Toxicocladosporium aquimarinum sp. nov. and Toxicocladosporium qatarense sp. nov., isolated from marine waters of the Arabian Gulf surrounding Qatar
Fotedar, Rashmi and Sandoval-Denis, Marcelo and Kolecka, Anna and Zeyara, Aisha and Al Malki, Ameena and Al Shammari, Hamad and Al Marri, Masoud and Kaul, R. and Boekhout, Teun,, 69, 2992-3000 (2019),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003482,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
abstract= The Arabian Gulf surrounding Qatar is distinct from other marine ecosystems due to its high salinity (35–75 PSU) and extreme water temperature fluctuations (11–40 °C). Furthermore, in the last decade, Qatar has been witnessing an industrial boom as well as extensive infrastructure construction activities. Marine micro-organisms, including fungi, remain largely unexplored in the Arabian Gulf. During a 3 year study, we investigated the diversity of marine fungi in coastal waters around Qatar. As a result, two new Toxicocladosporium species were isolated from the Qatari marine environment. Molecular and phylogenetic analyses of rRNA gene sequences of five loci, namely the internal transcribed spacer 1 and 2 regions and the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA, actin, RNA polymerase second largest subunit and beta-tubulin genes, were used to confirm the identity of the novel species for which we propose the names Toxicocladosporium aquimarinum sp. nov. and Toxicocladosporium qatarense sp. nov.,
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