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Intragenomic Variability of ITS Sequences in Bjerkandera adusta
Peter Pristas1,2, Terezia Beck3, Maria Piknova1
1Institute of Biology and Ecology, Pavol Josef Safarik University in Kosice, Srobarova 2, 04101 Kosice, Slovakia.
Abstract:
Bjerkandera adusta is a species of common white rot polyporoid fungi found worldwide. Despite playing an important role in deadwood decay, the species strains are used in bioremediation due to its ability to degrade polycyclic hydrocarbons and some of them are important etiological agents of chronic coughs and are associated with lung inflammations. In our experiments, diversity within the species was investigated using molecular approaches and we found that sequence diversity seen at ITS sequence level is not due to cryptic speciation but to intragenomic variability of ITS sequences in this species.
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