Talaromyces borbonicus, sp. nov., a novel fungus from biodegraded arundo donax with potential abilities in lignocellulose conversion

Simona Varriale, Jos Houbraken, Zoraide Granchi, Olimpia Pepe, Gabriella Cerullo, Valeria Ventorino, Thomas Chin-A-woeng, Martin Meijer, Robert Riley, Igor V. Grigoriev, Bernard Henrissat, Ronald P. de Vries, Vincenza Faraco

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Abstract

© 2018 The Mycological Society of America. A novel fungal species able to synthesize enzymes with potential synergistic actions in lignocellulose conversion was isolated from the biomass of Arundo donax during biodegradation under natural conditions in the Gussone Park of the Royal Palace of Portici (Naples, Italy). In this work, this species was subjected to morphological and phylogenetic analyses. Sequencing of its genome was performed, resulting in 28 scaffolds that were assembled into 27.05 Mb containing 9744 predicted genes, among which 396 belong to carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZyme)-encoding genes. Here we describe and illustrate this previously unknown species, which was named Talaromyces borbonicus, by a polyphasic approach combining phenotypic, physiological, and sequence data.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)316-324
Number of pages9
JournalMycopathologia
Volume110
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • 1 new taxon
  • Fungi
  • Genome sequence
  • Talaromyces
  • Taxonomy

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