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Published on: October 20, 2023
A new species of Trichoderma hypoxylon harbours abundant secondary metabolites
Jingzu Sun1,2, Yunfei Pei1, Erwei Li1
1State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIM), No. 3 Park 1, West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China.
Abstract:
Some species of Trichoderma are fungicolous on fungi and have been extensively studied and commercialized as biocontrol agents. Multigene analyses coupled with morphology, resulted in the discovery of T. hypoxylon sp. nov., which was isolated from surface of the stroma of Hypoxylon anthochroum. The new taxon produces Trichoderma- to Verticillium-like conidiophores and hyaline conidia. Phylogenetic analyses based on combined ITS, TEF1-α and RPB2 sequence data indicated that T. hypoxylon is a well-distinguished species with strong bootstrap support in the polysporum group. Chemical assessment of this species reveals a richness of secondary metabolites with trichothecenes and epipolythiodiketopiperazines as the major compounds. The fungicolous life style of T. hypoxylon and the production of abundant metabolites are indicative of the important ecological roles of this species in nature.
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