Pestalotiopsis
Pestalotiopsis | |
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Conidia of Pestalotiopsis microspora | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Subclass: | Xylariomycetidae |
Order: | Xylariales |
Family: | Sporocadaceae |
Genus: | Pestalotiopsis |
Species | |
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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]
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References
- 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.
- ↑ Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Endophytic Fungi, http://aem.asm.org/content/77/17/6076.full
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