TY - JOUR
T1 - Removing chaos from confusion
T2 - Assigning names to common human and animal pathogens in neocosmospora
AU - Sandoval-Denis, M.
AU - Crous, P. W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Naturalis Biodiversity Center & Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - The genus Neocosmospora encompasses highly prevalent and aggressive human and animal fungal pathogens. Here we assign formal descriptions and Latin binomials to some of the most clinically relevant phylogenetic species of the genus. Three new species, named Neocosmospora catenata, N. gamsii and N. suttoniana (previously assigned to the informal names ‘Fusarium’ solani species complex (FSSC) lineages, FSSC 43, FSSC 7 and FSSC 20, respectively) are described on the basis of multilocus phylogenetic analyses (using EF-1α, ITS, LSU and RPB2 loci) and morphological characters. Lineage FSSC 9 is conspecific with the ex-type strain of Cylindrocarpon tonkinense, thus the new combination Neocosmospora tonkinensis is proposed. In addition, and based on the latest taxonomy for this generic complex, new combinations are introduced for four medically important taxa: Neocosmospora keratoplastica, N. lichenicola, N. metavorans and N. petroliphila. The most significant distinctive features for all the clinically relevant species treated here are compared and illustrated.
AB - The genus Neocosmospora encompasses highly prevalent and aggressive human and animal fungal pathogens. Here we assign formal descriptions and Latin binomials to some of the most clinically relevant phylogenetic species of the genus. Three new species, named Neocosmospora catenata, N. gamsii and N. suttoniana (previously assigned to the informal names ‘Fusarium’ solani species complex (FSSC) lineages, FSSC 43, FSSC 7 and FSSC 20, respectively) are described on the basis of multilocus phylogenetic analyses (using EF-1α, ITS, LSU and RPB2 loci) and morphological characters. Lineage FSSC 9 is conspecific with the ex-type strain of Cylindrocarpon tonkinense, thus the new combination Neocosmospora tonkinensis is proposed. In addition, and based on the latest taxonomy for this generic complex, new combinations are introduced for four medically important taxa: Neocosmospora keratoplastica, N. lichenicola, N. metavorans and N. petroliphila. The most significant distinctive features for all the clinically relevant species treated here are compared and illustrated.
KW - Eight new taxa
KW - Fusarium
KW - Neocosmospora
KW - Pathogens
KW - Phylogeny
KW - Systematics
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U2 - 10.3767/persoonia.2018.41.06
DO - 10.3767/persoonia.2018.41.06
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050396856
SN - 0031-5850
VL - 41
SP - 109
EP - 129
JO - Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
JF - Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
ER -