{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["34"],"submitter":["Bakhshi M"],"pubmed_abstract":["The genus Cercospora includes many important plant pathogenic fungi associated with leaf spot diseases on a wide range of hosts. The mainland of Iran covers various climatic regions with a great biodiversity of vascular plants, and a correspondingly high diversity of cercosporoid fungi. However, most of the cercosporoid species found to date have been identified on the basis of morphological characteristics and there are no cultures that support these identifications. In this study the Consolidated Species Concept was applied to differentiate Cercospora species collected from Iran. A total of 161 Cercospora isolates recovered from 74 host species in northern Iran were studied by molecular phylogenetic analysis. Our results revealed a rich diversity of Cercospora species in northern Iran. T"],"journal":["Persoonia"],"pagination":["65-86"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4510272"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Application of the consolidated species concept to Cercospora spp. from Iran."],"pmcid":["PMC4510272"],"pubmed_authors":["Babai-Ahari A","Groenewald JZ","Bakhshi M","Crous PW","Braun U","Arzanlou M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Application of the consolidated species concept to Cercospora spp. from Iran.","description":"The genus Cercospora includes many important plant pathogenic fungi associated with leaf spot diseases on a wide range of hosts. The mainland of Iran covers various climatic regions with a great biodiversity of vascular plants, and a correspondingly high diversity of cercosporoid fungi. However, most of the cercosporoid species found to date have been identified on the basis of morphological characteristics and there are no cultures that support these identifications. In this study the Consolidated Species Concept was applied to differentiate Cercospora species collected from Iran. A total of 161 Cercospora isolates recovered from 74 host species in northern Iran were studied by molecular phylogenetic analysis. Our results revealed a rich diversity of Cercospora species in northern Iran. T","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Jun","modification":"2025-04-05T13:09:21.51Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:55:35Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4510272","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26240446"],"doi":["10.3767/003158515X685698"]}}