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Microbiology
Hongwei Shen, Danfeng Bao, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Jiankui Liu, Zonglong Luo
Summary: China and Thailand have abundant fungal diversity and freshwater resources, resulting in the discovery of six new Cheirosporous species and four known species.
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Microbiology
Jing-Yi Zhang, Meng-Lan Chen, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Yu-Xuan Wang, Yong-Zhong Lu
Summary: Endophytic fungi from medicinal ferns are valuable natural resources for drug precursors or bioactive metabolites. This study identified seven Apiospora strains, representing four new species, from three Dicranopteris species in Guizhou. Phylogenetic analyses and detailed descriptions were conducted to characterize these new species. Three new hosts for Apiospora species were also documented.
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Microbiology
Xing-Juan Xiao, Jian Ma, Li-Juan Zhang, Ning-Guo Liu, Yuan-Pin Xiao, Xing-Guo Tian, Zong-Long Luo, Yong-Zhong Lu
Summary: During a study of helicosporous fungi in China, six new taxa belonging to the Helicosporium genus were discovered. Morphological comparisons and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses were carried out to identify these taxa and three novel species were named. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, and comparisons with similar fungi were provided, along with a list and key to accepted Helicosporium species.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Yue-Xin Xu, Hong-Wei Shen, Dan-Feng Bao, Zong-Long Luo, Hong-Yan Su, Yu-E Hao
Summary: Two new Cladosporium species, Cladosporium yunnanensis and C. paris, were discovered on medicinal plant leaves in Yunnan Province, China. The morphology and phylogenetic analysis of these new species were compared with related Cladosporium species, expanding the host diversity of the genus.
BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
(2021)
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Microbiology
Xingguo Tian, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Rongju Xu, Yongzhong Lu, Nakarin Suwannarach, Ausana Mapook, Danfeng Bao, Jianchu Xu, Saowaluck Tibpromma
Summary: This study reports thirteen helicosporous hyphomycetes collected from Thailand and China and identifies their taxonomic positions through morphological and phylogenetic analyses. Three new species, one new host record, and one new geographic record are introduced, along with detailed descriptions and color photo plates of four known species.
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Mycology
Ying Gao, Tingfang Zhong, Jayarama D. Bhat, Antonio Roberto Gomes de Farias, Turki M. Dawoud, Kevin D. Hyde, Weiqiang Xiong, Yunju Li, Heng Gui, Xuefei Yang, Shixi Wu, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe
Summary: In this study, various ascomycetous and coelomycetous fungi were isolated from grasslands and related vegetation types in Yunnan Province, China. The discovery of a new monophyletic lineage in Melanommataceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes) was reported, named as Dematiomelanomma yunnanense gen. et sp. nov., which consists of both sexual and asexual morphs.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Si-Ping Huang, Dan-Feng Bao, Hong-Wei Shen, Hong-Yan Su, Zong-Long Luo
Summary: A new aquatic fungal species, Neomonodictys aquatica, was discovered from submerged decaying wood in Erhai Lake, Yunnan Province, China. It is characterized by acrogenous, solitary, oval dictyospores with smooth walls. Phylogenetic analysis based on genetic sequence data showed that this new species is distinct from other Neomonodictys species.
BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
(2022)
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Microbiology
Yuanqiao Yang, Wenmei Luo, Wensong Zhang, Mohammed Amin Uddin Mridha, Subodini Nuwanthika Wijesinghe, Eric H. C. McKenzie, Yong Wang
Summary: During an investigation of fungal diversity on fruit trees in Guizhou Province, 23 Cladosporium strains were isolated and characterized using culture characteristics, morphology, and molecular phylogenetic analysis. This study identified seven new Cladosporium species and introduced new host records for five other species, highlighting the rich diversity of Cladosporium spp. in fruit trees in Guizhou Province.
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Plant Sciences
Ying Gao, Jutamart Monkai, Eleni Gentekaki, Guang-Cong Ren, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Jian-Chu Xu, Heng Gui
Summary: A new species of coelomycetous fungus in the genus Dothidea was discovered in Kunming, Yunnan Province during a survey of saprobic microfungi in Southwest China. Phylogenetic analyses confirmed its placement in Dothideaceae and revealed a sister relationship to Dothidea eucalypti. The new species is characterized by specific morphological features and aseptate, subglobose to ovoid, hyaline to pale-brown conidia, with comprehensive descriptions and illustrations provided in the study.
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Mycology
Thaisa F. Nobrega, Bruno W. Ferreira, Robert W. Barreto
Summary: Digitodesmium is a genus of saprobic fungi associated with decaying wood, and a new species Digitodesmium polybrachiatum was discovered in this study, exhibiting distinct morphological characteristics from other species in the genus.
MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Ning-Guo Liu, Jian-Kui Liu, Ya-Ru Sun, Juangjun Jumpathong
Summary: A new hyphomycetous species, Tretospeira cheirospora, collected in northern Thailand, was described. It has unique characteristics such as brown conidiophores, monotretic conidiogenous cells, and distoseptate conidia. Molecular data confirms its classification in Phaeosphaeriaceae, and it is closely related to Banksiophoma australiensis. Comparison and discussion of similar genera in Phaeosphaeriaceae were also conducted.
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Microbiology
Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura
Summary: Our study describes new species of Phaeosphaeriaceae found in terrestrial habitats in Sichuan Province, China, and provides accurate classification and taxonomic relationships using morphological and molecular data. These findings contribute to understanding fungal diversity in China and have implications for future research on the ecological roles and biotechnological potential of these fungi. Additionally, our multi-gene phylogenetic approach improves the accuracy and resolution in species delimitation within the family.
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Microbiology
Ya-Fen Hu, Jing-Wen Liu, Xing-Xing Luo, Zhao-Huan Xu, Ji-Wen Xia, Xiu-Guo Zhang, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Jian Ma
Summary: Eight new species of Distoseptispora were identified in southern China based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. These species were collected from dead branches of unidentified plants. This study contributes to our understanding of the diversity of Distoseptispora in southern China.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2023)
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Microbiology
Wenhui Tian, Pengwei Su, Yanpeng Chen, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura
Summary: In this study, nine Torula isolates were obtained from dead woody substrates in Sichuan, China. Based on morphological examination and phylogenetic analyses, seven Torula species, including four new species, were identified. This study provides further insights into wood-based Torula species in China.
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Microbiology
Ya-Fen Hu, Jing-Wen Liu, Zhao-Huan Xu, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Kai Zhang, Jian Ma
Summary: Three new Helminthosporium species, H. guanshanense sp. nov., H. jiulianshanense sp. nov. and H. meilingense sp. nov., were discovered in southern China through morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. These species were found on dead branches of unidentified plants and were identified as independent taxa within Helminthosporium based on both molecular and morphological data.
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Microbiology
Er-Fu Yang, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Jian-Chu Xu, Zhen-Xiong Zhao, Chathurika Karunanayake, Itthayakorn Promputtha
Summary: New genus, species, and host records of Pleosporales associated with mango in Yunnan, China are presented through morphological examinations and phylogenetic analyses.
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Microbiology
Ning Xie, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Hongbo Jiang, Yu-Jia Zeng, Haoxing Zhang, Fangfang Xu, Saisamorn Lumyong, Jianchu Xu, Sinang Hongsanan
Summary: This study identified five new taxa in the well-studied family Parabambusicolaceae based on a survey of saprobic bambusicola-like species from bamboo and submerged grass in Yunnan Province, China. The novel genus Scolecohyalosporium and the novel genus Neomultiseptospora were introduced, along with the newly described species Parabambusicola hongheensis. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, and updated phylogeny were provided for Parabambusicolaceae.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sheng Xu, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Hong-Bo Jiang, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Jian-Bo Yang, Jian-Chu Xu, Saisamorn Lumyong
Summary: During a survey in Yunnan, China, a new strain of Occultibambusa jonesii was found on para grass submerged in a freshwater stream. Molecular analysis confirmed its identity and the discovery expands our knowledge of the species' host/habitats and geographical distribution.
CHIANG MAI JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
(2022)
Correction
Mycology
Indunil C. Senanayake, Dhandevi Pem, Achala R. Rathnayaka, Subodini N. Wijesinghe, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Nuwan D. Kularathnage, Deecksha Gomdola, Dulanjalee Harishchandra, Lakmali S. Dissanayake, Mei-mei Xiang, Anusha H. Ekanayaka, Eric H. C. McKenzie, Kevin D. Hyde, Hao-xing Zhang, Ning Xie
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Microbiology
Er-Fu Yang, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Hong-Bo Jiang, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Darbhe J. Bhat, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Dong-Qin Dai, Jian-Chu Xu, Itthayakorn Promputtha
Summary: This article describes several saprobic ascomycetes belonging to the Periconia species that were collected in Yunnan, China. The researchers conducted a morphological analysis and obtained DNA sequence data to investigate their phylogenetic relationships. They introduced three new Periconia species and reported new host and geographical records of two other species. The study also discussed the relationship between Periconia celtidis and P. byssoides, as well as the synonymization of Bambusistroma under Periconia. The researchers provided detailed descriptions, illustrations, and an updated phylogenetic tree of Periconiaceae.
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Plant Sciences
Shiou-Ruei Lin, Ying-Hong Lin, Hiran A. A. Ariyawansa, Yu-Ching Chang, Si-Ying Yu, Ichen Tsai, Chia-Lin Chung, Ting-Hsuan Hung
Summary: Brown blight, a devastating disease for tea cultivation in Taiwan, was surveyed from 2017 to 2019 to understand the fungal diversity and population composition. The study identified three species associated with brown blight of tea: Colletotrichum camelliae (95.6%), C. fructicola (3.7%), and C. aenigma (0.7%). This is the first report of C. aenigma in Taiwan. The pathogenicity of Colletotrichum spp. was most prominent in wounded leaves, and preventive application of fungicides or biocontrol agents at an early leaf stage is recommended.
