| Title | A new Neotyphodium species from Festuca parvigluma Steud. grown in China. | | Author(s) | Chen YG, Ji YL, Yu HS, Wang ZW | | Institution | Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. | | Source | Mycologia 2009 Sep-Oct; 101(5):681-5. | | Abstract | Neotyphodium species evolved from Epichloë species and are asexual, seedborne endophytes in many cool-season grasses. Here we propose a new species inhabiting Festuca parvigluma native to China. Morphology, host specificity and molecular phylogenetic evidence supported recognition of this new species. Sequences of beta-tubulin gene (tubB) introns and translation elongation factor 1-alpha gene (tefA) introns were present as two copies in all five isolates examined. In phylogenetic analyses copy 1 was closely related to E. yangzii in the EBY clade and copy 2 with E. typhina in the ETC clade, indicating this new species might have originated as a result of hybridization between members of these two clades. Referring to the distribution area of host plants, Neotyphodium sinofestucae is proposed for this new species. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
| | PubMed ID | 19750947 |
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