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- Title
NEDOPHYTIC XYLARIA (XYLARIACEAE) AMONG LIVERWORTS AND ANGIOSPERSMS: PHYLOGENETICS, DISTRIBUTION, AND SYMBIOSIS.
- Authors
Davis, E. Christine; Franklin, Joseph B.; Shaw, A. Jonathan; Vilgalys, Rytas
- Abstract
Nuclear ribosomal 18S and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence data were used to identify endophytic fungi cultured from six species of liverworts collected in Jamaica and North Carolina. Comparisons with other published fungal sequences and phylogenetic analyses yielded the following conclusions: (1) the endophytes belong to the ascomycete families Xylariaceae, Hypocreaceae, and Ophiostomataceae, and (2) liverwort endophytes in the genus Xylaria are closely related to each other and to endophytes isolated from angiosperms in China, Puerto Rico, and Europe. Liverwort endophytes are expected to be foragers or endophytic specialists, although little is known about the role of these fungi in symbioses. Features that may indicate a mutualistic role for these endophytes are discussed.
- Subjects
JAMAICA; NORTH Carolina; UNITED States; XYLARIA; ENDOPHYTIC fungi
- Publication
American Journal of Botany, 2003, Vol 90, Issue 11, p1661
- ISSN
0002-9122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3732/ajb.90.11.1661