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Morphological and molecular characterization of Colletotrichum boninense sp. nov. from Japan

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Eleven isolates of a species of Colletotrichum were collected from eight plant species (Crinum asiaticum var. sinicum, Passiflora edulis, Cucumis melo, Cymbidium sp., Clivia miniata, Cattleya sp., Prunus mume, and Dendrobium kingianum) at six locations on the Pacific Coast of Japan. Although the fungus had been once identified as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides sensu lato, it was clearly different from C. gloeosporioides sensu stricto in its wide conidia [l/b ratio: (1.8–) 2–3 (–3.3)], having a hilum-like conidial base and cream- to orange-colored colonies on PDA. The intraspecific DNA homologies of the ITS1 sequence were 96.9%–100%, but interspecifically 80.2%–82.3% with C. gloeosporioides. Based on the morphological and molecular characterization, the fungus is proposed as a new species, Colletotrichum boninense.

Source: Mycoscience

DOI: 10.1007/s10267-002-0079-7

Authors: Jouji Moriwaki, Toyozo Sato, Takao Tsukiboshi

Institutions: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Eye Institute

OpenAlex ID: W2061348546

FWCI: 3.664

Cites: 20

Cited by: 88

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