Brazilian tropical dry forest (Caatinga) in the spotlight: An overview of species of aspergillus, penicillium and talaromyces (eurotiales) and the description of p. vascosobrinhous sp. nov.

TY - JOUR

T1 - Brazilian tropical dry forest (Caatinga) in the spotlight

T2 - An overview of species of aspergillus, penicillium and talaromyces (eurotiales) and the description of p. vascosobrinhous sp. nov.

AU - Barbosa, Renan Do Nascimento

AU - Bezerra, Jadson Diogo Pereira

AU - Santos, Ana Carla da Silva

AU - Melo, Roger Fagner Ribeiro

AU - Houbraken, Jos

AU - Oliveira, Neiva Tinti

AU - de Souza-Motta, Cristina Maria

PY - 2020/4/1

Y1 - 2020/4/1

N2 - A literature-based checklist of species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Talaromyces recorded in the Brazilian tropical dry forest (Caatinga), the largest tropical dry forest region in South America, is provided. A total of 130 species (60 Aspergillus, 57 Penicillium, and 13 Talaromyces) are reported. Soil was the most common substrate, with 122 species records. Various reported species are well known in biotechnological processes. This checklist reflects the limited knowledge of fungal species in tropical dry environments. These data provide a good starting point for biogeographical studies on species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Talaromyces in dry environments worldwide. In addition, the new species Penicillium vascosobrinhous is introduced, an endophytic fungus isolated from cactus of the Caatinga forest in Brazil.

AB - A literature-based checklist of species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Talaromyces recorded in the Brazilian tropical dry forest (Caatinga), the largest tropical dry forest region in South America, is provided. A total of 130 species (60 Aspergillus, 57 Penicillium, and 13 Talaromyces) are reported. Soil was the most common substrate, with 122 species records. Various reported species are well known in biotechnological processes. This checklist reflects the limited knowledge of fungal species in tropical dry environments. These data provide a good starting point for biogeographical studies on species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Talaromyces in dry environments worldwide. In addition, the new species Penicillium vascosobrinhous is introduced, an endophytic fungus isolated from cactus of the Caatinga forest in Brazil.

KW - Ascomycetes

KW - Aspergillaceae

KW - Biodiversity

KW - Conservation

KW - Trichocomaceae

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090110117&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1590/0102-33062019abb0411

DO - 10.1590/0102-33062019abb0411

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85090110117

SN - 0102-3306

VL - 34

SP - 409

EP - 429

JO - Acta Botanica Brasilica

JF - Acta Botanica Brasilica

IS - 2

ER -