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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | 2011

A comprehensive phylogeny of Neurospora reveals a link between reproductive mode and molecular evolution in fungi

Kristiina Nygren; Rebecka Strandberg; Andreas Wallberg; Benoit Nabholz; Tim Gustafsson; Dania García; José Cano; Josep Guarro; Hanna Johannesson

The filamentous ascomycete genus Neurospora encompasses taxa with a wide range of reproductive modes. Sexual reproduction in this genus can be divided into three major modes; heterothallism (self-incompatibility), homothallism (self-compatibility) and pseudohomothallism (partial self-compatibility). In addition to the sexual pathway, most of the heterothallic taxa propagate with morphologically distinct, vegetative dissemination propagules (macroconidia), while this feature is undetected in the majority of the homothallic taxa. In this study, we used sequence information of seven nuclear gene loci from 43 taxa (295 of the possible 301 locus-by-taxon combinations) to create a phylogeny of Neurospora. The results suggest that transitions in reproductive mode have occurred at multiple times within this group of fungi. Although a homothallic ancestor would imply fewer switches in reproductive mode, we argue that the ancestor of Neurospora was likely heterothallic and that homothallism has evolved independently at least six times in the evolutionary history of the genus. Furthermore, the two pseudohomothallic taxa of Neurospora (N. tetrasperma and N. tetraspora) represent two independent origins of pseudohomothallism. Likelihood ratio tests of substitution rates among branches in the phylogeny indicate that reproductive mode is an important factor driving genome evolution in Neurospora. First, an increased level of non-synonymous/synonymous substitutions in branches delineating homothallic taxa was found, suggesting a reduced efficiency of purifying selection in these taxa. Furthermore, elevated nucleotide substitution rates were found in heterothallic, conidia-producing, lineages as compared to the homothallic non-conidiating lineages. The latter finding is likely due to the presence of conidia, i.e., a higher rate of mitotic divisions inducing mutations, and/or that the homothallic taxa have evolved a lower mutation rate to avoid genomic degeneration.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2011

Spectrum of Clinically Relevant Acremonium Species in the United States

Haybrig Perdomo; Deanna A. Sutton; Dania García; Annette W. Fothergill; Josep Cano; Josepa Gené; R. C. Summerbell; Michael G. Rinaldi; J. Guarro

ABSTRACT Some species in the polyphyletic fungal genus Acremonium are important opportunist pathogens. Determining the actual spectrum of species and their incidence in the clinical setting, however, has long been hampered because of the difficulties encountered in phenotypic species-level identification. The goal of this study was to re-identify a large number of clinical isolates morphologically and to confirm the identifications by comparing sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region of the rRNA gene of these isolates to those of type or reference strains of well-known Acremonium species. Of the 119 isolates referred to a United States reference laboratory under the name Acremonium, only 75 were identified morphologically as belonging to that genus. The remainder (44 isolates) were identified as belonging to other morphologically similar genera. The Acremonium clinical isolates were related to species of Hypocreales, Sordariales, and of an incertae sedis family of ascomycetes, Plectosphaerellaceae. A total of 50 of the 75 Acremonium isolates (67%) could be identified by molecular means, the prevalent species being Acremonium kiliense (15 isolates), A. sclerotigenum-A. egyptiacum (11 isolates), A. implicatum (7 isolates), A. persicinum (7 isolates), and A. atrogriseum (4 isolates). One of the most interesting findings of our study was that we identified several species among this large collection of clinical isolates that had not previously been reported from human infections, and we failed to confirm other Acremonium species, such as A. potronii, A. recifei, and A. strictum, that had been considered significant. The most common anatomic sites for Acremonium isolates were the respiratory tract (41.3%), nails (10.7%), and the eye (9.3%). Antifungal susceptibility testing demonstrated high MICs for all agents tested, except for terbinafine. Since numerous isolates could not be identified, we concluded that the list of opportunistic Acremonium species is far from be complete and that a considerable number of additional species will be discovered.


Persoonia | 2014

Fungal Planet description sheets: 214-280

Pedro W. Crous; Roger G. Shivas; W. Quaedvlieg; M. Van der Bank; Y. Zhang; Brett A. Summerell; Josep Guarro; Michael J. Wingfield; Alan R. Wood; Acelino Couto Alfenas; Uwe Braun; J. F. Cano-Lira; Dania García; Yasmina Marin-Felix; P. Alvarado; J.P. Andrade; J. Armengol; A. Assefa; A. den Breeÿen; Ippolito Camele; Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon; J.T. De Souza; Tuan A. Duong; F. Esteve-Raventós; Jacques Fournier; Salvatore Frisullo; J. García-Jiménez; A. Gardiennet; Josepa Gené; Margarita Hernández-Restrepo

Novel species of microfungi described in the present study include the following from South Africa: Cercosporella dolichandrae from Dolichandra unguiscati, Seiridium podocarpi from Podocarpus latifolius, Pseudocercospora parapseudarthriae from Pseudarthria hookeri, Neodevriesia coryneliae from Corynelia uberata on leaves of Afrocarpus falcatus, Ramichloridium eucleae from Euclea undulata and Stachybotrys aloeticola from Aloe sp. (South Africa), as novel member of the Stachybotriaceae fam. nov. Several species were also described from Zambia, and these include Chaetomella zambiensis on unknown Fabaceae, Schizoparme pseudogranati from Terminalia stuhlmannii, Diaporthe isoberliniae from Isoberlinia angolensis, Peyronellaea combreti from Combretum mossambiciensis, Zasmidium rothmanniae and Phaeococcomyces rothmanniae from Rothmannia engleriana, Diaporthe vangueriae from Vangueria infausta and Diaporthe parapterocarpi from Pterocarpus brenanii. Novel species from the Netherlands include: Stagonospora trichophoricola, Keissleriella trichophoricola and Dinemasporium trichophoricola from Trichophorum cespitosum, Phaeosphaeria poae, Keissleriella poagena, Phaeosphaeria poagena, Parastagonospora poagena and Pyrenochaetopsis poae from Poa sp., Septoriella oudemansii from Phragmites australis and Dendryphion europaeum from Hedera helix (Germany) and Heracleum sphondylium (the Netherlands). Novel species from Australia include: Anungitea eucalyptorum from Eucalyptus leaf litter, Beltraniopsis neolitseae and Acrodontium neolitseae from Neolitsea australiensis, Beltraniella endiandrae from Endiandra introrsa, Phaeophleospora parsoniae from Parsonia straminea, Penicillifer martinii from Cynodon dactylon, Ochroconis macrozamiae from Macrozamia leaf litter, Triposporium cycadicola, Circinotrichum cycadis, Cladosporium cycadicola and Acrocalymma cycadis from Cycas spp. Furthermore, Vermiculariopsiella dichapetali is described from Dichapetalum rhodesicum (Botswana), Ophiognomonia acadiensis from Picea rubens (Canada), Setophoma vernoniae from Vernonia polyanthes and Penicillium restingae from soil (Brazil), Pseudolachnella guaviyunis from Myrcianthes pungens (Uruguay) and Pseudocercospora neriicola from Nerium oleander (Italy). Novelties from Spain include: Dendryphiella eucalyptorum from Eucalyptus globulus, Conioscypha minutispora from dead wood, Diplogelasinospora moalensis and Pseudoneurospora canariensis from soil and Inocybe lanatopurpurea from reforested woodland of Pinus spp. Novelties from France include: Kellermania triseptata from Agave angustifolia, Zetiasplozna acaciae from Acacia melanoxylon, Pyrenochaeta pinicola from Pinus sp. and Pseudonectria rusci from Ruscus aculeatus. New species from China include: Dematiocladium celtidicola from Celtis bungeana, Beltrania pseudorhombica, Chaetopsina beijingensis and Toxicocladosporium pini from Pinus spp. and Setophaeosphaeria badalingensis from Hemerocallis fulva. Novel genera of Ascomycetes include Alfaria from Cyperus esculentus (Spain), Rinaldiella from a contaminated human lesion (Georgia), Hyalocladosporiella from Tectona grandis (Brazil), Pseudoacremonium from Saccharum spontaneum and Melnikomyces from leaf litter (Vietnam), Annellosympodiella from Juniperus procera (Ethiopia), Neoceratosperma from Eucalyptus leaves (Thailand), Ramopenidiella from Cycas calcicola (Australia), Cephalotrichiella from air in the Netherlands, Neocamarosporium from Mesembryanthemum sp. and Acervuloseptoria from Ziziphus mucronata (South Africa) and Setophaeosphaeria from Hemerocallis fulva (China). Several novel combinations are also introduced, namely for Phaeosphaeria setosa as Setophaeosphaeria setosa, Phoma heteroderae as Peyronellaea heteroderae and Phyllosticta maydis as Peyronellaea maydis. Morphological and culture characteristics along with ITS DNA barcodes are provided for all taxa.


