Aspergillus diversity from the Gcwihaba Cave in Botswana and description of one new species.

ABSTRACT: A fungal survey of the Gcwihaba Cave from Botswana found Aspergillus to be one of the more common fungal genera isolated. The 81 Aspergillus strains were identified using CaM sequences and comparing these to a curated reference dataset. Nineteen species were identified representing eight sections (sections Candidi, Circumdati, Flavi, Flavipedes, Nidulantes, Nigri, Terrei and Usti). One strain could not be identified. Morphological characterisation and multigene phylogenetic analyses confirmed it as a new species in section Flavipedes and we introduce it below as A. okavangoensis. The new species is most similar to A. iizukae, both producing conidiophores with vesicles typically wider than 20 μm. The new species, however, does not prod

SUBMITTER: Visagie CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8687055 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature