Whole‐mitochondrial genomes of Nannizziopsis provide insights in evolution and detection

Daniel Powell; Benjamin Schwessinger; Céline H. Frère

doi:10.1002/ece3.9955

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Whole‐mitochondrial genomes of Nannizziopsis provide insights in evolution and detection

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Whole‐mitochondrial genomes of Nannizziopsis provide insights in evolution and detection

Daniel Powell, Benjamin Schwessinger and Céline H. Frère

Ecology and Evolution, Vol.13(3), pp.1-8

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9955

PMCID: PMC10041364

PMID: 36993147

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diagnostic

fungal pathogen

mitochondrial genome

Nannizziopsis

qPCR

reptile

Infectious fungal diseases can have devastating effects on wildlife health and a detailed understanding of the evolution of related emerging fungal pathogen along with the ability to detect them in the wild is considered indispensable for effective management strategies. Several fungi from the genera Nannizziopsis and Paranannizziopsis are emerging pathogens of reptiles and have been observed to cause disease in a wide range of taxa. Nannizziopsis barbatae has become a particularly important pathogen of Australian reptiles with an increasing number of herpetofauna being reported with cases of infection from across the country. Here, we present the mitochondrial genome sequences and phylogenetic analysis for seven species in this group of fungi uncovering new information on the evolutionary relationship of these emerging pathogens. From this analysis, we designed a species specific qPCR assay for the rapid detection of N. barbatae and demonstrate its application in a wild urban population of a dragon lizard.

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Title: Whole‐mitochondrial genomes of Nannizziopsis provide insights in evolution and detection
Authors: Daniel Powell (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Bioinnovation
Benjamin Schwessinger (Author) - Australian National University
Céline H. Frère (Author) - The University of Queensland
Publication details: Ecology and Evolution, Vol.13(3), pp.1-8
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9955
ISSN: 2045-7758
PMID: 36993147; PMC10041364
Copyright note: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2023 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Grants: Animal social behaviour and emerging infectious fungal diseases in nature, FT200100192, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of Research; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99715098402621
Output Type: Journal article

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