Re-examination of species limits in Aspergillus section Flavipedes using advanced species delimitation methods and description of four new species.

ABSTRACT: Since the last revision in 2015, the taxonomy of section Flavipedes evolved rapidly along with the availability of new species delimitation techniques. This study aims to re-evaluate the species boundaries of section Flavipedes members using modern delimitation methods applied to an extended set of strains (n = 90) collected from various environments. The analysis used DNA sequences of three house-keeping genes (benA, CaM, RPB2) and consisted of two steps: application of several single-locus (GMYC, bGMYC, PTP, bPTP) and multi-locus (STACEY) species delimitation methods to sort the isolates into putative species, which were subsequently validated using DELINEATE software that was applied for the first time in fungal taxonomy. As a result, four new species

SUBMITTER: Sklenar F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8688885 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature