Intra- and interspecies variations of the translation elongation factor 1-α (Tef-1α) gene were evaluated as a new identification marker in a wide range of dermatophytes, which included 167 strains of 30 species. An optimized pan-dermatophyte primer pair was designed, and the target was sequenced. Consensus sequences were used for multiple alignment and phylogenetic tree analysis and the levels ...

The soilborne fungus Rhizoctonia solani is a pathogen of many plants and causes severe damage in crops around the world. Strains of R. solani from the anastomosis group (AG) 3 attack potatoes, leading to great yield losses and to the downgrading of production. The study of the genetic diversity of the strains of R. solani in France allows the structure of the populations to be determined and ad...

About a century after the first finding in northern Vietnam (1908), Coprinus leucostictus is rediscovered on 12 localities southern India and to southeastern China, growing evergreen subtropical or tropical forests. It morphologically rather unique species with coprinoid basidiomata, strongly branched diverticulate veil hyphae, hymeniderm pileipellis. The BLAST search of ITS tef-1α sequences sh...

Backgraund: The presence or absence of fungi on the seed surface is an important aspect that determines quality seeds. Since data Fusarium spp. and other seed-borne pathogens vegetable pea in Serbia are scarce, aim this study was to isolate identify disease-causing from infected seed. Methods: Colony morphology microscopic characters isolated species were recorded cultures grown PDA CLA, respec...

The occurrence of Fusarium spp associated with pecan tree (Carya illinoinensis) diseases in Brazil has been observed in recent laboratory analyses in Rio Grande do Sul State. Thus, in this study, we i) obtained Fusarium isolates from plants with disease symptoms; ii) tested the pathogenicity of these Fusarium isolates to pecan; iii) characterized and grouped Fusarium isolates that were pathogen...

Mucormycosis caused, in part, by representatives of the genus Cunninghamella is a severe infection with high mortality in patients with impaired immunity. Several species have been described in the literature as etiologic agents. A DNA barcoding study using ITS rDNA and tef-1α provided concordance of molecular data with conventional characters. The currently accepted Cunninghamella species were...