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Plant Sciences
Jan Vondrak, Stanislav Svoboda, Jiri Kosnar, Jiri Malicek, Jaroslav Soun, Ivan Frolov, Mans Svensson, Petr Novotny, Zdenek Palice
Summary: This study presents a near-complete database of ITS and mtSSU barcodes for accurate molecular identification of epiphytic lichens in central Europe. The database includes 1,172 species, with newly sequenced ITS and mtSSU for a number of species. The study also reveals diverging genotypes and newly described species, contributing to the field of lichen taxonomy.
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Evolutionary Biology
Alessandra Riccieri, Emiliano Mancini, Monica Pitzalis, Daniele Salvi, Marco A. Bologna
Summary: This study investigates the phylogeny of the tribe Lyttini in the beetle family Meloidae and tests for its monophyly. The study uses a comprehensive molecular dataset and finds 11 phylogenetically distinct lineages within Lyttini. The boundaries of this tribe prove to be hard to define. Based on the results, the tribe is restricted to specific genera and new nomenclatural acts are proposed.
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Linlin Liu, Qijia Zuo, Junxia Xue, Zhaojie Ren, Lulu Zhang
Summary: This paper reports three new species from southern China: H. glaucescens, H. lilacinum, and H. tomentosum. All three species have non-pigmented thallus, hypothallus, and prothallus. Detailed descriptions of the three new species are provided, along with an updated key to the genus Herpothallon in China. A phylogenetic tree based on mtSSU data shows the position of the new species in Herpothallon.
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Mycology
Ming-Zhu Dou, Min Li, Ze-Feng Jia
Summary: In this study, the genus Chapsa in China was examined using morphological characteristics, chemical traits, and molecular phylogenetic analysis. A new species to science and two new records to China were identified. The newly discovered species, Chapsa murioelongata, is characterized by specific features and Chapsa wolseleyana was reclassified based on phenotypic traits. Sequence data and phylogenetic analyses supported the position of these species within the Chapsa genus. A key to known Chapsa species in China was provided.
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Mycology
Min Ai, Li Juan Li, Fiona Ruth Worthy, An Cheng Yin, Qiu Yi Zhong, Shi Qiong Wang, Li Song Wang, Xin Yu Wang
Summary: During the scientific expedition in the Tibetan Plateau, a new species of white terricolous lichenized fungal species of Buellia De Not. was discovered. Through examinations of morphology, chemistry, and phylogeny, this new species, Buellia alpina, was described. Additionally, two other species, Buellia elegans and Buellia epigaea, were reported in China for the first time. It was found that species in the Buellia epigaea-group actually belong to two distinct clades. This research provides detailed descriptions and a key for species identification.
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Biology
Haixia Ma, Zikun Song, Xiaoyan Pan, Zhi Qu, Zhanen Yang, Yu Li, Anhong Zhu
Summary: This study describes four new species of Xylaria with pale-colored ascospores associated with fallen fruits and seeds in China for the first time. The species were identified through morphological and phylogenetic analyses, and their nucleotide sequences were obtained and analyzed. Xylaria, a large and cosmopolitan genus, plays an important ecological role in forest ecology and is a source of bioactive secondary metabolites.
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Plant Sciences
Min AI, Qiuyi Zhong, Christoph Scheidegger, Lisong Wang, Xinyu Wang
Summary: Dimelaena tibetica is a new species characterized by a grayish yellow surface, usually with a covering of white pruina, a crustose thallus, areolate at center, radiate-plicate at margin, adnate apothecia and lacking gyrophoric acid. It differs from other usnic acid-containing Dimelaena species by its plane marginal lobes and adnate apothecia. Based on the study of fresh specimens from the environment of the type locality, Dimelaena altissima is proposed as a new combination. The phylogenetic position of the genus Dimelaena was confirmed by generating a sequence from a fresh specimen of Dimelaena oreina. All three species share common characters: usnic acid content and a yellowish green upper surface. Descriptions of these species were based on a combination of morphological and phylogenetic analyses. A key and phylogram are provided for these three Dimelaena species which produce usnic acid.
