The phylogenetic position of an Armillaria species from Amami-Oshima, a subtropical island of Japan, based on elongation factor and ITS sequences

Yuko Ota; Mee-Sook Kim; Hitoshi Neda; Ned B. Klopfenstein; Eri Hasegawa

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The phylogenetic position of an Armillaria species from Amami-Oshima, a subtropical island of Japan, based on elongation factor and ITS sequences

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Authors:

Yuko Ota, Mee-Sook Kim, Hitoshi Neda, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Eri Hasegawa

Year:

2011

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Mycoscience. 52: 53-58.

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Abstract

An undetermined Armillaria species was collected on Amami-Oshima, a subtropical island of Japan. The phylogenetic position of the Armillaria sp. was determined using sequences of the elongation factor-1a (EF-1a) gene and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) of ribosomal DNA (rDNA). The phylogenetic analyses based on EF-1a and ITS sequences showed that this species differs from known Japanese taxa of Armillaria. The sequences of this species and A. novaezelandiae from Southeast Asia were contained in a strongly supported clade, which was adjacent to a well-supported sister clade containing A. novae-zelandiae from Australia and New Zealand.

Keywords

Armillaria fuscipes, Armillaria novaezelandiae

Citation

Ota, Yuko; Kim, Mee-Sook; Neda, Hitoshi; Klopfenstein, Ned B.; Hasegawa, Eri. 2011. The phylogenetic position of an Armillaria species from Amami-Oshima, a subtropical island of Japan, based on elongation factor and ITS sequences. Mycoscience. 52: 53-58.