Use of metabolomics for the chemotaxonomy of legume-associated Ascochyta and allied genera.

ABSTRACT: Chemotaxonomy and the comparative analysis of metabolic features of fungi have the potential to provide valuable information relating to ecology and evolution, but have not been fully explored in fungal biology. Here, we investigated the chemical diversity of legume-associated Ascochyta and Phoma species and the possible use of a metabolomics approach using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for their classification. The metabolic features of 45 strains including 11 known species isolated from various legumes were extracted, and the datasets were analyzed using chemometrics methods such as principal component and hierarchical clustering analyses. We found a high degree of intra-species consistency in metabolic profiles, but inter-species diversity was high. Molecular phylogenies of th

SUBMITTER: Kim W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4742866 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature