A new species of Penicillium, P. ramulosum sp. nov., from the natural environment

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dc.contributor.authorVisagie C.M.
dc.contributor.authorRoets F.
dc.contributor.authorJacobs K.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:00:02Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:00:02Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractDuring a recent survey of Penicillium spp. from fynbos soils in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, several undescribed species were isolated. Similar isolates of one of these species also were collected in the Western Cape from Protea infructescences. These strains were compared morphologically to known species of Penicillium but could not be identified with previously published keys. Morphologically these strains belong to subgenus Biverticillium. They are distinguished by strongly funiculose colonies covered by glutinous exudates and conidiophores with thin acerose phialides (8.5-10[-12] × 2.0- 2.5 μm) that give rise to chains of subspheroidal to ellipsoidal conidia (2.5-3.0 × 1.5-2.5 μm). Characteristically short (100-150[-250] μm) determinate synnemata are produced in culture after prolonged incubation with much longer synnemata produced in nature. Based on differences in morphology and molecular characters, the strains are described here as Penicillium ramulosum sp. nov. © 2009 by The Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationMycologia
dc.identifier.citation101
dc.identifier.citation6
dc.identifier.issn275514
dc.identifier.other10.3852/08-149
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/11495
dc.subjectfungal DNA
dc.subjectribosomal spacer DNA
dc.subjecttubulin
dc.subjectfruit
dc.subjectfungus
dc.subjectfynbos
dc.subjectisolated population
dc.subjectmorphology
dc.subjectnew species
dc.subjectsoil microorganism
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectcytology
dc.subjectDNA sequence
dc.subjectenvironment
dc.subjectfungus spore
dc.subjectgenetics
dc.subjectisolation and purification
dc.subjectPenicillium
dc.subjectphylogeny
dc.subjectphysiology
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectspecies difference
dc.subjectDNA, Fungal
dc.subjectDNA, Ribosomal Spacer
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.subjectPenicillium
dc.subjectPhylogeny
dc.subjectSequence Analysis, DNA
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSpecies Specificity
dc.subjectSpores, Fungal
dc.subjectTubulin
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectWestern Cape
dc.subjectPenicillium
dc.subjectPenicillium cecidicola
dc.subjectPenicillium dendriticum
dc.subjectProtea burchellii
dc.subjectProtea infructescences
dc.subjectVitaceae
dc.titleA new species of Penicillium, P. ramulosum sp. nov., from the natural environment
dc.typeArticle
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