Novel evolutionary lineages revealed in the Chaetothyriales (fungi) based on multigene phylogenetic analyses and comparison of its secondary structure.

ABSTRACT: Cyphellophora and Phialophora (Chaetothyriales, Pezizomycota) comprise species known from skin infections of humans and animals and from a variety of environmental sources. These fungi were studied based on the comparison of cultural and morphological features and phylogenetic analyses of five nuclear loci, i.e., internal transcribed spacer rDNA operon (ITS), large and small subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA (nuc28S rDNA, nuc18S rDNA), β-tubulin, DNA replication licensing factor (mcm7) and second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (rpb2). Phylogenetic results were supported by comparative analysis of ITS1 and ITS2 secondary structure of representatives of the Chaetothyriales and the identification of substitutions among the taxa analyzed. Base pairs with non-conserved, co-evolving nucleotide

SUBMITTER: Reblova M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3665825 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature