Phylogenetic Relationships of <i>Termitomyces aurantiacus</i>Inferred from Internal Transcribed Spacers DNA Sequences  

作　　者：Shafiquzzaman Siddiquee Kobun Rovina Laila Naher Kenneth F. Rodrigues Md Akhter Uzzaman 

机构地区：[1]Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia [2]Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus-17600, Kelantan, Malaysia [3]Planning and Development Division, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh

出　　处：《Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology》2015年第5期358-367,共10页生命科学与技术进展（英文）

摘　　要：Fungus-growing termites cultivate species of the mutualistic basidiomycete genus Termitomyces on a substrate called the fungal comb. Identification of fungal species based on morphological features is complicated, tedious, and prone to errors. As an alternative, nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences consisting of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) and 5.8S rDNA were used to identify Malaysian isolates of Termitomyces sp. The morphological characteristics and molecular data indicate that Malaysian Termitomyces isolated is clearly monophyletic and belongs to the Tricholomataceae family. The Malaysian isolates analyzed in this study represent the termite fungus species called T. aurantiacus.Fungus-growing termites cultivate species of the mutualistic basidiomycete genus Termitomyces on a substrate called the fungal comb. Identification of fungal species based on morphological features is complicated, tedious, and prone to errors. As an alternative, nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences consisting of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) and 5.8S rDNA were used to identify Malaysian isolates of Termitomyces sp. The morphological characteristics and molecular data indicate that Malaysian Termitomyces isolated is clearly monophyletic and belongs to the Tricholomataceae family. The Malaysian isolates analyzed in this study represent the termite fungus species called T. aurantiacus.

关 键 词：Fungal Comb Internal Transcribed SPACERS Morphological Feature Phylogenetic Relationship 

分 类 号：Q94[生物学—植物学]