Journal article
Penicillium rotoruae, a new Species from an In-Ground Timber Durability Test Site in New Zealand
Current Microbiology, Vol.77(12), pp.4129-4139
2020
PMID: 32959088
Abstract
A Penicillium species isolated during a 1960s study on the ecology of fungi infecting Pinus radiata timber, and subsequently held in an in-house collection in Rotorua, New Zealand, was found to differ morphologically and in growth rate from two closely related Penicillium species. Phylogenetic analysis of the rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS), β-tubulin, calmodulin and RNA polymerase II second largest subunit regions (RPB2) confirmed this to be a new species closely related to Penicillium ochrochloron in the Rolfsiorum series of the Lanata-Divaricata section and Aspergilloides sub-genus. Micromorphologically, the new species is characterised by predominantly monoverticilliate and occasional divaricate or biverticilliate conidiophores and smooth-walled subglobose to slightly ovoid conidia with absence of conidiogenesis at 25 °C. This new species is described here as Penicillium rotoruae sp. nov. which has potential applications in biofuel and biorefining industry.
Details
- Title
- Penicillium rotoruae, a new Species from an In-Ground Timber Durability Test Site in New Zealand
- Authors
- Diahanna O'Callahan (Author) - ScionAlankar Vaidya (Corresponding Author) - ScionLloyd Donaldson (Author) - ScionTripti Singh (Author) - Scion
- Publication details
- Current Microbiology, Vol.77(12), pp.4129-4139
- Publisher
- Springer New York LLC
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00284-020-02204-y
- ISSN
- 1432-0991
- PMID
- 32959088
- Organisation Unit
- National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99979536302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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