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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Isomucor (Mucoromycotina): a new genus from a Cerrado reserve in state of Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Author(s):
de Souza, Jose Ivanildo [1] ; Amorim Pires-Zottarelli, Carmen Lidia [1] ; dos Santos, Jailson Francisco [1] ; Costa, Janaina Pinheiro [1] ; Harakava, Ricardo [2]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Inst Bot, Nucleo Pesquisa Micol, BR-04301902 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Inst Biol, Lab Bioquim Fitopatol, BR-04014002 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Mycologia; v. 104, n. 1, p. 232-241, JAN-FEB 2012.
Web of Science Citations: 11
Abstract

During a survey of mucoralean fungi from a Cerrado reserve (Brazilian savanna) some isolates of a Mucor-like fungus were isolated from soil plates. Characterization based on morphological, physiological and molecular data from translation elongation factor (EF-1 alpha), 28S (D1/D2) and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA sequences was made. The isolates produce lateral branches bearing multispored sporangiola in addition to the multispored sporangia and a uniformly septate mycelium as the main differentiating characteristics. To our surprise this fungus possesses two EF-1a genes 1.4 and 1.5 kb long. Evidence from the analyzed datasets supports the delimitation of a new genus and the inclusion of Mucor fuscus based on 28S and ITS rDNA data. (AU)