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Issue: Vol. 425 No. 5: 12 December 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.425.5.4
Page range: 290–296
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 83

Gongronella zunyiensis sp. nov. (Cunninghamellaceae, Mucorales) isolated from rhizosphere soil in China

Institute of Fungus Resources, College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School, Guiyang University of Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, China
Institute of Fungus Resources, College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China
1 new species key morphology mucorales phylogeny rhizosphere soil Fungi

Abstract

During a survey of rhizosphere soil fungi of Eucommia ulmoides in China, three Gongronella strains were isolated. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these strains grouped into a separate subclade, closely related to Gongronella sichuanensis. The new strains could be distinguished from G. sichuanensis by the smooth-walled, subglobose, or conical-cylindrical apophyses. Both phylogenetic analysis and morphological characteristics supported the three strains being a new species, named as Gongronella zunyiensis.