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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12298093.2020.1766649

Ceratocystis quercicola sp. nov. from Quercus variabilis in Korea  

Cho, Sung-Eun (Forest Biodiversity Division, Korea National Arboretum)
Lee, Dong-Hyeon (Division of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests, National Institute of Forest Science)
Wingfield, Michael J. (Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria)
Marincowitz, Seonju (Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria)
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Mycobiology / v.48, no.4, 2020 , pp. 245-251 More about this Journal
Abstract
During a survey of putative fungal pathogens infecting oak trees in the Gangwon Province of the Republic of Korea, a fungus resembling a Ceratocystis sp. was repeatedly isolated from natural wounds on Quercus variabilis. Morphological comparisons and DNA sequence comparisons based on partial β-tubulin and TEF-1α gene regions showed that the fungus resided in a distinct lineage. This novel Ceratocystis species is described here as C. quercicola sp. nov. This is the first novel species of Ceratocystis to be reported from Korea. A pathogenicity test showed that it can cause lesions on inoculated trees but that it had a very low level of aggressiveness. The discovery of this fungus suggests that additional taxa residing in Ceratocystis are likely to be discovered in Korea in the future.
Keywords
Microascales; oak; ophiostomatoid; wound;
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