Identification of endophytic fungi from leaves of Pandanaceae based on their morphotypes and DNA sequence data from southern Thailand

By

Tibpromma, Saowaluck
Hyde, Kevin D
Bhat, D. Jayarama (Darbhe Jayarama)
Mortimer, Peter E.
Xu, Jianchu
Promputtha, Itthayakorn
Doilom, Mingkwan
Yang, Jun-Bo
Tang, Alvin M. C.
Karunarathna, Samantha C.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

33

Pages

25-67

Subjects

Ascomycetes , Basidiomycota , Biodiversity , phylogenetic analysis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.33.23670

 

Abstract

The authors established the taxonomic status of endophytic fungi associated with leaves of Pandanaceae collected from southern Thailand. Morphotypes were initially identified based on their characteristics in culture and species level identification was done based on both morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence data. Twenty-two isolates from healthy leaves were categorised into eight morphotypes. Appropriate universal primers were used to amplify specific gene regions and phylogenetic analyses were performed to identify these endophytes and established relationships with extant fungi. The authors identified both ascomycete and basidiomycete species, including one new genus, seven new species and nine known species. Morphological descriptions, colour plates and phylogenies are given for each taxon.