Three New Species of Cyphellophora (Chaetothyriales) Associated with Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 9; p. e0136857
• Main Authors: Gao, Liu, Ma, Yongqiang, Zhao, Wanyu, Wei, Zhuoya, Gleason, Mark L, Chen, Hongcai, Hao, Lu, Sun, Guangyu, Zhang, Rong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 23.09.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Artocarpus heterophyllus; Ascomycota - classification; Ascomycota - cytology; Ascomycota - genetics; Ascomycota - isolation & purification; Ascomycota - pathogenicity; Biology; Blotch; Chaetothyriales; Crop diseases; Cyphellophoraceae; DNA, Intergenic; DNA, Plant; DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal - genetics; Endangered & extinct species; Food plants; Fruits; Fungi; Genes, Plant; Identification and classification; Laboratories; Malus - microbiology; Morphology; Nails (Anatomy); New species; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Pathogenicity; Pathogens; Phialophora; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Ribosomal DNA; RNA polymerase; Skin; United States; Beijing China; Iowa; United States > US; China
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136857

The genus Cyphellophora includes human- and plant-related species from mammal skin and nails, plant materials, and food. On the basis of analysis of ITS, LSU, TUB2 and RPB1 data and morphological characters, three new species, Cyphellophora phyllostachysdis, C. artocarpi and C. musae, associated with sooty blotch and flyspeck disease, were added to this genus. The 2D structure of ITS1 and ITS2 confirmed this taxonomic status. Pathogenicity tests on apple fruit indicated that C. artocarpi could be a sooty blotch and flyspeck pathogen of apple.