often results in reduced tree diversity and the removal of their natural habitat dead wood. The impact of dead wood management can be quite significant since many saproxylic fungi are host-specific. The significance of citizen science and educational programmes for saproxylic mycology is discussed with the emphasis on the North American region. We intend to raise the awareness of the role that dead wood fungi play in forest health in order to support development of corresponding conservational programmes.
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Zeng R, Gao S, Xu L, Liu X, Dai F. Prediction of pathogenesis-related secreted proteins from Stemphylium lycopersici. BMC Microbiol 2018; 18:191. [PMID: 30458731 PMCID: PMC6247510 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-018-1329-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Gray leaf spot is a devastating disease caused by Stemphylium lycopersici that threatens tomato-growing areas worldwide. Typically, many pathogenesis-related and unrelated secreted proteins can be predicted in genomes using bioinformatics and computer-based prediction algorithms, which help to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of pathogen-plant interactions. Results S. lycopersici-secreted proteins were predicted from 8997 proteins using a set of internet-based programs, including SignalP v4.1 TMHMM v2.0, big-PI Fungal Predictor, ProtComp V9.0 and TargetP v1.1. Analysis showed that 511 proteins are predicted to be secreted. These proteins vary from 51 to 600 residues in length, with signal peptides ranging from 14 to 30 residues in length. Functional analysis of differentially expressed proteins was performed using Blast2GO. Gene ontology analysis of 305 proteins classified them into 8 groups in biological process (BP), 6 groups in molecular function (MF), and 10 groups in cellular component (CC). Pathogen-host interaction (PHI) partners were predicted by performing BLASTp analysis of the predicted secreted proteins against the PHI database. In total, 159 secreted proteins in S. lycopersici might be involved in pathogenicity and virulence pathways. Scanning S. lycopersici-secreted proteins for the presence of carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZyme)-coding gene homologs resulted in the prediction of 259 proteins. In addition, 12 of the 511 proteins predicted to be secreted are small cysteine-rich proteins (SCRPs). Conclusions S. lycopersici secretory proteins have not yet been studied. The study of S. lycopersici genes predicted to encode secreted proteins is highly significant for research aimed at understanding the hypothesized roles of these proteins in host penetration, tissue necrosis, immune subversion and the identification of new targets for fungicides. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12866-018-1329-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Rong Zeng
- Institute of Eco-Environment and Plant Protection, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Protection Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201403, China
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- Institute of Eco-Environment and Plant Protection, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Protection Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201403, China
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- Institute of Eco-Environment and Plant Protection, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Protection Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201403, China
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- Institute of Eco-Environment and Plant Protection, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Protection Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201403, China
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- Institute of Eco-Environment and Plant Protection, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Protection Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201403, China.
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Yao YQ, Lan F, Qiao YM, Wei JG, Huang RS, Li LB. Endophytic fungi harbored in the root of Sophora tonkinensis Gapnep: Diversity and biocontrol potential against phytopathogens. Microbiologyopen 2017; 6:e00437. [PMID: 28299913 PMCID: PMC5458465 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Revised: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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This work, for the first time, investigated the diversity of endophytic fungi harbored in the xylem and phloem of the root of Sophora tonkinensis Gapnep from three geographic localities with emphasis on the influence of the tissue type and geographic locality on endophytic fungal communities and their potential as biocontrol agents against phytopathogens of Panax notoginseng. A total of 655 fungal strains representing 47 taxa were isolated. Forty-two taxa (89.4%) were identified but not five taxa (10.6%) according to morphology and molecular phylogenetics. Out of identifiable taxa, the majority of endophyte taxa were Ascomycota (76.6%), followed by Basidiomycota (8.5%) and Zygomycota (4.3%). The alpha-diversity indices indicated that the species diversity of endophytic fungal community harbored in the root of S. tonkinensis was very high. The colonization and species diversity of endophytic fungal communities were significantly influenced by the geographic locality but not tissue type. The geographic locality and tissue type had great effects on the species composition of endophytic fungal communities. Forty-seven respective strains were challenged by three fungal phytopathogens of P. notoginseng and six strains exhibited significant inhibitory activity. It was noteworthy that endophytic Rhexocercosporidium sp. and F. solani strongly inhibited pathogenic F. solani and other fungal phytopathogens of P. notoginseng.
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- Yu Qun Yao
- College of AgricultureGuangxi UniversityNanningChina
- School of MedicineGuangxi University of Science and TechnologyLiuzhouChina
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- College of AgricultureGuangxi UniversityNanningChina
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- College of AgricultureGuangxi UniversityNanningChina
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- College of AgricultureGuangxi UniversityNanningChina
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- College of AgricultureGuangxi UniversityNanningChina
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Luo J, Walsh E, Miller S, Blystone D, Dighton J, Zhang N. Root endophytic fungal communities associated with pitch pine, switchgrass, and rosette grass in the pine barrens ecosystem. Fungal Biol 2017; 121:478-487. [PMID: 28390505 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Almost all plants in nature harbour fungi in their roots but the knowledge on distribution and the underlying principles of assemblage is still poorly developed for the root-associated fungi. In this study we analysed the root endophytic fungal communities associated with switchgrass, rosette grass, and pitch pine in the acidic, oligotrophic pine barrens ecosystem. A total of 434 fungal isolates were obtained from 600 root segments of 60 plant samples. DNA barcoding and morphological analyses identified 92 fungal species, which belong to 39 genera in six classes. Compared to other ecosystems, the pine barrens has a higher proportion of Leotiomycetes. The fungal community associated with pitch pine was significantly different from those associated with the grasses, while less difference was found between those associated with the two grasses. Our results suggest that edaphic factors and host specificity play a role in shaping root endophytic fungal community. This study also corroborates our previous finding that plant roots in the pine barrens are a rich reservoir of novel fungi.
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- Jing Luo
- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Rutgers Pinelands Field Station, DEENR, SEBS and Biology, Camden, PO Box 206, 501 Four Mile Road, New Lisbon, NJ 08064, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, 201 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, 76 Lipman Drive, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
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Paulo SBM, Julio CD, Marcelo NVDO, Bruno CM, Arnaldo CB, Marcos RT, Julio CLN, Mauricio DC. Diversity and distribution of the endophytic fungal community in eucalyptus leaves. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.5897/ajmr2016.8353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Peintner U, Knapp M, Fleischer V, Walch G, Dresch P. Myrmecridium hiemale sp. nov. from snow-covered alpine soil is the first eurypsychrophile in this genus of anamorphic fungi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2592-2598. [PMID: 27088455 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Myrmecridium hiemale sp. nov. was isolated from snow-covered alpine bare soil and is described as the first eurypsychrophilic species of this genus of filamentous fungi. Colony growth temperature experiments were carried out in the range 4-37 °C. Morphological characteristics and colony appearance were in accordance with characteristics typical for Myrmecridium, but M. hiemale does not grow at temperatures of 25 °C and above. Sequence analyses of the internal transcribed spacer and LSU rRNA D1/D2 regions indicated that the strain in question represents a distinct taxon within the genus Myrmecridium (Myrmecridiaceae, Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota). The type strain of M. hiemale is CBS 141017T(=JMRC 12083T). A morphological description is provided, and a key is presented for the currently known taxa of Myrmecridium, a group of interesting fungi that are either saprobes or plant endophytes.
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- Ursula Peintner
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Barrenia, a new genus associated with roots of switchgrass and pine in the oligotrophic pine barrens. Fungal Biol 2015; 119:1216-1225. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Luo J, Walsh E, Blystone D, Zhang N. Five new Pseudophialophora species from grass roots in the oligotrophic pine barrens ecosystem. Fungal Biol 2015; 119:1205-1215. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2015.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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