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The transcriptome and whole genome of the ascomycete
Nectriopsis sporangiicola NRRL 22127 = CBS 166.74
(Pezizomycotina, Sordariomycetes) were sequenced within the
framework of the 1000
Fungal Genomes community sequencing project to represent a
member of the family Bionectriaceae (Order Hypocreales, Rossman et
al. 1999). Species within this family typically produce white to
orange perithecia on myxomycetes (true slime molds), lichens and
free-living fungi. Nectriopsis sporangiicola NRRL 22127
was collected growing on the myxomycetous true slime mold
Physarum polycephalum (Kingdom Amoebozoa) in New Jersey.
Mature perithecia produce asci in which eight 1-septate ascospores
are produced (Samuels 1988). During the asexual reproductive phase,
N. sporangiicola produces a Gliocladium-like conidial
state (Rehner and Samuels 1994). The whole genome should provide a
window into the metabolic potential of this bionectriaceous
fungus.
References:
- Rehner, S.A., Samuels, G.J. 1994. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Gliocladium analyzed by large subunit rDNA. Mycol. Res. 98:625-634.
- Rossman, A.Y., Samuels, G.J., Rogerson, C.T., and Lowen, R. 1999. Genera of Bionectriaceae, Hypocreaceae, and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycetes). Stud. Mycol. 42: 1-248.
- Samuels, G.J. 1988. Fungicolous, lichenocolous, and myxomyceticolous species of Hypocreopsis, Nectriopsis, Nectria, Peristomialis, and Trichonectria. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 48: 1-78.
