PMID- 22308047 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20120823 LR - 20240109 IS - 1872-9797 (Electronic) IS - 0166-0616 (Print) IS - 0166-0616 (Linking) VI - 70 IP - 1 DP - 2011 Nov 15 TI - A taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the Penicillium sclerotiorum complex. PG - 139-58 LID - 10.3114/sim.2011.70.03 [doi] AB - The morphological concept of Penicillium sclerotiorum (subgenus Aspergilloides) includes strains with monoverticillate, vesiculate conidiophores, and vivid orange to red colony colours, with colourful sclerotia sometimes produced. Multigene phylogenetic analyses with the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1), beta-tubulin (benA), translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1-alpha), and calmodulin (cmd), reveal that the P. sclerotiorum morphospecies is a complex of seven phylogenetically distinct species, three of which were recently described, namely P. guanacastense, P. mallochii, and P. viticola. Three previously unidentified species are described here as P. cainii, P. jacksonii, and P. johnkrugii. The phylogenetic species are morphologically similar, but differ in combinations of colony characters, sclerotium production, conidiophore stipe roughening and branching, and conidial shape. Ecological characters and differences in geographical distribution further characterise some of the species, but increased sampling is necessary to confirm these differences. The fungal DNA barcode, the ITS, and the animal DNA barcode, cox1, have lower species resolving ability in our phylogenetic analyses, but still allow identification of all the species. Tef1-alpha and cmd were superior in providing fully resolved, statistically well-supported phylogenetic trees for this species complex, whereas benA resolved all species but had some issues with paraphyly. Penicilliumadametzioides and P. multicolor, considered synonyms of P. sclerotiorum by some previous authors, do not belong to the P. sclerotiorum complex. TAXONOMIC NOVELTIES: New species:Penicillium cainii K.G. Rivera, Malloch & Seifert, P. jacksonii K.G. Rivera, Houbraken & Seifert, P. johnkrugii K.G. Rivera, Houbraken & Seifert. FAU - Rivera, K G AU - Rivera KG AD - Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Biodiversity (Mycology and Botany), 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada. FAU - Seifert, K A AU - Seifert KA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Stud Mycol JT - Studies in mycology JID - 8411984 PMC - PMC3233909 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DNA barcoding OT - multigene phylogeny OT - sclerotia OT - soil-borne hyphomycetes EDAT- 2012/02/07 06:00 MHDA- 2012/02/07 06:01 PMCR- 2011/11/15 CRDT- 2012/02/07 06:00 PHST- 2012/02/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/02/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/02/07 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2011/11/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3114/sim.2011.70.03 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Stud Mycol. 2011 Nov 15;70(1):139-58. doi: 10.3114/sim.2011.70.03.