Xylariales sp. AK1849 was isolated in culture from the surface-sterilized, senescent leaf of Picea glauca (Pinaceae) near Nome, AK as part of a study examining endophytic fungal communities across North America (U’Ren et al., 2012; U'Ren and Arnold, 2016). Using ITS-partial LSU rDNA sequencing, we identified this isolate as an unidentified species of Xylariales (Pezizomycotina, Sordariomycetes, Xylariomycetidae) with affinities to the genera Plectosphaera and Phlogicylindrium (Summerell et al., 2006). Species of Xylariales commonly occur as plant pathogens, litter and wood saprotrophs, and endophytes in temperate and tropical forests worldwide. Isolated as a conifer endophyte, the genome of AK1849 is particularly useful for comparative genomic analyses to examine the evolution of pathogenicity and substrate use in this diverse clade.
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Franco MEE, Wisecaver JH, Arnold AE, Ju YM, Slot JC, Ahrendt S, Moore LP, Eastman KE, Scott K, Konkel Z, Mondo SJ, Kuo A, Hayes RD, Haridas S, Andreopoulos B, Riley R, LaButti K, Pangilinan J, Lipzen A, Amirebrahimi M, Yan J, Adam C, Keymanesh K, Ng V, Louie K, Northen T, Drula E, Henrissat B, Hsieh HM, Youens-Clark K, Lutzoni F, Miadlikowska J, Eastwood DC, Hamelin RC, Grigoriev IV, U'Ren JM
Ecological generalism drives hyperdiversity of secondary metabolite gene clusters in xylarialean endophytes.
New Phytol. 2022 Feb;233(3):1317-1330. doi: 10.1111/nph.17873
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