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Published on: October 20, 2023
Five new species of Trichoderma from moist soils in China
Guang-Zhi Zhang1, He-Tong Yang1, Xin-Jian Zhang1
1Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Ecology Institute, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Applied Microbiology, Jinan 250103, China Qilu University of Technology Jinan China.
Abstract:
Trichoderma isolates were collected from moist soils near a water source in different areas of China. ITS sequences were submitted to MIST (Multiloci Identification System for Trichoderma) and meets the Trichoderma [ITS76] standard. Combined analyses of phylogenetic analyses of both phylograms (tef1-α and rpb2) and morphological characteristics, revealed five new species of Trichoderma, namely Trichodermahailarense, T.macrofasciculatum, T.nordicum, T.shangrilaense and T.vadicola. Phylogenetic analyses showed T.macrofasciculatum and T.shangrilaense belong to the Polysporum clade, T.hailarense, while T.nordicum and T.vadicola belong to the Viride clade. Each new taxon formed a distinct clade in phylogenetic analysis and have unique sequences of tef1-α and rpb2 that meet the Trichoderma new species standard. The conidiation of T.macrofasciculatum typically appeared in white pustules in concentric rings on PDA or MEA and its conidia had one or few distinctly verrucose. Conidiophores of T.shangrilaense are short and rarely branched, phialides usually curved and irregularly disposed. The aerial mycelium of T.hailarense and T.vadicola formed strands to floccose mat, conidiation tardy and scattered in tufts, conidiophores repeatedly rebranching in dendriform structure. The phialides of T.nordicum lageniform are curved on PDA and its conidia are globose to obovoidal and large.
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