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Mycology
Karina Wilk, Maciej Pabijan, Marta Saluga, Ester Gaya, Robert Lucking
Summary: This study investigated the poorly studied Teloschistaceae family members in South America, identifying three new genera and proposing three new combinations, while also revising the subfamily Brownlielloideae and confirming recent findings about its classification.
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Microbiology
Ricardo Franco-Duarte, Isabel Fernandes, Vladislav Gulis, Fernanda Cassio, Claudia Pascoal
Summary: Aquatic hyphomycetes play an important role in decomposing organic matter in freshwater ecosystems. This study used the ITS rDNA barcodes database to explore their molecular diversity and distribution patterns. The findings showed an increase in the number of aquatic hyphomycete species, providing insights into their taxonomic placement and biogeographical origins. Future research should focus on expanding the ITS sequence database for species with unclear phylogenetic relationships and limited sequences.
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Zoology
Sergio Jimenez Pinadero, Daniel Fernandez Marchan, Marta Novo, Dolores Trigo, Jorge Dominguez, Dario J. Diaz Cosin
Summary: Molecular phylogenetics has made significant contributions to earthworm taxonomy, particularly in studying the Lumbricidae genus. This study investigated Zophoscolex species and found that they do not belong to a single clade. Z. atlanticus was closely related to several other species, while other species belong to different genera.
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Andreas Frisch, Yoshihito Ohmura, Hakon Holien, Mika Bendiksby
Summary: The study provides new insights into the taxon limits, phylogenetic placement, and lichenisation evolution of the genus Arthrorhaphis. It supports the monophyly of Arthrorhaphis and suggests that the transition to lichenisation has occurred only once. Additionally, the study identifies new species within the genus.
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Microbiology
Andrew M. Borman, Elizabeth M. Johnson
Summary: Many medically significant fungal species have recently undergone and are likely to undergo further nomenclatural changes as a result of molecular approaches to fungal classification and abandonment of dual nomenclature. This article summarizes the changes affecting key groups of medically important fungi, explaining the taxonomic rationale behind the changes and the clinical relevance of the nomenclatural revisions. Potential mechanisms to mitigate unnecessary taxonomic instability are suggested, along with approaches to raise awareness of important changes and minimize potential clinical confusion.
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS
(2023)
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Zoology
David H. Kavanaugh, David R. Maddison, W. Brian Simison, Sean D. Schoville, Joachim Schmidt, Arnaud Faille, Wendy Moore, James M. Pflug, Sophie L. Archambeault, Tinya Hoang, Jei-Ying Chen
Summary: The phylogeny of the carabid beetle supertribe Nebriitae was inferred from DNA sequence data, resulting in a well-resolved tree with most nodes strongly supported. Relationships within Nebriitae were not well resolved, and a revised classification was proposed based on the inferred phylogeny, highlighting some evident vicariance patterns. Expanding DNA sequence data sampling is recommended for a better understanding of relationships within this supertribe.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Isaac Garrido-Benavent, Asuncion de los Rios, Jano Nunez-Zapata, Rudiger Ortiz-Alvarez, Matthias Schultz, Sergio Perez-Ortega
Summary: This study used a comprehensive dataset and genetic analysis to investigate the species boundaries, evolutionary relationships, and geographic distribution of the genus Lichina. The results identified four species in the genus, with L. pygmaea, L. confinis, and the newly described L. canariensis found in the Northern Hemisphere and L. intermedia restricted to the Southern Hemisphere. The genetic diversity of L. intermedia was much higher than the other species, suggesting species-level lineages within this species.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mohamed A. Abdel-Wahab, Abdallah M. Elgorban, Ali H. Bahkali
Summary: This study aims to explore the abilities of microbes from mangroves in Saudi Arabia to produce high levels of lipids. A total of 961 isolates of yeasts and filamentous fungi were isolated from various submerged marine samples collected from different mangrove sites. The results showed that two oleaginous yeasts and four Aurantiochytrium strains from mangroves in Saudi Arabia could produce high levels of lipids.
