Blue pigment in Hypocrea caerulescens sp. nov. and two additional new species in sect. Trichoderma.
Mycologia, 2012/7-2012/8;104(4):925-41.
Jaklitsch WM[1], Stadler M, Voglmayr H
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PMID: 22453122DOI: 10.3852/11-327
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Abstract
Three new species of Hypocrea/Trichoderma sect. Trichoderma (Hypocreaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota, Fungi) are described from recent collections in southern Europe and the Canary Islands. They have been characterized by morphological and molecular methods, including microscopic examination of the teleomorph in thin sections, the anamorph, growth rate experiments and phylogenetic analyses based on a part of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha encoding gene (tef1) containing the two last introns and a part of the rpb2 gene, encoding the second largest RNA polymerase subunit. Analyses involving tef1 did not unequivocally resolve the sister clade relationship of Hypocrea caerulescens relative to the Koningii and Viride clades, while analyses based on rpb2 clearly suggest a close relationship with the former, although the phenotype of H. caerulescens is similar to H. viridescens, particularly by its warted conidia and a coconut-like odor in CMD culture. Hypocrea hispanica and T. samuelsii however are clearly related to the Viride clade by both phylogenetic markers, despite their morphological similarity to H. koningii and its relatives. An apparently specific blue pigment is formed in CMD cultures by Hypocrea caerulescens but could not be obtained by extraction with organic solvents.
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Color; Culture Media; Culture Techniques; DNA, Fungal; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; Europe; Fungal Proteins; Genes, Fungal; Introns; Odorants; Phenotype; Phylogeny; Pigments, Biological; RNA Polymerase II; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Solvents; Species Specificity; Spores, Fungal; Trichoderma
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