New and interesting species of Penicillium (Eurotiomycetes, Aspergillaceae) in freshwater sediments from Spain.

ABSTRACT: Penicillium species are common fungi found worldwide from diverse substrates, including soil, plant debris, food products and air. Their diversity in aquatic environments is still underexplored. With the aim to explore the fungal diversity in Spanish freshwater sediments, numerous Penicillium strains were isolated using various culture-dependent techniques. A preliminary sequence analysis of the β-tubulin (tub2) gene marker allowed us to identify several interesting species of Penicillium, which were later characterized phylogenetically with the barcodes recommended for species delimitation in the genus. Based on the multi-locus phylogeny of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) of the ribosomal DNA, and partial fragments of tub2, calmodulin (cm

SUBMITTER: Torres-Garcia D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8825427 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature