scholarly journals Three saprobic Dothideomycetes from the aerial parts of mangrove trees with polyphenism in Striatiguttula

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinit Kumar ◽  
Kasun M Thambugala ◽  
V Venkatesh Sarma ◽  
R Cheewangkoon ◽  
Ting Chi Wen
Keyword(s):  
Host Record ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
New Host ◽  
Asexual Morph ◽  
Nypa Fruticans ◽  
Rhizophora Apiculata ◽  
Aerial Parts ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Mangrove Trees

Abstract Fungi inhabiting the aerial parts of two mangrove trees, Nypa fruticans, and Rhizophora apiculata, were studied from the central region of Thailand, utilizing morpho-molecular characteristics. Three different fungal taxa were isolated including Rhytidhysteron kirshnacephalus sp. nov., Lasiodiplodia citricola and Striatiguttula phoenicis. Sexual morphs are reported for these three taxa and the asexual morph of Striatiguttula phoenicis is identified based on molecular data. This is the first asexual morph report for the genus Striatiguttula as well as the family Striatiguttulaceae. The new isolate of Striatiguttula phoenicis differs slightly from other extant species in the genus in terms of measurements of ascomata, asci, ascospores, and thickness of peridium. Also, a pigmented hamathecium was observed in this species. The morphological results are congruent to the phylogenetic results of previous studies and support Striatiguttula phoenicis as a new host record from Nypa fruticans. Rhytidhysteron kirshnacephalus was collected from dead twigs of a standing Rhizophora apiculata in Cha-am and it has significant morphological and molecular differences to support its establishment as a novel taxon. Phylogenetically, Rhytidhysteron kirshnacephalus forms a sister clade to Rh. magnoliae, but has different ascomatal characters, including, smooth margins without striations and black pruina. Lasiodiplodia citricola is another species from Cha-am and a new record from Thai mangroves. Detailed descriptions of the isolates, along with their potential ecological roles, are provided. We have also provided the occurrence of fungi from the aerial parts of mangrove trees worldwide.

scholarly journals A Visitor of Tropical Waters: First Record of a Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene) Off the Patagonian Coast of Argentina, With Comments on Diet and Metazoan Parasites

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús S. Hernández-Orts ◽  
David I. Hernández-Mena ◽  
Camila Pantoja ◽  
Roman Kuchta ◽  
Néstor A. García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Immature Stage ◽  
Parasite Fauna ◽  
Cetacean Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
Metazoan Parasites ◽  
Metazoan Parasite ◽  
New Host Record

The poorly known Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene) is a small oceanic cetacean distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. In this study, we report, for the first time, a vagrant individual of Clymene dolphin in Argentina (Rada Tilly) that represents the current southern-most record for this cetacean species. We provide a molecular identification of the dolphin, based on partial sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, generated from DNA extracted from its metazoan parasites. Three prey species, namely Argentine hake, Patagonian squid and lobster krill were identified from hard pieces collected in the stomach. Seven metazoan parasite taxa (three in adult stage, one immature stage and three in larval stage) were identified using morphological and molecular data, i.e., the digenean Pholeter gastrophilus (new host record), the cestodes Tetrabothrius (Tetrabothrius) forsteri, Clistobothrium grimaldii unidentified phyllobothriid plerocercoids, the nematodes Anisakis pegreffii (new host record), Halocercus delphini and the acanthocephalan Corynosoma australe (new host record). Our study provides the first molecular exploration of the metazoan parasite diversity in delphinids from the southwestern Atlantic, and contributes significantly to understand the poorly known parasite fauna of the Clymene dolphin.

scholarly journals The Plant Family Asteraceae Is a Cache for Novel Fungal Diversity: Novel Species and Genera With Remarkable Ascospores in Leptosphaeriaceae

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingkwan Doilom ◽  
Kevin D. Hyde ◽  
Wei Dong ◽  
Chun-Fang Liao ◽  
Nakarin Suwannarach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Data ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Host Record ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Small Subunit ◽  
Fungal Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
New Host Record ◽  
Ageratina Adenophora

In a cursory survey of fungi on Asteraceae in Yunnan Province, China, we report fungal species belonging to the family Leptosphaeriaceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes). Two novel species have remarkable ascospores that are unusual for sexual ascomycetes. Multilocus phylogeny of large subunit, small subunit, and internal transcribed spacer sequence data showed one to be a novel genus, while the other is a new species. Praeclarispora artemisiae gen. et sp. nov. is introduced and is typical of Leptosphaeriaceae, but has unusual fusiform, versicolor ascospores with a brown median cell. Sphaerellopsis artemisiae sp. nov. has scolecosporous ascospores with deeply constricted septa that split into two parts, which resembles S. isthmospora but differs by ascospore dimension and molecular data. In addition, Plenodomus artemisiae is reported as a new collection from dead stems of Artemisia argyi in Qujing City. Plenodomus sinensis is reported as a new host record from Ageratina adenophora. All taxa are illustrated and described based on evidence of taxonomy and phylogeny.

scholarly journals Relicts from Glacial Times: The Ground Beetle Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Austrian Alps

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Paill ◽  
Stephan Koblmüller ◽  
Thomas Friess ◽  
Barbara-Amina Gereben-Krenn ◽  
Christian Mairhuber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Dispersal Ability ◽  
Austrian Alps ◽  
Alpine Regions ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Limited Dispersal

The last ice age considerably influenced distribution patterns of extant species of plants and animals, with some of them now inhabiting disjunct areas in the subarctic/arctic and alpine regions. This arctic-alpine distribution is characteristic for many cold-adapted species with a limited dispersal ability and can be found in many invertebrate taxa, including ground beetles. The ground beetle Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823 of the subgenus Bothriopterus was previously known to have a holarctic-circumpolar distribution, in Europe reaching its southern borders in Wales and southern Scandinavia. Here, we report the first findings of this species from the Austrian Ötztal Alps, representing also the southernmost edge of its currently known distribution, confirmed by the comparison of morphological characters to other Bothriopterus species and DNA barcoding data. Molecular data revealed a separation of the Austrian and Finish specimens with limited to no gene flow at all. Furthermore, we present the first data on habitat preference and seasonality of P. adstrictus in the Austrian Alps.

Redescription and synonymization of Oscheius citri Tabassum, Shahina, Nasira and Erum, 2016 (Rhabditida, Rhabditidae) from India and its taxonomical consequences

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rana ◽  
A.H. Bhat ◽  
A.K. Chaubey ◽  
V. Půža ◽  
J. Abolafia
Keyword(s):  
Indian Population ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Morphometric Characteristics ◽  
High Similarity ◽  
Rdna Sequences ◽  
Indian Strain ◽  
28S Rdna Sequences

Abstract A population of a nematode species belonging to the genus Oscheius was isolated in western Uttar Pradesh, India. Morphological and morphometrical studies on this species showed its high similarity with six species described previously from Pakistan (Oscheius citri, O. cobbi, O. cynodonti, O. esculentus, O. punctatus and O. sacchari). The molecular analysis of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA sequences of the Indian population and the six species described from Pakistan showed that all the sequences are almost identical. Thus, based on morphological and molecular characteristics, all of the six above-mentioned Pakistani species and Indian strain do not differ from each other, hence can be considered synonyms. The correct name for this taxon is the first described species O. citri. Additionally, the phylogenetic analysis of the 18S rDNA and the 28S rDNA sequences showed that Oscheius citri is sister to the clade formed by O. chongmingensis and O. rugaoensis from China. The high similarity of morphological and morphometric characteristics of O. citri and other species, O. maqbooli, O. nadarajani, O. niazii, O. shamimi and O. siddiqii, suggest their conspecificity; however, lack of molecular data for these species does not allow this hypothesis to be tested.

Molecular determination of the origin of acephalic cysticercus

Parasitology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-Y. CHUNG ◽  
W.-G. KHO ◽  
S.-Y. HWANG ◽  
E.-Y. JE ◽  
Y.-T. CHUNG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nadh Dehydrogenase ◽  
Fatal Outcome ◽  
Constitutive Expression ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Nadh Dehydrogenase Subunit ◽  
Subarachnoidal Space ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Molecular Determination

Acephalic cysticercus (Ac), a rarely developed multilobulated and nonencysted form of larval Taenia, causes hydrocephalus or adhesive arachnoiditis in the ventricles and subarachnoidal space that often lead to fatal outcome in affected patients. Ac has been proposed to originate from T. solium on the basis of morphological features, while no molecular data supporting the presumption have been available. In the present study, we investigated the immunological properties as well as molecular characteristics of Ac that was obtained surgically from 6 patients. Immunoblotting of the cyst fluid from Ac samples demonstrated the constitutive expression of a T. solium metacestode (TsM) 10 kDa protein. Specific antibodies against the truncated 10 kDa protein, which appears to be species specific for TsM cysticercosis, were detected in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples of Ac patients. Nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (ND1) genes of Ac were almost identical to those of T. solium but differed substantially from those of the other Taenia species. In phylogenetic analysis, Ac clustered with T. solium in a well-supported clade. Our results strongly suggest that Ac may have originated from T. solium.

Addition to Micropeltidaceae: Micropeltis goniothalamicola sp. nov. and new record of Scolecopeltidium menglaense from Chiang Rai, Thailand

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 487 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
DIANA S. MARASINGHE ◽  
SINANG HONGSANAN ◽  
SARANYAPHAT BOONMEE ◽  
NING XIE
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Host Record ◽  
Its Sequence ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
New Host ◽  
Mucilaginous Sheath ◽  
New Host Record

A novel species, Micropeltis goniothalamicola and a new record Scolecopeltidium menglaense were collected from Mae Fah Luang Botanical Gardens, Thailand. Our new taxon is different from other species in Micropeltis in having relatively smaller ascomata, 6–8-spored asci and 4–5-septate ascospores covering with mucilaginous sheath. Our new record, S. menglaense is the first host recorded from Jasmine grandiflorum (Oleaceae). Morphological comparison coupled with phylogenetic analysis of combined LSU and ITS sequence data provide evidence for the new species and new host record.

New Host Record and Distribution of Dicarnosis ripariensis Kerrich1 in Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Refugio Lomeli-Flores ◽  
Jimena Lima-Espindola ◽  
Héctor González-Hernández ◽  
Esteban Rodríguez-Leyva ◽  
Julio C. Velázquez-Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Host Record ◽  
New Host ◽  
New Host Record
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