Pristionchus trametes n. sp. (Diplogastridae) isolated from the mushroom Trametes orientalis in Kyoto, Japan.

ABSTRACT: A new species of Pristionchus was isolated from fruiting bodies of the wood-decaying fungus Trametes orientalis collected from Kyoto, Japan. Attempts to culture it using bacteria, yeast, and freeze-killed wax moth larvae as food or substrate failed. The eurystomatous form of the species was not found in the collected material, and the species is typologically characterized by: its 'small' stoma with thin, membrane-like cheilostomatal plates, a small triangular right subventral tooth, thorn-like dorsal tooth, and small left subventral denticles; a short, blunt male tail spike; and a short, conical female tail. Although the posterior probability support was not high (66%), phylogenetic analysis of both small and large ribosomal RNA gene subunits suggests that the species is closely related t

SUBMITTER: Kanzaki N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8290503 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature