Open AccessPhylogenetic re‐evaluation of Trametes consors based on mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences
Author(s) -
Ko Kwan Soo,
Jung Hack Sung
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13372.x
Subject(s) - biology , phylogenetic tree , trametes versicolor , ribosomal dna , botany , genetics , biochemistry , gene , laccase , enzyme
Abstract Mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal DNAs of Cerrena unicolor and Trametes consors were sequenced and compared with those of known mushroom taxa. Trametes consors is a species recently transferred from Irpex , and Cerrena is a genus closely related to Trametes . The present phylogenetic tree showed that Cerrena unicolor and Trametes consors clustered together and made an independent lineage from the Trametes group. A new combination, Cerrena consors (Berk.) Ko and Jung, comb. nov., is proposed here by transferring Trametes consors into Cerrena based on molecular data along with taxonomic evidence.