Persoonia | 2013

Phylogeny of chrysosporia infecting reptiles: proposal of the new family Nannizziopsiaceae and five new species

Alberto M. Stchigel; Deanna A. Sutton; J. F. Cano-Lira; F. J. Cabañes; L. Abarca; Kathrin Tintelnot; Brian L. Wickes; Dania García; Josep Guarro

We have performed a phenotypic and phylogenetic study of a set of fungi, mostly of veterinary origin, morphologically similar to the Chrysosporium asexual morph of Nannizziopsis vriesii (Onygenales, Eurotiomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Ascomycota). The analysis of sequences of the D1-D2 domains of the 28S rDNA, including representatives of the different families of the Onygenales, revealed that N. vriesii and relatives form a distinct lineage within that order, which is proposed as the new family Nannizziopsiaceae. The members of this family show the particular characteristic of causing skin infections in reptiles and producing hyaline, thin- and smooth-walled, small, mostly sessile 1-celled conidia and colonies with a pungent skunk-like odour. The phenotypic and multigene study results, based on ribosomal ITS region, actin and β-tubulin sequences, demonstrated that some of the fungi included in this study were different from the known species of Nannizziopsis and Chrysosporium and are described here as new. They are N. chlamydospora, N. draconii, N. arthrosporioides, N. pluriseptata and Chrysosporium longisporum. Nannizziopsis chlamydospora is distinguished by producing chlamydospores and by its ability to grow at 5 °C. Nannizziopsis draconii is able to grow on bromocresol purple-milk solids-glucose (BCP-MS-G) agar alkalinizing the medium, is resistant to 0.2 % cycloheximide but does not grow on Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) with 3 % NaCl. Nannizziopsis arthrosporioides is characterised by the production of very long arthroconidia. Nannizziopsis pluriseptata produces 1- to 5-celled sessile conidia, alkalinizes the BCP-MS-G agar and grows on SDA supplemented with 5 % NaCl. Chrysosporium longisporum shows long sessile conidia (up to 13 μm) and does not produce lipase.


Fungal Biology | 2004

A synopsis and re-circumscription of Neurospora (syn. Gelasinospora) based on ultrastructural and 28S rDNA sequence data

Dania García; Alberto M. Stchigel; José Cano; Josep Guarro; David L. Hawksworth

Neurospora and Gelasinospora are traditionally distinguished by the ornamentation pattern of the surface of their ascospores, which are ribbed in the former and pitted in the latter. However, a detailed examination of the morphology of numerous strains of most of the species of both genera confirm the hypothesis that there are not enough criteria to distinguish them from each other. The names Neurospora and Gelasinospora are synonymized and the circumscription of the genus Neurospora amended. Partial sequences of the 28S rDNA gene from 27 species of both genera were analysed to infer their phylogenetic relationships. Species of the two genera were interspersed in the different clades and confirmed that they are genetically very similar. The grouping obtained demonstrates that the morphology of the episporial-layer of the ascospores is an informative phylogenetic character. Two recent isolates from soils of Nigeria and Spain, which could not be classified as any known species of Neurospora are described, illustrated, and recognized as new: N. nigeriensis and N. uniporata spp. nov. A synopsis and key to the 49 species of Neurospora now recognized in the genus is presented, and the new genus Pseudogelasinospora described to accommodate P. amorphoporcata (syn. Gelasinospora amorphoporcata comb. nov.).


Mycologia | 2013

Phialemoniopsis, a new genus of Sordariomycetes, and new species of Phialemonium and Lecythophora

Haybrig Perdomo; Dania García; Josepa Gené; Josep Cano; Deanna A. Sutton; Richard C. Summerbell; J. Guarro

In molecular studies involving numerous clinical isolates of the genera Acremonium, Phialemonium and Lecytophora some of them could not be identified. To clarify the phylogenetic relationships among these fungi and other related taxa, we performed a polyphasic study based on a detailed morphological study and on the analysis of sequences of four loci: the internal transcribed spacer regions, the D1/D2 domains of the 28S rRNA, actin and β-tubulin genes. The combination of the resulting data let us propose the new genus Phialemoniopsis to accommodate the opportunistic fungi Phialemonium curvatum and Sarcopodium oculorum and two new species, Phialemoniopsis cornearis and Phialemoniopsis pluriloculosa. The taxonomy of Phialemoniopsis has not been completely resolved, however, remaining incertae sedis within the Sordariomycetes. In addition, the new species Lecythophora luteorubra, Lecythophora cateniformis and Phialemonium globosum are described and the species Acremonium atrogriseum and Taifanglania inflata are transferred to the genus Phialemonium. Lecythophora and Phialemonium are currently monophyletic genera of the families Coniochaetaceae (Coniochaetales) and Cephalothecaceae (Sordariales) respectively, according to our results. Tables summarizing key morphological features to distinguish the current species of Lecythophora, Phialemonium and Phialemoniopsis are provided.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2011

