A new microfungal isolate, Embellisia sp., associated with the Antarctic moss Bryum argenteum

A microfungal isolate of Embellisia sp. (Simmons), assigned Embellisia sp2, not previously described from the Antarctic, has been identified by morphological means and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region sequencing. Embellisia sp2 was shown to be associated with the bryophyte Bryum argenteum, c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bradner, J, Sidhu, R, Yee, B, Skotnicki, Mary, Selkirk, Patricia M, Nevalainen, K M Helena
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Springer 2015
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Keywords: bryophyte
fungus
interspecific interaction
microorganism
new species
Antarctica
Bryophyta
bryophytes
Bryum argenteum
Embellisia
Fungi
Penicillium
Penicillium sp.
Trichoderma
Victoria
Antarctic
Marble Point
The Antarctic
Victoria Land
Antarc*
Polar Biology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/89784
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Summary:A microfungal isolate of Embellisia sp. (Simmons), assigned Embellisia sp2, not previously described from the Antarctic, has been identified by morphological means and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region sequencing. Embellisia sp2 was shown to be associated with the bryophyte Bryum argenteum, collected from Marble Point in Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, and grew only in samples plated from crushed moss tissue and surface-sterilized leafy stems. Two other types of microfungi, Penicillium sp. and Trichoderma sp., were cultivated from a surface rinse of the moss.

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