Biodiversity of heat-resistant ascomycetes from semi-arid soils in Argentina
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Published:2020-10-16
Issue:3
Volume:135
Page:535-558
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ISSN:0093-4666
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Container-title:Mycotaxon
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language:en
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Short-container-title:mycotaxon
Author:
Romero Stella Maris,Romero Andrea Irene,Stchigel Alberto Miguel,Andrade Ernesto Rodríguez,Barrera Viviana Andrea,Cano José Francisco,Comerio Ricardo
Abstract
Artificial thermal shock conducted on 50 soil samples from a semi-arid geographic region (Catamarca and La Rioja provinces) in northern Argentina yielded 34 heat-resistant fungal strains. These strains were assigned to seventeen taxa in ten ascomycete genera: Arthrinium (1),
Aspergillus (3), Epicoccum (1), Gilmaniella (1), Hamigera (2), Leiothecium (1), Penicillium (2), Talaromyces (4), Trichocladium (1), and Trichoderma (1). All strains were identified by phenotypic features, with molecular data additionally
obtained for eleven strains. Five species are reported for the first time in Argentina.
Publisher
Mycotaxon, Ltd.
Subject
Plant Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics