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Issue: Vol. 382 No. 3: 12 December 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.382.3.4
Page range: 275–287
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Phylogeny of Aspergillus section Terrei with two new records from the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Centre

College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
China General Microbiological Culture Collection Centre, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P.R. China
China General Microbiological Culture Collection Centre, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P.R. China
College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
Ascomycetes Aspergillus section Terrei polyphasic taxonomy Aspergillus alabamensis Aspergillus allahabadii Fungi

Abstract

Aspergillus section Terrei isolates deposited in the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Centre (CGMCC), Institute of Microbiology, were evaluated using morphological and molecular approaches. Based on phylogenetic analyses of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS), beta-tubulin (BenA), and calmodulin (CaM) genes sequences, these isolates were identified as Aspergillus terreus, A. floccosus, A. niveus, A. pseudoterreus, A. allahabadii, and A. alabamensis. The last two were new records from China. The phylogenetic variation and morphological description of A. allahabadii and A. alabamensis are given. Morphologically, most section Terrei members are indistinguishable. The phylogenetic relationships of 16 species of section Terrei showed that the CaM and BenA loci could be used to distinguish section Terrei members. This is the first study to summarize section Terrei species with the new taxonomic criteria of Aspergillus in China.