Open AccessVerruconis panacis sp. nov., an endophyte isolated from Panax notoginseng
Author(s) -
Tianyuan Zhang,
Ying Yu,
Mengyue Zhang,
Juan Cheng,
Zhongjian Chen,
Jinyu Zhang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/ijsem.0.002862
Subject(s) - biology , panax notoginseng , endophyte , conidium , botany , strain (injury) , phylogenetic tree , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , anatomy , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , biochemistry
An endophytic strain (designated as strain SYPF 8337 T ) was isolated from the root of 3-year-old Panax notoginseng in Yunnan province of China. Strain SYPF 8337 T grew slowly and formed pale brown to brown colonies. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that strain SYPF 8337 T was placed in the Verruconis clade. Different from other Verruconis species, strain SYPF 8337 T produced four-cell conidia. Furthermore, strain SYPF 8337 T is the first fungus isolated as an endophyte of P. notoginseng in the genus Verruconis. Combined with the morphology and molecular analyses, a new species named Verruconis panacis sp. nov. is proposed.