{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wang X"],"funding":["Marine Conservation Enhancement Fund sponsored by Castle Peak Power Company Limited, The Hongkong Electric Company Limited and Hong Kong LNG Terminal Limited","Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China","Marine Conservation Enhancement Fund sponsored by Castle Peak Power Company Limited, the Hongkong Electric Company Limited and Hong Kong LNG Terminal Limited","National Key Research and Development Program of China"],"pagination":["474"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11278098"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Seagrass serves as a quintessential reservoir for obligate marine Lulworthiaceae fungi. Our current knowledge of the mycological diversity associated with seagrass in Hong Kong remains poor. We analyzed the diversity of fungi associated with the most widely distributed seagrass species in Hong Kong <i>Halophila ovalis</i> (Hydrocharitaceae), using a combination of culture-based methods and high-throughput amplicon sequencing. <i>Halophilomyces hongkongensis</i>, a novel fungal species in a newly proposed genus within the Lulworthiaceae family, was isolated from <i>H. ovalis</i> roots and rhizomes. The novel fungus showed distinct morphological characteristics, while both combined 18S-28S and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) phylogenetic trees based on maximum likelihood and Bayesian metho"],"journal":["Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["<i>Halophilomyces hongkongensis</i>, a Novel Species and Genus in the Lulworthiaceae with Antibacterial Potential, Colonizing the Roots and Rhizomes of the Seagrass <i>Halophila ovalis</i>."],"pmcid":["PMC11278098"],"funding_grant_id":["MCEF22114","AoE/P-601/23-N","2022YFC3105301"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu H","Lee S","Chen J","Pecoraro L","Wang X","Chen S","Tang Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"<i>Halophilomyces hongkongensis</i>, a Novel Species and Genus in the Lulworthiaceae with Antibacterial Potential, Colonizing the Roots and Rhizomes of the Seagrass <i>Halophila ovalis</i>.","description":"Seagrass serves as a quintessential reservoir for obligate marine Lulworthiaceae fungi. Our current knowledge of the mycological diversity associated with seagrass in Hong Kong remains poor. We analyzed the diversity of fungi associated with the most widely distributed seagrass species in Hong Kong <i>Halophila ovalis</i> (Hydrocharitaceae), using a combination of culture-based methods and high-throughput amplicon sequencing. <i>Halophilomyces hongkongensis</i>, a novel fungal species in a newly proposed genus within the Lulworthiaceae family, was isolated from <i>H. ovalis</i> roots and rhizomes. The novel fungus showed distinct morphological characteristics, while both combined 18S-28S and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) phylogenetic trees based on maximum likelihood and Bayesian metho","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2026-04-08T18:44:43.085Z","creation":"2025-04-19T13:10:56.628Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11278098","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39057359"],"doi":["10.3390/jof10070474"]}}