Ophiostomatalean fungi associated with wood boring beetles in South Africa including two new species

dc.contributor.authorNel, Wilma Janine
dc.contributor.authorWingfield, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorDe Beer, Z. Wilhelm
dc.contributor.authorDuong, Tuan A.
dc.contributor.emailjanine.nel@fabi.up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-16T05:38:21Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description.abstractAmbrosia beetles are small wood inhabiting members of the Curculionidae that have evolved obligate symbioses with fungi. The fungal symbionts concentrate nutrients from within infested trees into a usable form for their beetle partners, which then utilize the fungi as their primary source of nutrition. Ambrosia beetle species associate with one or more primary symbiotic fungal species, but they also vector auxiliary symbionts, which may provide the beetle with developmental or ecological advantages. In this study we isolated and identified ophiostomatalean fungi associated with ambrosia beetles occurring in a native forest area in South Africa. Using a modified Bambara beetle trap, living ambrosia beetle specimens were collected and their fungal symbionts isolated. Four beetle species, three Scolytinae and one Bostrichidae, were collected. Five species of ophiostomatalean fungi were isolated from the beetles and were identified using both morphological characters and DNA sequence data. One of these species, Raffaelea sulphurea, was recorded from South Africa for the first time and two novel species were described as Ceratocystiopsis lunata sp. nov. and Raffaelea promiscua sp. nov.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentBiochemistryen_ZA
dc.description.departmentForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGeneticsen_ZA
dc.description.departmentMicrobiology and Plant Pathologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2022-03-06
dc.description.librarianhj2022en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe University of Pretoria, members of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP), the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://link.springer.com/journal/10482en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNel, W.J., Wingfield, M.J., de Beer, Z.W. et al. Ophiostomatalean fungi associated with wood boring beetles in South Africa including two new species. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 114, 667–686 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-021-01548-0.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0003-6072 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1572-9699 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s10482-021-01548-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/83946
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSpringeren_ZA
dc.rights© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG part of Springer Nature. The original publication is available at : http://link.springer.comjournal/10482.en_ZA
dc.subjectBostrichidaeen_ZA
dc.subjectCeratocystiopsisen_ZA
dc.subjectOphiostomatalesen_ZA
dc.subjectRaffaeleaen_ZA
dc.subjectXyleborinien_ZA
dc.subjectAmbrosia beetlesen_ZA
dc.titleOphiostomatalean fungi associated with wood boring beetles in South Africa including two new speciesen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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