Pestalotiopsis

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

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

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]

Some members of the genus are able to produce taxol.[3]

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

 
 
 

See also
  • Organisms breaking down plastic

References
  1. 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.
  2. Russell, Jonathan R.; Huang, Jeffrey; Anand, Pria; Kucera, Kaury; Sandoval, Amanda G.; Dantzler, Kathleen W.; Hickman, Dashawn; Jee, Justin; Kimovec, Farrah M.; Koppstein, David; Marks, Daniel H.; Mittermiller, Paul A.; Núñez, Salvador Joel; Santiago, Marina; Townes, Maria A.; Vishnevetsky, Michael; Williams, Neely E.; Vargas, Mario Percy Núñez; Boulanger, Lori-Ann; Bascom-Slack, Carol; Strobel, Scott A. (2011). "Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Endophytic Fungi". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77 (17): 6076–6084. doi:10.1128/AEM.00521-11. PMC 3165411. PMID 21764951.
  3. Gangadevi V, Murugan M, Muthumary J (2008). "Taxol determination from Pestalotiopsis pauciseta, a fungal endophyte of a medicinal plant". Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 24 (8): 1433–8. doi:10.1016/s1872-2075(08)60065-5. PMID 18998547.


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