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Title: A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes

Author
item SCHOCH, C.L. - National Institutes Of Health (NIH)
item CROUS, P.W. - Central Office For Fungal Cultures (CBS)
item GROENEWALD, J.Z. - Central Office For Fungal Cultures (CBS)
item BARRES, B. - Centro De Cooperation Internationale En Recherche Agronomique Pour Le Development (CIRAD)
item BOEHM, E.W.A. - Kean University
item DEGRUYTER, J. - Central Office For Fungal Cultures (CBS)
item DE HOOG, G.S. - Central Office For Fungal Cultures (CBS)
item Dixon, Linley
item FOURNIER, J. - Consultant
item GRUBE, M. - Institute Of Botany - Austria
item GUEIDAN, C. - Central Office For Fungal Cultures (CBS)
item HARADA, Y. - Hirosaki University
item HATAKEYMA, S - Hirosaki University
item HIRAYAMA, K. - Hirosaki University
item HOSOYA, T. - National Museum Of Nature And Science
item HYDE, K.D. - Mae Fah Luan University
item JONES, E.B.G. - National Center For Genetic Engineering And Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
item KOHLMEYER, J. - University Of North Carolina
item LUCKING, R. - Field Museum Natural History
item LUMBSCH, H.T. - Field Museum Natural History
item LUTZONI, F. - Duke University
item MARVANOVA, L. - Institute Of Experimental Biology
item MBATCHOU, J.S. - Field Museum Natural History
item MILLER, A.N - University Of Illinois
item MUGAMBI, G.K. - National Museums Of Kenya
item MUGGIA, L. - Universitat Graz
item NELSON, M.P. - Field Museum Natural History
item NELSON, P. - University Of Minnesota
item OWENSBY, C.A. - Oregon State University
item PHONGPAICHIT, S. - Songkla University
item POINTING, S.B. - University Of Hong Kong
item PUJADE-RENAUD, V. - Centro De Cooperation Internationale En Recherche Agronomique Pour Le Development (CIRAD)
item RAJA, H.A. - University Of Illinois
item RIVAS PLATA, E. - University Of Illinois
item ROBBERTSE, B. - National Institutes Of Health (NIH)
item RUIBAL, C. - University Of Madrid
item SAKAYAROJ, J. - National Center For Genetic Engineering And Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
item SANO, T. - Hirosaki University
item SELBMANN, L. - University Of Tuscia
item SHEARER, C.A - University Of Illinois
item SHIROUZU, T. - Tottori University
item SLIPPERS, B. - University Of Pretoria
item SUETRONG, S. - Songkla University
item TANAKA, K. - Hirosaki University
item VOLKMANN-KOHLMEYER, B. - University Of North Carolina
item WOOD, A.R. - Plant Protection Institute - South Africa
item WOUDENBERG, J.H.C. - Central Office For Fungal Cultures (CBS)
item YONEZAWA, H. - Hirosaki University
item ZHANG, Y. - University Of Hong Kong
item SPATAFORA, J.W. - Oregon State University

Submitted to: Studies in Mycology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/15/2009
Publication Date: 12/28/2009
Citation: Schoch, C., Crous, P., Groenewald, J., Barres, B., Boehm, E., Degruyter, J., De Hoog, G., Dixon, L.J., Fournier, J., Grube, M., Gueidan, C., Harada, Y., Hatakeyama, Hirayama, K., Hosoya, T., Hyde, K., Jones, E., Kohlmeyer, J., Lucking, R., Lumbsch, H., Lutzoni, F., Marvanova, L., Mbatchou, J., Miller, A., Mugambi, G., Muggia, L., Nelson, M., Nelson, P., Owensby, C., Phongpaichit, S., Pointing, S., Pujade-Renaud, V., Raja, H., Rivas Plata, E., Robbertse, B., Ruibal, C., Sakayaroj, J., Sano, T., Selbmann, L., Shearer, C., Shirouzu, T., Slippers, B., Suetrong, S., Tanaka, K., Volkmann-Kohlmeyer, B., Wood, A., Woudenberg, J., Yonezawa, H., Zhang, Y., Spatafora, J. 2009. A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes. Studies in Mycology. 64:1-15.

Interpretive Summary: Fungi cause billions of dollars damage to agricultural crops each year. In addition, the presence of certain fungi can greatly hinder the export of agricultural commodities from the U.S. to other countries. In order to control diseases caused by fungi both in the U.S. and abroad it is necessary to identify and characterize the fungi that cause diseases of crops or other plants. In this paper the higher classification of a group of plant-associated fungi (Dothideomycetes) is determined based on the modern technique of sequencing portions of the genome. These sequences are compared in order to determine what genetic relationships exist among this group of fungi. Knowledge of the relationships of these fungi and their characteristics will be used by plant pathologists who breed for resistance to the diseases caused by fungi and quarantine officials seeking to identify fungi in this group.

Technical Abstract: We present a comprehensive phylogeny derived from 5 genes, nucSSU, nucLSU rDNA, TEF1, RPB1 and RPB2, for 355 isolates and 41 families (6 newly described in this volume) in Dothideomycetes. All currently accepted orders in the class is represented for the first time. Subclass Pleosporomycetidae is expanded to include the aquatic order Jahnulales. Ancestral reconstruction of basic nutritional modes supports numerous transitions from saprobic modes to plant associated and lichenised modes. Finally, a genomic comparison of 6 dothideomycete genomes with other fungi find a high level of unique protein associated with the class, supporting its delineation as a separate taxon.