Molecular and Phenotypic Characterization of Phialemonium and Lecythophora Isolates from Clinical Samples

Haybrig Perdomo; Deanna A. Sutton; Dania García; A. W. Fothergill; Josepa Gené; Josep Cano; R. C. Summerbell; Michael G. Rinaldi; Josep Guarro

ABSTRACT Several members of the fungal genera Phialemonium and Lecythophora are occasional agents of severe human and animal infections. These species are difficult to identify, and relatively little is known about their frequency in the clinical setting. The objective of this study was to characterize morphologically and molecularly, on the basis of the analysis of large-subunit ribosomal DNA sequences, a set of 68 clinical isolates presumed to belong to these genera. A total of 59 isolates were determined to be Phialemonium species (n = 32) or a related Cephalotheca species (n = 6) or Lecythophora species (n = 20) or a related Coniochaeta species (n = 1). Nine isolates identified to be Acremonium spp. or Phaeoacremonium spp. were excluded from further study. The most common species were Phialemonium obovatum and Phialemonium curvatum, followed by Lecythophora hoffmannii, Cephalotheca foveolata, and Lecythophora mutabilis.


Mycologia | 2013

Polyphasic analysis of Purpureocillium lilacinum isolates from different origins and proposal of the new species Purpureocillium lavendulum

Haybrig Perdomo; Josep Cano; Josepa Gené; Dania García; Margarita Hernández; Josep Guarro

Purpureocillium is a genus recently proposed to accommodate Paecilomyces lilacinus, a well studied species that has biotechnological properties and an ability to cause human infections. Since contradictory data have been reported on the intraspecific genetic variability of P. lilacinum, we have carried out a polyphasic study of a set of clinical and environmental isolates of this species. Detailed morphological examination and sequence analysis of four different loci, including the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer, the domains D1 and D2 of the 28S rDNA, EF-1a and the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (rpb1), showed that P. lilacinum formed a well supported phylogenetic clade with low intraspecific variability. The new species Purpureocillium lavendulum, which has vinaceous colonies similar to those of P. lilacinum, is proposed. It is characterized by the lack of growth at 35 C, the production of a yellow diffusible pigment and by subglobose or limoniform conidia.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2016

Identification and Antifungal Susceptibility of Penicillium-Like Fungi from Clinical Samples in the United States

Marcela Guevara-Suarez; Deanna A. Sutton; José F. Cano-Lira; Dania García; Adela Martin-Vicente; Nathan P. Wiederhold; Josep Guarro; Josepa Gené

ABSTRACT Penicillium species are some of the most common fungi observed worldwide and have an important economic impact as well as being occasional agents of human and animal mycoses. A total of 118 isolates thought to belong to the genus Penicillium based on morphological features were obtained from the Fungus Testing Laboratory at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio (United States). The isolates were studied phenotypically using standard growth conditions. Molecular identification was made using two genetic markers, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and a fragment of the β-tubulin gene. In order to assess phylogenetic relationships, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference assessments were used. Antifungal susceptibility testing was performed according to CLSI document M38-A2 for nine antifungal drugs. The isolates were identified within three genera, i.e., Penicillium, Talaromyces, and Rasamsonia. The most frequent species in our study were Penicillium rubens, P. citrinum, and Talaromyces amestolkiae. The potent in vitro activity of amphotericin B (AMB) and terbinafine (TRB) and of the echinocandins against Penicillium and Talaromyces species might offer a good therapeutic alternative for the treatment of infections caused by these fungi.


Mycologia | 2002

A new species of Syspastospora from tropical soils.

Dania García; Alberto M. Stchigel; Josep Guarro

Syspastospora tropicalis sp. nov. isolated from soil samples from different tropical regions is described and illustrated. The fungus can be easily separated from the other species of the genus by its setose perithecial ascomata with a short papillate neck.

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Josep Guarro

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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Josepa Gené

Federal University of São Paulo

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Deanna A. Sutton

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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Nathan P. Wiederhold

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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Josep Cano

Rovira i Virgili University

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João Paulo Zen Siqueira

Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto

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Josep Guarro

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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J. Guarro

University of Barcelona

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