Phylogenetic lineages in the Capnodiales
Top Cited Papers
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute in Studies in Mycology
- Vol. 64, 17-47
- https://doi.org/10.3114/sim.2009.64.02
Abstract
The Capnodiales incorporates plant and human pathogens, endophytes, saprobes and epiphytes, with a wide range of nutritional modes. Several species are lichenised, or occur as parasites on fungi, or animals. The aim of the present study was to use DNA sequence data of the nuclear ribosomal small and large subunit RNA genes to test the monophyly of the Capnodiales, and resolve families within the order. We designed primers to allow the amplification and sequencing of almost the complete nuclear ribosomal small and large subunit RNA genes. Other than the Capnodiaceae (sooty moulds), and the Davidiellaceae, which contains saprobes and plant pathogens, the order presently incorporates families of major plant pathological importance such as the Mycosphaerellaceae, Teratosphaeriaceae and Schizothyriaceae. The Piedraiaceae was not supported, but resolves in the Teratosphaeriaceae. The Dissoconiaceae is introduced as a new family to accommodate Dissoconium and Ramichloridium. Lichenisation, as well as the ability to be saprobic or plant pathogenic evolved more than once in several families, though the taxa in the upper clades of the tree lead us to conclude that the strictly plant pathogenic, nectrotrophic families evolved from saprobic ancestors (Capnodiaceae), which is the more primitive state.Keywords
This publication has 75 references indexed in Scilit:
- Adaptation of extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii to increased osmolarity: a molecular perspective at a glanceStudies in Mycology, 2008
- A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web ServersSystematic Biology, 2008
- Tinea nigra by Hortaea werneckii, a report of 22 cases from MexicoStudies in Mycology, 2008
- Biodiversity in the Cladosporium herbarum complex (Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales), with standardisation of methods for Cladosporium taxonomy and diagnosticsStudies in Mycology, 2007
- Phylogeny and ecology of the ubiquitous saprobe Cladosporium sphaerospermum, with descriptions of seven new species from hypersaline environmentsStudies in Mycology, 2007
- Cladosporium leaf-blotch and stem rot of Paeonia spp. caused by Dichocladosporium chlorocephalum gen. nov.Studies in Mycology, 2007
- Phylogenetic and morphotaxonomic revision of Ramichloridium and allied generaStudies in Mycology, 2007
- Delimiting Cladosporium from morphologically similar generaStudies in Mycology, 2007
- Mycosphaerella is polyphyleticStudies in Mycology, 2007
- RAxML-VI-HPC: maximum likelihood-based phylogenetic analyses with thousands of taxa and mixed modelsBioinformatics, 2006