new species of Backusella (Mucorales) from a Cerrado reserve in Southeast Brazil

new species of Backusella (Mucorales) from a Cerrado reserve in Southeast Brazil

Cerrado (Brazilian savanna) areas present a high number of endemic and unknown species and consequently have been included among the world’s biodiversity hotspots. After a survey of zygomycetes from Cerrado areas of the “Reserva Biológica de Mogi Guaçu” (RBMG) in São Paulo State, we have found a Muc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mycological progress 2014-11, Vol.13 (4), p.975-980, Article 981
Hauptverfasser: de Souza, José Ivanildo, Marano, Agostina Virginia, Pires-Zottarelli, Carmen Lidia Amorim, Chambergo, Felipe Santiago, Harakava, Ricardo
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
biodiversity
Biodiversity hot spots
Biomedical and Life Sciences
cerrado
Ecology
Endemic species
fungi
giant cells
internal transcribed spacers
Life Sciences
Microbiology
Mucorales
new species
Original Article
Phylogenetics
phylogeny
Plant Sciences
ribosomal DNA
savannas
surveys
Zygomycetes
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Zusammenfassung:Cerrado (Brazilian savanna) areas present a high number of endemic and unknown species and consequently have been included among the world’s biodiversity hotspots. After a survey of zygomycetes from Cerrado areas of the “Reserva Biológica de Mogi Guaçu” (RBMG) in São Paulo State, we have found a Mucor-like fungus that produces very large sporangiospores and clusters of giant cells visible to the naked-eye. This isolate was characterized morphologically, based on partial LSU (28S) and complete ITS rDNA sequences. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses support its inclusion within the recently emended genus Backusella.
ISSN:1617-416X
1861-8952
DOI:10.1007/s11557-014-0981-3