Xylariaceae diversity in Thailand and Philippines, based on rDNA sequencing

Authors

  • Natarajan Velmurugan Department of Forest Science & Technology, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
  • Hyun Mi Lee Department of Forest Science & Technology, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
  • Sang Sub Han Department of Forest Science & Technology, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
  • Lee Sol Department of Forest Science & Technology, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
  • Yang Soo Lee Department of Forest Science & Technology, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15287/afr.2013.42

Keywords:

Xylariaceae, isolation, molecular characterization, ITS region

Abstract

Twenty three different Xylariaceae Tul. & C. Tul were isolated from samples collected from forest zones of Thailand and Philippines. The fungal samples were characterized based on morphological characteristics and nuclear ITS1-5.8S rDNA-ITS2 region sequences. Ten species of Xylaria, two species of Hypoxylon, Biscogniauxia, Rosellinia and one species of Annulohypoxylon and Entonaema were found. Entonaema the distinctive genus of Xylariaceae, isolated in the study from Thailand samples showed a close relationship withXylaria in phylogenetic tree. Xylariaceous species identified at molecular level showed significant similarity of the morphological characters, such as stromal structure, ascal apex and the germ slit of ascospores. In addition, three species of Arthrinium, two species of Pestalotiopsis were also isolated and characterized in the study. A phylogenetic affinity of Pestalotiopsis with Xylariaceae was found.

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Published

2013-04-10

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Research article

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