Pestalotiopsis

Pestalotiopsis
Conidia of Pestalotiopsis microspora
Conidia of Pestalotiopsis microspora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Fungi
Division:Ascomycota
Class:Sordariomycetes
Subclass:Xylariomycetidae
Order:Xylariales
Family:Sporocadaceae
Genus:Pestalotiopsis
Species

Pestalotiopsis is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Pestalotiopsis species are known as plant pathogens.

Some members of the genus are able to grow on the synthetic polymer polyurethane as its sole carbon source under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions, hence show promise as a form of bioremediation for waste reduction.[2]

Taxonomy

A phylogenetic analysis in 2013 if many of the Pestalotiopsis species found the following tree:[1]

Subclade 1

P. trachicarpicola

P. rhodomytrus

P. rosea

P. adusta

P. chinensis

P. verruculosa

P. intermedia

P. linearis

P. unicolor

P. clavata

P. inflexa

P. diversiseta

P. jesteri

Subclade 2

P. chrysea

P. umberspora

P. asiatica

P. coffeae-arabicae

P. clavispora

P. ellipsospora

P. foedans

P. saprophya

P. theae

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Song, Yu; Geng, Kun; Hyde, Kevin D.; Zhao, Wen-Sheng; Wei, Ji-Guang; Kang, Ji-Chuan; Wang, Yong (26 August 2013). "Two new species of Pestalotiopsis from Southern China" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 126 (1): 22–30. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.126.1.2. ISSN 1179-3163. OCLC 5148802110. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Endophytic Fungi, http://aem.asm.org/content/77/17/6076.full


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