JOURNAL OF KING SAUD UNIVERSITY SCIENCE
(2023)
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Evolutionary Biology
Kristiina Mark, Lauri Saag, Steven D. Leavitt, Susan Will-Wolf, Matthew P. Nelsen, Tiiu Torra, Andres Saag, Tiina Randlane, H. Thorsten Lumbsch
ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION
(2017)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Doron M. Behar, Lauri Saag, Monika Karmin, Meir G. Gover, Jeffrey D. Wexler, Luisa Fernanda Sanchez, Elliott Greenspan, Alena Kushniarevich, Oleg Davydenko, Hovhannes Sahakyan, Levon Yepiskoposyan, Alessio Boattini, Stefania Sarno, Luca Pagani, Shai Carmi, Shay Tzur, Ene Metspalu, Concetta Bormans, Karl Skorecki, Mait Metspalu, Siiri Rootsi, Richard Villems
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2017)
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Mycology
Polina Degtjarenko, Tiiu Torra, Tiina Mandel, Liis Marmor, Andres Saag, Christoph Scheidegger, Tiina Randlane
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Ecology
Polina Degtjarenko, Paula Matos, Liis Marmor, Cristina Branquinho, Tiina Randlane
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Georgi Hudjashov, Phillip Endicott, Helen Post, Nano Nagle, Simon Y. W. Ho, Daniel J. Lawson, Maere Reidla, Monika Karmin, Siiri Rootsi, Ene Metspalu, Lauri Saag, Richard Villems, Murray P. Cox, R. John Mitchell, Ralph L. Garcia-Bertrand, Mait Metspalu, Rene J. Herrera
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
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Mycology
Kristiina Mark, Tiina Randlane, Goran Thor, Jae-Seoun Hur, Walter Obermayer, Andres Saag
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Plant Sciences
Marc Carriqui, Margalida Roig-Oliver, Timothy J. Brodribb, Rafael Coopman, Warwick Gill, Kristiina Mark, Ulo Niinemets, Alicia V. Perera-Castro, Miquel Ribas-Carbo, Lawren Sack, Tiina Tosens, Mashuri Waite, Jaume Flexas
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Plant Sciences
Kristiina Mark, Lauri Laanisto, C. Guillermo Bueno, Ulo Niinemets, Christine Keller, Christoph Scheidegger
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Mycology
Polina Degtjarenko, Kristiina Mark, Rolands Moisejevs, Dmitry Himelbrant, Irina Stepanchikova, Andrei Tsurykau, Tiina Randlane, Christoph Scheidegger
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Plant Sciences
Tea Tullus, Reimo Lutter, Tiina Randlane, Andres Saag, Arvo Tullus, Ants Kaasik, Reeno Sopp, Katri Ots, Marju Kaivapalu, Meelis Partel, Hardi Tullus
Summary: The study examined the effects of different restoration approaches, past land use, and other factors on the richness and composition of vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens in middle-aged forests. The results showed that natural regeneration promoted biodiversity the most, but plantations also supported the recovery of biodiversity on abandoned agricultural land. Therefore, both restoration approaches are recommended on a regional scale.
APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2022)
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Forestry
Tiina Randlane, Tea Tullus, Andres Saag, Reimo Lutter, Arvo Tullus, Aveliina Helm, Hardi Tullus, Meelis Partel
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2017)
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Forestry
Liis Marmor, Tiina Randlane, Inga Juriado, Andres Saag
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lehti Saag, Liivi Varul, Christiana Lyn Scheib, Jesper Stenderup, Morten E. Allentoft, Lauri Saag, Luca Pagani, Maere Reidla, Kristiina Tambets, Ene Metspalu, Aivar Kriiska, Eske Willerslev, Toomas Kivisild, Mait Metspalu
