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Cladocillium musae, a new genus and species of cercosporoid fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae) on wild banana in Taiwan

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A dematiaceous hyphomycete with erect unbranched conidiophore stipes and Cladosporium-like branched conidial chains arranged at nodes along the stipe was found on living leaves of wild banana (Musa itinerans) in Taiwan. Scanning electron microscopy indicated a type of conidiogenous loci differing from that of Cladosporium by lacking the cleft between raised center and margin. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of several loci (LSU, ITS, TEF, RPB2) indicated a relationship with cercosporoid fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae). Since there is no other known lineage with similar morphology or DNA sequences, the new genus and species Cladocillium musae is proposed.

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The study was supported by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Taiwan (NSC 102–2621–B–008–001–MY3 and MOST 108-2621-B-002-007).

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  1. Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Zhongli District, 320, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

    Chun-Hao Chen

  2. Bioresource Collection and Research Center (BCRC), Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI), Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan

    Sung-Yuan Hsieh

  3. School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan

    Yu-Hung Yeh & Roland Kirschner

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Concatenated alignment dataset (LSU, ITS, TEF, RPB2) (FAS 44 kb)

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ITS alignment (FAS 15 kb)

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LSU alignment dataset (FAS 16 kb)

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RPB2 alignment dataset (FAS 6 kb)

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TEF alignment dataset (FAS 9 kb)

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Chen, CH., Hsieh, SY., Yeh, YH. et al. Cladocillium musae, a new genus and species of cercosporoid fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae) on wild banana in Taiwan. Mycol Progress 19, 837–843 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-020-01595-3

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