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Microbiology
Quan-Ying Dong, Yao Wang, Zhi-Qin Wang, Yan-Fang Liu, Hong Yu
Summary: The taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Tolypocladium were revised based on comprehensive datasets, with the description of three new species and a key to 48 accepted species worldwide. The genetic divergences among Tolypocladium species were best determined by rpb1 sequence data.
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Mycology
Yuan-Pin Xiao, Yuan Bing Wang, Kevin D. Hyde, Gentekaki Eleni, Jing-zu Sun, Yu Yang, Juan Meng, Hong Yu, Ting-Chi Wen
Summary: This study provides a detailed analysis on clavicipitoid fungi, revealing a high level of diversity in terms of species and hosts. Based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses, Polycephalomyces, Perennicordyceps, and Pleurocordyceps are classified into a new family, Polycephalomycetaceae.
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Mycology
Wei-Yu Jia, Jun-Jie Xu, Tian-Peng Wei, Ming-Yan Luo, Hong Zhang, Yu-Lan Jiang
Summary: This article reports a new fungus isolated from forest soil in Guizhou Province, China, identified as Albophoma yamanashiensis using morphology and phylogenetic analyses. The combined ITS+LSU phylogenetic tree reveals that Albophoma (previously an unknown conidial coelomycetous genus) belongs to Ophiocordycipitaceae and is sister to Tolypocladium.
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Zoology
Zhi-Hong Xu, Ngoc-Lan Tran, Yao Wang, Guo-Dong Zhang, Van-Minh Dao, Thi-Tra Nguyen, Yuan-Bing Wang, Hong Yu
Summary: This study contributes to the taxonomic knowledge of entomopathogenic fungi by describing a new pathogen, Ophiocordyceps puluongensis, found on termites in Vietnam. Through morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence, O. puluongensis is identified as a distinct termite pathogen within the Ophiocordyceps genus. Its potential as a bioinsecticide for termite control is supported by both molecular phylogeny and morphology.
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
(2022)
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Mycology
Kanoksri Tasanathai, Artit Khonsanit, Wasana Noisripoom, Noppol Kobmoo, Jennifer Luangsa-ard
Summary: Four new species of Ophiocordyceps pathogenic to termites were discovered and described based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic data. The four species differ in their perithecia, asci, and ascospores, and produce different types of asexual morphs.
MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS
(2022)
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Mycology
J. P. M. Araujo, B. M. Lebert, S. Vermeulen, A. Brachmann, R. A. Ohm, H. C. Evans, C. de Bekker
Summary: Two novel genera of parasitic fungi, Niveomyces and Torrubiellomyces, were discovered during a survey of Ophiocordyceps camponoti-floridani in central Florida. These fungi exclusively grow on and degrade the mycelium, stalks, and ascomata of O. camponoti-floridani, indicating their mycoparasitic nature. This study provides a starting point for further research on fungal interactions between mycopathogens and entomopathogens.
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Microbiology
De-Ping Wei, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Jian-Chu Xu, Chaiwat To-anun, Peter E. Mortimer, Kevin D. Hyde, Abdallah M. Elgorban, Sumedha Madawala, Nakarin Suwannarach, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Saisamorn Lumyong
Summary: This study contributes to the taxonomical and phylogenetic understanding of Paraisaria genus by describing three new species from China and Thailand, confirming their placement through phylogenetic analyses. The three entomopathogenic fungal taxa are comprehensively described with color photographs and phylogenetic analyses.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
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Mycology
Zhi-Yuan Zhang, Yao Feng, Shuo-Qiu Tong, Chen -Yu Ding, Gang Tao, Yan-Feng Han
Summary: In this study, two new fungal taxa belonging to the family Clavicipitaceae were discovered in Chinese soils. These species were identified as Pochonia sinensis sp. nov. and a new genus called Paraneoaraneomyces gen. nov. based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis.
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Dexiang Tang, Juye Zhu, Lijun Luo, Donghai Hou, Zhiqin Wang, Shidao Yang, Hong Yu
Summary: A new species of parasitic fungus, O. ovatospora, occurring on termites, was discovered in Yunnan Province, China. The researchers described this species based on its morphological and molecular phylogenetic characteristics, and found that it forms a separate clade with O. khokpasiensis in the phylogenetic analysis. Morphologically, O. ovatospora is characterized by its pseudo-immersed perithecia, filiform asci and ascospores, monophialidic phialides, and oval conidia.
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Mycology
Dexiang Tang, Jing Zhao, Yingling Lu, Zhiqin Wang, Tao Sun, Zuoheng Liu, Hong Yu
Summary: In this study, two new species of zombie-ant fungi, Ophiocordyceps tortuosa and O. ansiformis, were identified and proposed for the first time in subtropical monsoon evergreen broadleaved forest. These fungi are able to manipulate the behavior of ants and have distinct morphological and molecular characteristics.
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Mycology
Artit Khonsanit, Wasana Noisripoom, Suchada Mongkolsamrit, Natnapha Phosrithong, Janet Jennifer Luangsa-ard
Summary: The genus Moelleriella is characterized by producing brightly colored stromata and predominantly found on scale insects and whiteflies in tropical regions. This study described five new species of Moelleriella based on morphological characters and multi-locus phylogenetic analyses. The new species exhibit unique characteristics such as yellow stromata, different conidiomata structures, and anamorphic states, providing new insights into the diversity of this fungal genus.
MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS
(2021)
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Microbiology
Siyu Gao, Wei Meng, Lixiang Zhang, Qun Yue, Xu Zheng, Lijian Xu
Summary: A novel genus Parametarhizium and two new entomopathogenic species were introduced based on their morphological characteristics and a multigene phylogenetic analysis. Parametarhizium can be distinguished morphologically from related genera and both species exhibited anti-insect activities against three farmland pests.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
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Mycology
Dexiang Tang, Jing Zhao, Yingling Lu, Zhiqin Wang, Tao Sun, Zuoheng Liu, Hong Yu
Summary: Species of the genus Ophiocordyceps, known as zombieant fungi, can manipulate the behavior of ants. This study identified and proposed two new species, Ophiocordyceps tortuosa and O. ansiformis, based on morphological characters, phylogenetic analyses, and ecological data. These new species have distinct characteristics and share the same host, Colobopsis ant.
Review
Microbiology
Michael J. Loeffelholz, Bradley W. Fenwick
Summary: The classification of viruses is important for scientific and clinical disciplines, and recent updates on disease-causing viruses have been influenced by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Meng Zhang, Stephen W. Eichhorn, Brian Zingg, Zizhen Yao, Kaelan Cotter, Hongkui Zeng, Hongwei Dong, Xiaowei Zhuang
Summary: A single-cell transcriptome-imaging method, MERFISH, was used to create a molecularly defined and spatially resolved cell atlas of the mouse primary motor cortex. Approximately 300,000 cells were profiled, revealing 95 neuronal and non-neuronal cell clusters and a complex spatial map. Integration of MERFISH with retrograde labelling showed that cortical projections from neurons formed a complex network with individual clusters projecting to multiple target regions.
