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The genus Meira: phylogenetic placement and description of a new species
- Source :
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 103:1097-1106
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2013.
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Abstract
- The genus Meira currently contains three recently described species of mite-associated basidiomycete yeasts from Israel and Japan and is placed in the Exobasidiomycetes (Ustilaginomycotina) Incertae sedis. A previously undescribed species of Meira was isolated from the phylloplane of a magnolia leaf in Louisiana, USA. Herein, we describe Meira miltonrushii sp. nov. and include phylogenetic analyses from three rDNA loci to resolve the placement of Meira. This study provides evidence that Meira belongs to the family Brachybasidiaceae in the Exobasidiales and supports the placement of another mite-associated yeast genus, Acaromyces, within Cryptobasidiaceae (Exobasidiales). We also examine sequences produced by numerous environmental studies that suggest Meira species can be found as endophytes of many plant species. To our knowledge, this is the first record of a member of the genus Meira in North America.
- Subjects :
- Molecular Sequence Data
DNA, Ribosomal
Microbiology
Exobasidiales
Phylogenetics
Genus
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
Botany
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
Cluster Analysis
DNA, Fungal
Mycological Typing Techniques
Molecular Biology
Phylogeny
Ustilaginomycotina
biology
Phylogenetic tree
Basidiomycota
Fungal genetics
Genes, rRNA
RNA, Fungal
Exobasidiomycetes
Sequence Analysis, DNA
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
Incertae sedis
United States
Plant Leaves
Magnolia
RNA, Ribosomal
Evolutionary biology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15729699 and 00036072
- Volume :
- 103
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6679ece68a1804a0e2dae3cafc74af52