Phylogenetic analyses of eurotiomycetous endophytes reveal their close affinities to Chaetothyriales, Eurotiales, and a new order - Phaeomoniellales

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 117-130

  Chen, Ko Hsuan ^a   Miadlikowska, Jolanta ^a   Molnár, Katalin ^a,d   Arnold, A Elizabeth ^b   U'Ren, Jana M ^b   Gaya, Ester ^a,e   Gueidan, Cécile ^c   Lutzoni, François ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulative supermatrix approach; Eurotiomycetes; Fungal endophytes; Lichens; Phaeomoniella; Phaeomoniellales ord. nov.

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; CHAETOTHYRIALES; EUROTIALES; EUROTIOMYCETES; FUNGI; PEZIZOMYCOTINA; PHAEOMONIELLA; VERRUCARIALES;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ASCOMYCETES; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ASCOMYCOTA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDOPHYTES; LICHENS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE, EUKARYOTIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84923687625     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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