Cladosporium lebrasiae, a new fungal species isolated from milk bread rolls in France

Josiane Razafinarivo, Jean-Luc Jany, Pedro W. Crous, Rachelle Looten, Vincent Gaydou, Georges Barbier, Jerôme Mounier, Valérie Vasseur

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    Abstract

    The fungal genus Cladosporium (Cladosporiaceae, Dothideomycetes) is composed of a large number of species, which can roughly be divided into three main species complexes: Cladosporium cladosporioides, Cladosporium herbarum, and Cladosporium sphaerospermum. The aim of this study was to characterize strains isolated from contaminated milk bread rolls by phenotypic and genotypic analyses. Using multilocus data from the internal transcribed spacer ribosomal DNA (rDNA), partial translation elongation factor 1-α, actin, and beta-tubulin gene sequences along with Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and morphological observations, three isolates were identified as a new species in the C. sphaerospermum species complex. This novel species, described here as Cladosporium lebrasiae, is phylogenetically and morphologically distinct from other species in this complex.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1017-1029
    Number of pages13
    JournalFungal Biology
    Volume120
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 2016

    Keywords

    • Cladosporium sphaerospermum complex
    • Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy analysis
    • Multilocus phylogeny
    • Systematics

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