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Plant Sciences
Chun-Fang Liao, Dong Wei, K. W. Thilini Chethana, Dhandevi Pem, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Nakarin Suwannarach, Mingkwan Doilom
Summary: During an investigation of fungal saprobes in Yunnan Province, China, a new species named T. cylindrica was discovered in the Tetraplosphaeriaceae family. Through morphological comparison and multi-locus phylogenetic analysis, it was found to have a close affinity to T. aquatica, T. dashaoensis, and T. nagasakiensis. This study provides new insights into the classification of asexual and sexual morphs of Tetraploa and expands our ecological knowledge of the genus.
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Microbiology
Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Hongbo Jiang, Nakarin Suwannarach, Saisamorn Lumyong, Jianchu Xu, Sheng Xu, Chun-Fang Liao, Putarak Chomnunti
Summary: Several saprobic fungi were collected and preliminarily identified during a survey of bambusicolous fungi in northern Thailand and southwestern China. Multigene phylogenetic analyses confirmed the presence of four new taxa belonging to different families. In addition, a fungus previously unrecorded in terrestrial habitats was reported for the first time.
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Microbiology
Junfu Li, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Hongbo Jiang, Darbhe Jayarama Bhat, Erio Camporesi, Saisamorn Lumyong, Jaturong Kumla, Sinang Hongsanan, Peter E. Mortimer, Jianchu Xu, Nakarin Suwannarach
Summary: This research enhances the taxonomy of saprobic species in the genus Alternaria found on grasses and herbaceous plants from Italy. Six novel species belonging to the genus Alternaria have been identified based on multi-locus phylogenetic analyses and morphological characteristics.
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Microbiology
Nimali de Silva, Kasun M. Thambugala, Danushka S. Tennakoon, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Jaturong Kumla, Nakarin Suwannarach, Saisamorn Lumyong
Summary: This paper focuses on the taxonomy of saprobic microfungi associated with dead plant materials of Hedychium coronarium, Lilium longiflorum, and Magnolia species. The study identified new species and host records using morphological characterization and multi-locus phylogeny. It highlights the diversity and importance of saprobic microfungi in different plant species.
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Plant Sciences
Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Sinang Hongsanan, Darbhe Jayarama Bhat, Jianchu Xu, Peter E. Mortimer, Nakarin Suwannarach, Jaturong Kumla, Turki M. Dawoud, Saisamorn Lumyong
Summary: In this study, a new species called Scolecohyalosporium thailandense is described and characterized based on morphological and molecular approaches. The species was found on the grass Imperata sp. in terrestrial habitats in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Phylogenetic analyses showed that S. thailandense is closely related to the type species of the genus, S. submersum, forming a distinct clade within the family Parabambusicolaceae. This study provides morphological characteristics, illustrations, updated phylogenetic analyses, and discusses the distinctiveness of S. thailandense compared to closely related taxa.
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Plant Sciences
Chanokned Senwanna, Nakarin Suwannarach, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Jaturong Kumla, Sinang Hongsanan
Summary: During a survey in Thailand, three new species of Rhytidhysteron were identified from different host plants. This includes the first geographic record of R. subrufulum from Thailand, expanding knowledge of its distribution range. Additionally, two species were synonymized based on genetic and morphological analysis.
Article
Immunology
Sinang Hongsanan, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Darbhe Jayarama Bhat, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Itthayakorn Promputtha, Nakarin Suwannarach, Diana Sandamali, Saisamorn Lumyong, Jianchu Xu, Ning Xie
Summary: This study introduces two new fungal genera, Pseudorepetophragma and Pseudostomiopeltis, in the Yunnan region and revises the classification of other fungal genera. It provides new insights into the diversity and ecological roles of fungal species in this region.
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Microbiology
Jian-Yuan Wang, Himanshi Jayasinghe, Yi-Tun Cho, Yi-Chen Tsai, Chao-Ying Chen, Hung Kim Doan, Hiran A. Ariyawansa
Summary: Foliar diseases caused by Stemphylium and Colletotrichum species are major constraints on Welsh onion production in Taiwan. This study isolated diverse endophytes from healthy Welsh onion leaves and identified Bacillus strain GFB08 as a potential biocontrol agent against leaf blight pathogens.
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Plant Sciences
Chia- Jen, Ming-Nan Lai, Hiran A. Ariyawansa, Asanka R. Bandara, N. G. Lean-Teik
Summary: This study reports the diversity of Piptoporellus taxa in Taiwan and introduces a new species, Piptoporellus taiwanensis. The novel taxon shows distinct morphological and molecular characteristics compared to other Piptoporellus species, and contains significant amounts of polysaccharides, polyphenols, and triterpenoids.
